Township 7 Benchmark Series Pinot Noir Remuda Vineyard 2022 (Okanagan Falls, BC)
Ruby colour; spicy, vanilla and black cherry nose; medium-bodied, dry, elegant; firmly structured, raspberry flavour; ripe tannins, lovely mouth-feel. (91)

Township 7 Benchmark Series NBO Blue Terrace Vineyard 2020 (North Bench Oliver, BC)
56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot. Deep purple in colour; spicy, cedary, blackcurrant with vanilla oak notes; medium-bodied, dry; Bordeaux petit chateau style; richly extracted and beautifully balanced; firmly structured, great length. (92)

Township 7 Seven Stars Rigel 2021 (Fool’s Gold Vineyard, North Oliver, BC)
100% Riesling. Pale straw in colour with a hint of green; active mousse of tiny bubbles; toasty, apple and lime nose with a thread of minerality; light to medium-bodied, crisply dry, green apple and lemon-lime flavours. (91)

Other wines tasted this week (with dinner): Sella & Mosca Marchese di Villamarina 2009 (Sardinia), Big Head Pinot Noir Knotty Vines Vineyard 2017 (Niagara), Foreign Affair Winery Temptress 2015 (Niagara), Speck Brothers Family Tree The Goat Lady Chardonnay 2022, Cave Spring Riesling Estate 2021 (Short Hills Bench, Niagara).