Can I say I have yet to have a Pinot Noir from the Okanagan in British Columbia I haven’t enjoyed? Displaying my loyalty to this geographic area of British Columbia I often wonder why bother to spend your Canadian dollars in a Burgundian Pinot Noir hunt?
Stag’s Hollow Pinot Noirs are always a treat to anticipate and, in this case, a 2022 Shuttleworth Creek Vineyard Pinot Noir from the Okanagan Valley.
Aroma: No doubt about it. A nose of elegance. Purity and the highest quality. Raspberry, black cherry, red currant and chocolate covered cherry Purdy’s chocolate and ripe strawberry from top to bottom.
Palate: Firm elegance. Smooth but not silky. Highly respectable tannins. Muted acidity. A minute but fleeting hint of sweetness upon entry. Loads of beautifully integrated fruit. A long finish. How can I put this? A solid wine?
Personality: Not to boast but I am neither a ballerina or a bully but a intellectual Elbows Up Pinot Noir that Gordie Howe and Pierre Elliot Trudeau could quaff together and enjoy.
Food Match: Duck L’Orange Louisiana Style. The amount of Port Wine in the recipe certainly cancels out the orange that ordinarily might be off putting to a Pinot Noir.
Jazz Match: Sammy Jackson Canadian jazz musician.
Cellarbility: Drink now until 2028-year end.
Price: $ 34 CDN.
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine Rating: 93/100.Gismondi on Wine 91.
(Stag’s Hollow 2022 Pinot Noir Shuttleworth Creek Vineyard, Okanagan Falls, Okanagan Valley BC VQA, Stag’s Hollow Winery, Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, 750 mL, 12.7%).
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