Spearhead Cuvée Pinot Noir 2022
The 2022 vintage is packed with baked cherry, blackberry, violet, and brown sugar. There is a pleasant damp earth and thyme spice note. The palate is fresh and bright with flavours of Bing cherry, pomegranate, red currant, and chocolate raspberry. Hints of Allspice linger on the finish.
| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Province | British Columbia |
| Region | Okanagan Valley |
| Producer | Spearhead Winery |
| Vintage(s) | 2022 |
| Color | Red Wine |
| Varietal(s) | Pinot Noir |
The 2022 vintage is packed with baked cherry, blackberry, violet, and brown sugar. There is a pleasant damp earth and thyme spice note. The palate is fresh and bright with flavours of Bing cherry, pomegranate, red currant, and chocolate raspberry. Hints of Allspice linger on the finish.
| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Province | British Columbia |
| Region | Okanagan Valley |
| Producer | Spearhead Winery |
| Vintage(s) | 2022 |
| Color | Red Wine |
| Varietal(s) | Pinot Noir |
| Closure | Screw Cap |
|---|---|
| Volume | 750ml |
| Alcohol | 13.5% |
| Product Code | B027R00122 |
| Inventory | In Stock (60) |
Tasting notes
The 2022 vintage is packed with baked cherry, blackberry, violet, and brown sugar. There is a pleasant damp earth and thyme spice note. The palate is fresh and bright with flavours of Bing cherry, pomegranate, red currant, and chocolate raspberry. Hints of Allspice linger on the finish.
Pairing
Pair with grilled lamb chops, Roquefort cheese, pecan pie.
Cellaring
Enjoy through 2034
Appearance: Bright. Semi-opaque. Medium-dark, brick red colour. Nose: Cherry, raspberry, vanilla, and floral aromas. Hints of pepper spice and smoke. Palate: Medium acid, medium tannin, medium body. Dry. Cherry, raspberry, and light plum flavours. Black peppercorn, cedar, green pepper, and a hint of smoke. Well balanced. Quality: Outstanding. 91 points. Drink now or hold 2-3 years. Food Pairing: Mongolian meatball ramen, gnocchi with truffled mushrooms, carpaccio with mustard sauce, glazed ham with pineapple and cloves, and rack of lamb with olive tapenade.
Viticulture
A combination of Pinot Noir grapes selected from Summerland and East Kelowna.
Vinification
Dijon clones 667, 115, 828, 777, and Pommard are hand harvested and destemmed into small batches. Each batch is cold soaked for 5-7 days before ambient fermentation. Approximately 3 weeks on skins before gently pressing and moving to French oak barrel for 13 month (40% new oak). Our Cuvée blend varies each year depending on the winemaker’s barrel selection.
- Sugar: 23 Brix at Harvest
- Acid: 7.3
- pH: 3.4
- Residual Sugar: 1.4
- Alcohol %: 13.5
Production Amount
3720Producer Description
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The Spearhead Story....
Spearhead Winery is located on the benchlands of South East Kelowna. Our focus is on premium quality wine which we produce from grapes grown on our estate vineyard and from selected Okanagan Valley vineyards. The hand harvested grapes are sorted at the winery and fermented in small lots.
On our estate vineyard we grow Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Riesling. Approximately 80% of 15 acres of vines is comprised of Pinot Noir including four different Dijon clones, 2 California heritage clones and Pommard. This combination of plantings enables our wine maker to select from the different characteristics exhibited by these clones in order to create a harmonious, complex Pinot Noir from our home vineyard. We also draw from a number of other vineyards in the Okanagan including Golden Retreat in Summerland and Coyote Vineyard in West Kelowna.
Our vineyard and winemaking teams are led by Grant Stanley. A highly respected BC winemaker, Grant has been at the helm as our Winemaker/General Manager for a few years now and he has transformed our winemaking program. His commitment to showcasing specific terroirs of the Central Okanagan Valley is evident in the ‘single vineyard’ program we have developed for our pinot noir bottlings. These wines display the unique attributes of the Okanagan vineyards that they were sourced from. We also produce blended Pinot Noirs which combine the characteristics of different vineyards, including our benchmark Cuvee. We have extended this exclusive approach to winemaking to other varietals including our Chardonnay which is made from a single clone.
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