Osoyoos Larose Le Grand Vin 2014

Description

The blend is 68% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot and 5% Malbec. The wine reflects of the finest of Okanagan vintages, beginning with dramatic aromas of black fruits mingled with spice and chocolate. The flavours are intense and concentrated, showing dark cherry, black currant and dark chocolate. (johnschreiner.blogspot.com,March 11, 2020)

Tasting Notes

Merlot leads big in 2014 at 68 per cent and so the smaller lots of cabernet sauvignon, franc, malbec and petit verdot all contribute with equal and ubiquitous effort. Now 20 years into its tenure, the accumulated 17 years of Le Grand Vin now enters its renaissance, of understanding, Bordelais connectivity and most important, Okanagan Valley rendering. This is a classic and yet so avant-garde Osoyoos Larose, right bankish and balanced as not recent past before. It's actually quite light, reserved and lithely mineral-chalky, weighted evenly between all its necessary factions but leaning in the direction of fruit, supported by understated if geometrical structure. Very impressive, firm in gesture, positioned directly along intersectional lines of a graphed zone, meeting at the ante-vanishing point. Drink Date: 2019-2027. Score - 93. (Michael Godel, winealign.com, April 18, 2018)

Tags

D - Dry, Full-bodied & Firm, Full-bodied & Smooth, Merlot Blend, Red Blend, Red Wine, Wine, XD - Extra Dry