Dynamic, juicy, expressive.
Burrowing Owl's Viognier was aged entirely in French oak, 75% new and 25% one-year-old.
A fresh nose suggests lime and apricots, smoked spice and bee pollen, ginger biscuits, wildflowers and pink grapefuit. It's fresh and citrusy, balanced and spicy. It has a fleshy character with lovely concentration and creaminess, notable length and zesty apple-y peach finish.
Dynamic and delicious.
Pair: Spicy crab cakes, Moroccan dishes, saucy ribs.

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Wine Scores Reviewed - November 5th, 2023

This wine not only introduced me to British Columbian Pinot Gris but also had me enamored with it when I first tasted it in the late 1990s. It's still a thrill to drink with its floral and tropical aromas of guava, young pineapple and banana with honeysuckle and tangerine. It has a lovely texture and a fresh palate is dominated by citrus flavours, which fold into tropical fruit, lime and green pears.
Pair with spicy crab cakes, mushroom based dishes or poached salmon in lemon sauce.

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Wine Scores Reviewed - August 23rd, 2013