The Similkameen's original winery, Crowsnest Vineyards is a second generation Heincke family-run estate.
It's been a decade or longer since I've tried their wines and I have to say I was delighted to receive a box of samples to see what's happening with the wine program.
This fizzy salmony-pink blend of Pinot Noir and Pinot Auxerrois has some notable umami notes alongside dried berries, crab apples, sour cherry, peach stone and crushed stone aromas. It's an off-dry sparkler with a sort of cherry koolaid flavoured palate.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - November 9th, 2022

The Similkameen's original winery, Crowsnest Vineyards is a second generation Heincke family-run estate.
It's been a decade or longer since I've tried their wines and I have to say I was delighted to receive a box of samples to see what's happening with the wine program.
This blend of Pinot Noir and Pinot Auxerrois doles out sour cherry, crab apple and wild red berry aromas oven with tangerine and tealeaf. It's off-dry and juicy with a cherry liqueur character along with earth, tobacco and wild berry flavours on the finish.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - November 10th, 2022

Sweet, fruity, unoaked.
The Similkameen's original winery, Crowsnest Vineyards is a second generation Heincke family-run estate.
It's been a decade or longer since I've tried their wines and I have to say I was delighted to receive a box of samples to see what's happening with the wine program.
This Unoaked Chardonnay has a nose of peach nectar, honeysuckle, mango and baker's yeast. It has a similarly sweet peach and mango palate and molding clay. Quite rich and fruity.
Price not available.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - October 25th, 2022

Fizzy, tropical, honeyed
The Similkameen's original winery, Crowsnest Vineyards is a second generation Heincke family-run estate.
It's been a decade or longer since I've tried their wines and I have to say I was delighted to receive a box of samples to see what's happening with the wine program.
*I wasn't able to find wine prices or images on their website, so there's a bit of information missing.
This frizzante (lighly sparkling) aromatic offers classic notes of rose petals and peaches, lychee, mango, honey and Turkish Delight. It's a sweet fizzy with honeyed flavours melded with tropical fruits and exotic spice. A lengthy finish features a citrus snap.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - October 17th, 2022