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| ATHENE 2014 BC VQA Okanagan Valley |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
BURROWING OWL |
| Extremely deep intense purple colour. Complex, slightly spicy, fairly intense, warm plum-cherry nose with some fairly intense cedary notes. Dry, medium-full bodied, well structured, intense, very ripe plum-cherry puree flavours with a lingering, gently cedary, bright, very faintly herbal, high acid, mocha-chocolate-tinged finish. This co-fermented blend of 58% Syrah and 42% Cabernet Sauvignon has 14.5% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar. TONY ASPLER / 91-points / TRY - Cedary, vanilla oak blackberry nose with a thread of minerality; full-bodied, dry, richly extracted, spicy black fruit flavours. The recommended 2013 (***) with 91-points was released on February 18, 2017 at $43.95. |
CSPC |
371336 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
Wys Win |
| Country |
Canada |
| Region |
British Columbia |
| Rating |
***(90 points)
Solid, Dense, Cedary Hot |
| LCBO Text |
Status |
A Vintage Assessments Explorer's Selection! |
| A co-fermented blend of 58% Syrah and 42% Cabernet Sauvignon, the Athene was hand-harvested from the Black Sage Bench A8 block on November 4, 2014. It was then aged for 18 months in oak - 71% French, 23% American and 6% Hungarian - of which 17% was new. You can expect the final wine to be a richly structured, powerful wine with impressive cassis, black fruit and woodsmoke. |
Price |
$ 44.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - November 25, 2017 |
| Cases bought |
111 (12 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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