Le Vieux Pin Syrah Cuvée Violette 2016, BC VQA Okanagan Valley

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Syrah Syrah
British Columbia, Canada

$34.59

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David Lawrason
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David Lawrason

Cuvee Violette is the least expensive, and less grand of Severine Pinte's stellar syrahs, but there is an edge and...

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WineAlign Exchange Tasting Notes
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WineAlign Exchange Tasting Notes

Food Pairing: Steak Dianne with a flambé of crème de violette and cassis moutarde.

Drink: 2018 – 2025

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John Szabo, MS
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John Szabo, MS

Open, and heavily violet - perfumed off the top, clean, and inviting, full of crunchy black fruit and pepper. The...

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National Wine Awards of Canada
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National Wine Awards of Canada

Average final score from judges at the 2018 National Wine Awards of Canada. Tasted blind June 2018.

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Michelle Bouffard
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Michelle Bouffard

A finesse Syrah with firm and elegant tannins and a salivating acidity. And what about its intoxicating aromas of red...

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Vladimir Vladimir Torres
Vladimir Vladimir Torres

Another "wow"!
This has all the black fruit beauty of a Northern Rhone Syrah, and it's appropriately named Violette.
Paired beautifully with a roasted leg of lamb covered with a crust of almonds and Moroccan inspired spices.

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