Our Wines Come From Our Vines

Howling Bluff Estate Sin Cera: this wine comes from 8 separate plantings throughout our vineyard. This Merlot backed blend comes from our plantings of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.

Howling Bluff Estate Pinot Noir: this wine comes from two separate plots planted in 2004 and another planted in 2008.

Howling Bluff Estate Sauvignon Blanc: this wine comes from 4 separate plantings of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc situated around our 20 acre vineyard.

2008 Howling Bluff Estate Pinot Noir 215 cases produced, $29/bottle

The third release for this estate wine and what big shoes to follow, 2006 with the Lt Governors award for excellence to mention one among many awards for that wine. The 2007 with first place Peoples Choice in the 2009 fall Okanagan Wine festival among other awards it received and it sold out two days after it was officially released. Now the third vintage, 2008 saw us take the big risk with wild (natural) yeast in the reds. The 2008 estate Pinot Noir was the first wine we let ferment with wild yeast. The wine was then aged in premium new and 2nd fill French oak for 12 months. The nose is a beautiful combination of ripe strawberry and cherry with notes of sweet spice, chocolate, coffee and vanilla. The palate is silky in texture and shows vanilla, cherry, raspberry and sweet baking spice. The finish lingers long on the palate and the wine continues to evolve and develop complexity in the glass. This wine is perfect to pair with richer meat dishes.  The wine was aged for 12 months in premium French oak, drink now to 7 years.

2009 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 330 cases produced, $19/bottle

This is the 4th year for this rare estate wine and I think I'm on to something. The 2009 year was simply the best vintage so far, hot, dry days, cool nights and lots of wind and no rain. The result was the best looking grapes yet. We let natural yeast do the ferment for us; those of you that know what a risk that is will appreciate how far we will go to make remarkable wine. For 2009 we added one new premium French oak barrel to the three from last year and filled them just after fermentation started. We left everything outside to let Mother Nature do the needed cold stabilization. The barrel fermented wine was married to the stainless steel fermented wine just a few weeks ago. The result is a wine with great complexity. This wine shows true varietal aromas of guava and passion fruit with hints of citrus and a slightly earthy, mineral characteristic. The palate is fresh and crisp with good length and perfect balance, a great summer sipper and will also stand up to bold foods. Great now but will reward cellaring for 3 to 5 years Besides being tasty right now this stuff is a keeper. Jen still has two cases for the 2008 hidden away and it is drinking fantastic right now. We make wine that will age, and if you can keep some back and try it every two months for a year or so I think you will be very happy.

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Our wines are now available for purchase online by case (12 bottles) only. (Taxes and bottle deposits included in prices. Delivery is $20 for the first case, $10 for each additional case.)

2009 Howling Bluff Estate Sauvignon Blanc Semillon - $19.00 per bottle Add case(s) to my wine cellar.   2008 Howling Bluff Estate Pinot Noir - $32.00 per bottle Add case(s) to my wine cellar.