Smooth, wild, spicy.
Osoyoos-based Moon Curser Vineyards makes a range of wine, many rare in Canadian soils.
The Contaband Syrah shows blackberries and black raspberries, sarsaparilla, warm mocha and a hint of violets. The entry is smooth and grows more textural mid-palate. Fresh but with a wild savoury side, it doles out cocoa, espresso, black fruit and peppery spice flavours and trails toasted oak across the finish. .
Pair with grilled or roasted meats aged goat cheeses or rich winter stews.

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Wine Scores Reviewed - December 18th, 2020

Muscular, toasted, concentrated.
Dead of Nightis a blend of Tannat (Madiran's tannic red variety) and Syrah, both from the South Okanagan and if you've had this wine before, there are no surprises perhaps just more deliciousness.
Expect toasted oak and spice aromas woven with plums and espresso, leather, blackberries, bacon fat and dark chocolate. It has a brooding character, is muscular and grippy, dark and meaty. Flavours of toasted spices, coffee and black chocolate dominate.
A wine to pair with anything from the BBQ.
Pairs great with Gone Crackers Canadian Chedder & Chive
 
©copyright 2023 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - September 12th, 2023

Fragrant, plush, concentrated.
Dead of Nightis a blend of Tannat (Madiran's tannic red variety) and Syrah, both from the South Okanagan and if you've had this wine before, there are no surprises perhaps just more deliciousness.
Plush chocolate and licorice, vanilla, white pepper, violets and coffee, baking spices and oodles of sweet blackberry and blueberry aromas. It's supple and concentrated with chalky tannins across the palate; flavours of cocoa, black cherry, dark chocolate and espresso dominate.
A wine to pair with anything from the BBQ.
Pairs great with Gone Crackers Canadian Chedder & Chive
 
©copyright 2022 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - September 20th, 2022

Fragrant, seductive, inky.
Dead of Nightis a blend of Tannat (Madiran's tannic red variety) and Syrah, both from the South Okanagan and if you've had this wine before, there are no surprises perhaps just more deliciousness.
Seductive notes of blueberries and pomegranate juice, vanilla, baking spices and chocolate lead to an equally generous palate. It's both muscular and approachable, slick and supple, with intensity and expressive purple fruit flavours woven with toasted spice, iodine and espresso. It has polished tannins and a lengthy finish. A wine to pair with anything from the BBQ.
Pairs great with Gone Crackers Canadian Chedder & Chive
 
©copyright 2021 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - July 23rd, 2021

Muscular, savoury, fresh..
Dead of Nightis a blend of Tannat (Madiran's tannic red variety) and Syrah, both from the South Okanagan and if you've had this wine before, there are no surprises.
Expect smoked plums and cocoa, roasted coffee beans and toasted spice with undertones of grilling meat. It's fresh off the top and becomes more grippy mid-palate. Restrained black fruit is layered with spice, toasted oak and dark mocha. It's a muscular wine, brooding and savoury that will pair well with BBQ, roast, hard cheeses and game meats.
Pairs great with Gone Crackers Canadian Chedder & Chive
 
©copyright 2020 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - December 18th, 2020