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Corcelettes Estate Winery 'Talus', Similkameen Valley, BC
94 Points

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Region: British Columbia Similkameen Valley DVA
Vintage: 2019
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Winery: $49.9

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WineScores' Review

Composed, elegant, sensuous.
Corcelettes is a boutique winery settled on 150 acres of the Similkameen Valley's Upper Bench in Keremeos. Talus their flagship wine, is deftly constructed from the best fruit grown on their alluvial deposit and gravelly sandy loam soil vineyard.
The 2019 is the second release of this wine, a blend of Merlot (45%), Cabernet Franc (28%), Cabernet Sauvignon (21%), Petit Verdot (2%) and Malbec (4%) that was hand harvested from designated site specific vines. What makes Talus so special is these sites were individually fermented in their smaller volumes followed by 100% french oak barrel (225L) aging. Those barrels were vetted for their expression as individuals and again as a whole in the blend.
A plush nose suggests chocolate dipped cherries, black currents and plum pudding alongside pipe tobacco, vanilla and a splash of cold brew. Just as sensuous as the nose, the palate is laden with expressive dark fruit woven with espresso, dark cocoa and leather flavours. It's an on-point blend with structure, composure and freshness, but most notably, elegance.


 
Recommended Pairings
Barbeque, Good First Impressions, Cellar Keepers


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Wine Scores reviewed - 2020-11-10 19:49:08.0

 

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