Carter Wine Company The Hawk 2016 and Lemberger Merlot 2017 labels
It’s September, so let’s start looking for red wines to enjoy as the nights get longer and the weather gets cooler. I have two red blends from the Carter Wine Company in Okanagan Falls. Carter Wine Company The Hawk 2016, a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc, and Carter Wine Company Lemberger Merlot 2017. The grapes for both wines come from their Hawks Vineyard. Both wines have some age on them. This is your opportunity to try aged BC wines. No need to wait 5-10 years to enjoy them.
I rarely hear the Lemberger grape in BC. It is usually called Blaufränkisch. Either way, it is a red grape that I do enjoy drinking and hope that more people will try it. It is a late-ripening grape, so I am going to have to go back to check my 2017 vintage notes to see what the growing season was like for that year. From my past notes, 2017 was a year that had forest fires and a hot summer, but the smoke shaded and helped delay the harvest. The winemakers I interviewed said that smoke taint would not be an issue and that the harvest produced quality grapes for winemaking.
Winery Background
Carter Wine Company is one of the brands under the BC Wine Studio umbrella. From the winery, “Stephen Carter, a Vancouver native bought the winery in 2012, and the winery produced its first vintage in
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