Classic, balanced, harmonious.
Clos du Soleil is an organic winery located in the Similkameen Valley, they make minimal intervention wines with elegance. The Winemaker's Series consist of wines made to highlight varieties outside of Clos du Soleil's normal portfolio.
The new Beton is made from Cabernet Sauvignon and 48% Cabernet Franc from the R Dahaliwal Vineyard in Keremeos and the Cawston Creek Vineyard in Cawston. It's a brooding wine with Bordeaux-like notes of smoked meat and charred plum, pencil shavings and brown spice, cedar and vanilla. It has lovely balance and is medium-full bodied and harmonious. A classically styled wine with a smooth palate and a spice, tobacco and leather flecked finish.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - September 4th, 2024

Savoury, umami, fleshy.
This estate grown Cab Franc was fermented using wild yeasts, aged 15 months in neutral French oak barrels and was unfined and unfiltered; Clos du Soleil also uses biodynamic practices in its vineyard.
Wild black berry aromas are woven with dried herbs, green olives, smoked sausage, brown spices, soy sauce, dark cocoa and leather. The palate is fresh with more levity than the nose would lead you to assume; fleshy on the tongue with rich umami, savoury flavours. Good acidity adds levity and it finishes with salted mocha notes.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - January 8th, 2019

Fresh, texture, nutty.
Clos du Soleil is an organic winery located in the Similkameen Valley, they make minimal intervention wines with elegance. The Winemaker's Series consist of wines made to highlight varieties outside of Clos du Soleil's normal portfolio.
The estate La Cote Vineyard is in transition to organic and this Chardonnay is best described as fresh. It was fermented in French oak; it was aged on lees in oak for 8 months (no ML) with occasional stirring and was filtered just prior to bottling.
It has nutty+buttery notes woven with melon, lemon, pineapple, yellow apples and toasted spice aromas. The palate is fresh with just a suggestion of creamy fruit, primarily you'll taste lemon, spice and roasted nuts. Leaner than I recall from last year with some phenolic texture on the finish.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - November 29th, 2023

New, fresh, pristine.
Clos du Soleil is an organic winery located in the Similkameen Valley, they make minimal intervention wines with elegance. The Winemaker's Series consist of wines made to highlight varieties outside of Clos du Soleil's normal portfolio.
This new La Cote Vineyard Chardonnay is best described as fresh. It was fermented in oak and stainless steel; it was aged on lees for 8 months with occasional stirring and was filtered just prior to bottling.
It has a pale yellow-green tinge and pristine aromas of golden fruits, orange blossoms, toasted hazelnuts, lemon balm and faint spice. It's a pretty wine with a juicy character and flavours of spiced yellow apples, warm nuts, peaches and orange segments. Expect lovely suppleness, freshness and length.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - January 4th, 2022

Classic, fragrant, expressive.
What used to the the Grower's Series is now Winemaker's Series Pinot Blanc. This single vineyard offering is a classic BC Blanc. Crunchy fruits and honey, white flowers and fragrant citrus notes lead to a juicy and expressive palate with good depth and a long clean and tangy finish.
©copyright 2019 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - September 9th, 2019