Wine Events

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Soaring Eagle Estate Winery


1751 Narmata Road, Penticton, BC, Canada. PH# 250-490-4965.


It is the business and home of Keith and Lynn Holman. Belly up to their tasting bar and meet two of the most interesting and engaging people in the wine business. Their Winemaker Bernhard Schirrmeister has created a riper fuller style of wine using later harvest, lees contact, and low barrel aging to enhance but not to interfere with what nature provides. Lees Contact is particularly effective at modifying wood tannin astringency by binding with free ellagic tannins, thus lowering the proportion of active tannins. Thereby, improving the balance of fruit, wood, bacterial and yeast aroma, and flavor notes in the wines he produces.


On this trip I purchased 2007 Merlot Rose ($16.53) and 2007 Pinot Meunier ($19.14)

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