Kettle Valley

Reserve Naramata Bench Old Main Red Blend 2017

9.0

Banff Springs Hotel. With Debbie 25th Anniversary month. 2017 vintage
Earthy, bold, dark cherry, fruit forward with a smooth finish. — 2 months ago

Kettle Valley

Reserve Pinot Noir 2018

Steven Beishuizen

9.3

This wine made an outstanding impression with our group... The nose is very interesting with sausage, bright cherry, red and black current... On the palate, black current, that cherry, a lot of strawberry... Strawberry is all I can taste now... The texture is velvety... Cedar here... Good acidity, but I wouldn't go pairing this with crazy flavors... I think I love it too much on its own. A long finish back to the sausage at the end. — 3 years ago

with Anita

Elouan

Oregon Reserve Klamath's Kettle Pinot Noir

Raul Puga

9.0

Not a fan of regular Elouan, but this was delicious. Deep purple color but definitely lighter than I expected with decent minerality. — 5 years ago

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Kettle Valley

Merlot 2009

Steven Beishuizen

9.3

This is for the 2009, but tasted 15 years after the vintage... On the nose, this is jammy blackberry. Some raspberry on the nose too. Sausage roll. On the palate, this is dense. Raspberry at the front now. Liqueur. Still blackberry. Pomegranate. I'm feeling those pomegranate and walnut stews... Some mushroom... Eucalyptus? Sauna wood, big time. Quite fruity still for 15 years though. The finish is long emphasizing that eucalyptus. Well worth waiting for the age here. Very long. Still some life if you want to wait even longer... Do we push 1-2 years more? — 9 months ago

with Anita

Jean-Marc Pillot

Les Vergers Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Chardonnay 2003

Jay Kline

9.1

Tasted double blind, deeper straw color, medium+ viscosity, with no signs of particles or gas; on the nose, medium intensity with notes of stones fruits and tropical fruits, kettle corn, bubble gum, and nuts; seems to be just a hint of sherry-like character which makes me think this wine has seen some age. On the palate, the fruit set is more skewed to the tropical side with notes of star fruit, passion fruit and pineapple with some almonds and some butter. Medium acid. Medium+ finish; creamy and long. Quite delicious if not slightly hot for my taste but the quality was certainly there. The last time I drank a wine that tasted like this, I called Condrieu (because I felt the alcohol was elevated and the acid held a more diminished role. This time, I wasn’t going to be fooled and called Puligny-Montrachet from 2006. Close! — 4 years ago

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