Showing posts with label Liquidity Wines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Liquidity Wines. Show all posts

Liquidity Wines 2019 Pinot Noir - 89pts

Liquidity Wines 2019 Pinot Noir (Okanagan Falls) Okanagan Valley - BC

Availability: Direct from the winery here
Cost: $30 + taxes
Alcohol: 13.5%

Date Tasted: May 7th, 2022

Tasting Notes: A beautifully fragrant BC Pinot Noir with a robust nose of mellow blue fruit, savoury wild sage and sweet cedar. The medium-everything palate that follows offers more prominent fruit notes with a welcomed dash of spice adding complexity to the layers of plum, toasted earth, dried cranberries and vanilla-kissed oak. Drink now-2024.
 - Liam Carrier ©copyright 2022 IconWines.ca

Liquidity Wines 2016 Pinot Noir - 87pts

Liquidity Wines 2016 Pinot Noir (Okanagan Falls) Okanagan Valley - BC

Availability: Direct from the winery here
Cost: $26 + taxes
Alcohol: 13.3%

Date Tasted: March 19th, 2018

Tasting Notes: The 2016 edition of Liquidity's estate Pinot Noir drifts away from center towards the over-extracted end of the viscosity spectrum with thick, pruny notes embedded in the menthol and oaky-blackberry scented nose and on the black cherry and vanilla-cola flavoured palate. Ready to go now.
 Drink now-2020.
 - Liam Carrier ©copyright 2018 IconWines.ca

Liquidity Wines 2016 Reserve Chardonnay - 92pts

Liquidity Wines 2016 Reserve Chardonnay (Okanagan Falls) Okanagan Valley - BC

Availability: Direct from the winery here
Cost: $TBD
Alcohol: 13.5%

Production: 160 cases
Date Tasted: March 10th, 2018

Tasting Notes: Sourced from a single block of the winery's Okanagan Falls home vineyard from 22 year old vines planted exclusively to clone 76, this full-bodied, Tropical fruit upside-down cake inspired Chardonnay is sensual and tart at the same time. Flavoured similarly to its Estate cousin with layers of 
papaya, peach, baked pineapple, macadamia nuts, French vanilla, oak, minerals and a touch of lingering spice. Drink now-2021.
 - Liam Carrier ©copyright 2018 IconWines.ca

Liquidity Wines 2016 Estate Chardonnay - 91pts

Liquidity Wines 2016 Estate Chardonnay (Okanagan Falls) Okanagan Valley - BC

Availability: Direct from the winery here
Cost: $26 + taxes
Alcohol: 13.4%

Production: 780 cases
Date Tasted: March 10th, 2018

Tasting Notes: Sourced from the winery's Okanagan Falls home vineyard from a mixture of clones and vine ages, this Chardonnay is similarly flavoured to the winery's elegant Reserve, with a little less body and a touch less perceptible residual sugar (though the stats tell a different story; 2.2 g/l VS. 1.7 g/l. 


The subtle nose and mouth-watering, full-ish palate are graced with the aromas and flavours of papaya, peach, sweet pineapple, macadamia nuts, quiet vanilla, minerals and a hint of gingered spice. Drink now-2021.
 - Liam Carrier ©copyright 2018 IconWines.ca

Liquidity Wines 2015 Pinot Noir - 88pts

Liquidity Wines 2015 Pinot Noir (Okanagan Falls) Okanagan Valley - BC

Availability: Direct from the winery here
Cost: $26 + taxes
Alcohol: 13.7%

Production:1190 cases
Date Tasted: September 7th, 2017

Tasting Notes: A ripe and round bouquet of black raspberry, sweet cherry and light spice aromas greets you on the nose of this aromatic, Okanagan Falls Pinot Noir. A medium-plus bodied palate follows with similar flavours, brambly berry acidity and lingering spices and cola notes on the moderate finish. A solid, approachable Pinot.
 Drink now-2020.
 - Liam Carrier ©copyright 2017 IconWines.ca

Liquidity Wines 2015 Chardonnay - 90pts

Liquidity Wines 2015 Chardonnay (Okanagan Falls) Okanagan Valley - BC

Availability: Direct from the winery here
Cost: $26 + taxes
Alcohol: 13.5%

Production: 384 cases
Date Tasted: May 17th, 2017

Tasting Notes: An elegant Chardonnay, nice and tidy with nothing out of place. Avoids the pitfalls of tasting forced with regards to winemaking decisions like so many others do. Subtle oak and partial malolactic fermentation notes frame the characteristics of the estate-sourced fruit nicely; medium intense, pear, peach and papaya fruits, light herbs and macadamia nut 
aromas and flavours with crisp, citrus acidity. Drink now-2020.
 - Liam Carrier ©copyright 2017 IconWines.ca

Liquidity Wines 2015 Viognier - 91pts

Liquidity Wines 2015 Viognier (Okanagan Falls) Okanagan Valley - BC

Availability: Wine club only. Direct from the winery here
Cost: $25 + taxes
Alcohol: 14.2%

Production: 592 cases
Date Tasted: July 7th, 2016

Tasting Notes: A full-bodied Viognier sourced from Okanagan Falls and Similkameen Valley vineyards and fermented in small stainless steel vats with some textured extracted from extended contact with the skins. Rich on the nose and palate with aromas of melons, tropical fruit and unpasteurised honey and flavours of papaya, peaches, apricots and grapefruit. Though juicy and plump in the mouth, the finish is clean and refreshing with ample acidity and a touch of lingering spice on the long finish. 
Drink now-2018.
 - Liam Carrier ©copyright 2016 IconWines.ca