NEW, lengthy, impressive.
New screen-printed labels and a series of new selections will greet you with a whole new Stoneboat Pinot House--the wines are just as solid.
This reserve, is made of Pinotage--a South African variety (Cinsault crossed with Pinot Noir) has been barrel-aged for 15 months.
Behold ye who disdain Pinotage--smoked cherries, toasted spice, leather and tobacco, espresso and a seam of wild summer berries dominate the nose. Yes there are those tart and rubber notes we associate with the varietal, but overall, it's an excellent version. On the palate, explosive wild berries, spice and licorice with impressive concentration and weight. Lengthy with a silky finish.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - April 5th, 2018

Smooth, spicy, savoury.
Made of Pinotage--a South African variety (Cinsault crossed with Pinot Noir), which has its fans and its critics, ut Stoneboat handles it well.
Notes of strawberries and bacon fat, tealeaf, sage, peppery spices and iodine lead to a palate of tangy briary berries, savoury spices and bruised strawberry. It is smooth and savoury.
©copyright 2018 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - November 20th, 2018

NEW, juicy, savoury.
New look: screen-printed labels and a series of new selections will greet you with a whole new Stoneboat Pinot House--the wines are just as solid.
This one, is made of Pinotage--a South African variety (Cinsault crossed with Pinot Noir), which has its fans and its critics, but when you talk about this rare variety in British Columbia, Stoneboat is usually the first to spring to mind.
Notes of strawberries and smoke, wild grasses and sage, bacon fat and ink, black raspberry and fennel are layered with spices. The palate is a mirror of the nose; jit is also juicy and savoury and finely textured. Very good levity here, with an earthy finish is dusty cocoa tannins.
©copyright 2018 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - April 4th, 2018

Fragrant, delicious, bright.
From the rocky, calcium rich soils of the Black Sage Bench region in the Southern Okanagan Valley, this fragrant Stoneboat Pinot Gris offers fragrant lifted yellow apples and stone fruits, creamed honey and spring blossoms. The palate is a delicious mirror of the nose; weighty and bright with a musky character and juicy finish.
Pair this wine with pastas in mushroom sauce, strong cheeses, chicken salad or salmon.

©copyright 2018 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - April 5th, 2018

From the rocky, calcium rich soils of the Black Sage Bench region in the Southern Okanagan Valley, this fragrant Stoneboat Pinot Gris offers a fruit cup of lychee, pears, rose water and orange blossoms, honey, mineral and lime aromas. It is dry and racy with oodles of grapefruit, stonefruit and green pear flavours. It has a slippery texture and very good persistence.
Pair this wine with pastas in mushroom sauce, strong cheeses, chicken salad or salmon.

©copyright 2013 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - July 9th, 2013