Lunessence Gamay 2022

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Deborah Podurgiel WSET IV Candidate rated this wine as 90/100 with the following review:

I love wines that intrigue me -- like this 100% Gamay 2022 from Lunessence Vineyard and Winery. First off it is a brilliant, if not fluorescent, medium ruby dusty in the glass. Grapes for this wine were organically grown, hand-harvested and sorted, foot trodden, wild-fermented, and after spontaneous MLF, the wine rested on its lees for over nine months in neutral French oak barrels. The wine was bottled unfined and unfiltered.

A perfect, dry, medium-bodied and lighter-style red for summer, it is showing medium-intensity aromas of liquid cherry, raspberry, red plum, light spice, herbal and a bit of underbrush funk (in a good way) on the nose. But then, it opens up on the palate with baked cherry pie, plum, cracked pepper, fine herbs and menthol flavours mouth-watering and savoury with a long finish on a mineral note.

Juicy, with great acidity for food, do chill it up to bring out its fresh fruity flavours and pour it with either a mushroom risotto, wild mushroom bisque, roast duck or quail stuffed with Chanterelle mushrooms. Tasted July 2024.

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Lunessence Gamay 2022, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia BC V.Q.A., Canada Natalie has not yet reviewed this wine. It's listed here for your convenience so that you can find it easily in your local liquor store. Drink: 2024-2025. 12.70% D 750 mL $33.00. March 13, 2024 Delightful Duck Wine Full Review

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