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cedarcreek Estate Winery<br />
cedarcreek Estate Winery<br />
medals for two Chardonnays and the<br />
Greata Ranch Pinot Blanc. This was<br />
followed up by being named Canada’s<br />
Winery of the Year by Wine Access<br />
magazine in the same year, a feat they<br />
repeated in 2005.<br />
The 2010 vintage has seen the next<br />
big phase of change at CedarCreek.<br />
Winemaker Tom DiBello has moved<br />
on and been replaced by Australian<br />
winemaker Darryl Brooker. Brooker has<br />
the exciting but challenging task of not<br />
CEdarCrEEK CHardonnay<br />
Bc vQA $17.90 237974<br />
A beautifully made chardonnay<br />
at a great price! The nose shows<br />
well-integrated oak aromas with<br />
complexity of lemon, custard,<br />
peach, lees, popcorn and butter.<br />
The palate is dry and quite<br />
full and lush, balanced by crisp<br />
acidity. The oak combines nicely<br />
with flavours of peach, lemon,<br />
minerals, vanilla and melon.<br />
only continuing CedarCreek’s success,<br />
but taking the wines to the next level.<br />
“Darryl spends a lot of time in the<br />
vineyards,” says Gordon Fitzpatrick.<br />
Brooker says “I want to get to know the<br />
best sites and make wines that reflect<br />
the terroir.” In fact, the new focus on<br />
terroir is so strong that from the 2010<br />
vintage all Platinum Reserve wines will<br />
be single-vineyard.<br />
Brooker is excited about the<br />
diversity of vineyard sites that the<br />
CEdarCrEEK pinot noir<br />
Bc vQA $26.90 567412<br />
With pronounced aromas<br />
of strawberry, black cherry,<br />
raspberry, spice, caramel and<br />
pretty floral notes, this is a<br />
beautiful Pinot Noir nose.<br />
The palate is dry and fresh,<br />
with zippy acidity, youthful<br />
tannins and flavours of cherry,<br />
raspberry and clove that pairs<br />
nicely with lighter red meats<br />
and your favourite poultry.<br />
Fitzpatrick family have accumulated.<br />
The vines in Kelowna and Peachland<br />
are now quite mature and even the<br />
Desert Ridge vineyard in Osoyoos is<br />
almost 10 years old. These mature vines<br />
add more character in the wines and are<br />
allowing Brooker to make some tweaks<br />
to the lineup to better reflect the sites.<br />
“We’ve probably made the most changes<br />
to the aromatic whites,” says Brooker.<br />
“I want to make the wines more<br />
distinctive to the varietal and make each<br />
more distinct from each other.”<br />
Like many winemakers, Brooker<br />
is a big Pinot Noir fan and wants to<br />
take the already successful CedarCreek<br />
examples to the next level. “I’m trying<br />
to get some finesse and elegance and<br />
more classic Pinot Noir character in the<br />
wines,” says Brooker.<br />
With 25 years of experience, the<br />
changes and evolution continue at<br />
CedarCreek. Adapting to the times and<br />
consumers’ increased interest in terroirdriven<br />
wines, CedarCreek is keeping<br />
ahead of the curve, continuing to<br />
make better wines and keeping things<br />
interesting. We can’t wait to see what<br />
surprises the next 25 years will bring.<br />
CEdarCrEEK MErlot<br />
Bc vQA $19.90 408666<br />
This Bc merlot has an inviting<br />
nose of plums, brambly mixed<br />
berries and oak-derived notes<br />
of chocolate, vanilla and toast.<br />
The palate is rich and full in body,<br />
balanced by crisp acidity and grippy<br />
tannins. Typical merlot flavours<br />
unfold in this juicy, dry wine with<br />
plum, cherry liqueur, chocolate,<br />
oak and spice all evident. A lush,<br />
rich and structured wine that<br />
should age well.<br />
TASTE 99<br />
FOCUS <strong>BC</strong>
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