- Innovation Series Méthode Ancestrale - 2017

Innovation Series Méthode Ancestrale 2017

- 90 points -

This is the first sparkling wine made at Tinhorn Creek; and it is made in the ancient manner. The Pinot Noir grapes were whole-cluster pressed and the juice was racked into neutral French oak barrels, to ferment with natural yeast. It was racked into stainless steel while it was still fermenting. The juice was cooled so that it could racked off the solids. Then, with two brix of sugar left, it was bottled and finished fermentation in bottle. The remaining lees give the wine a cloudy appearance and bready aromas and flavours, along with flavours of citrus and peach...

August 2018


About John Schreiner

John Schreiner is Canada's most prolific writer of books on wine. Since his first book in 1984, The World of Canadian Wine, he has written 15, including multiple editions of The Wineries of British Columba, British Columbia Wine Country and John Schreiner's Okanagan Wine Tour Guide.