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Nk'mip Cellars Qwam Qwmt Chardonnay(2006)
- Winery:
- Nk'Mip Cellars
- Varietal:
- Chardonnay
- Region:
- Canada > British Columbia > Okanagan Valley
- Type:
- White Wine
- User Tags:
- chardonnay, white grape, oak - heavy, oak, fruit, resinous, jam, digestif, france, fine
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Source:
Appellation America Wine Portal
- Established in 1968 by the Osoyoos Indian Band, the Inkameep Vineyard at Oliver has some of the south Okanagan’s most mature vines, including the Chardonnay chosen for this reserve-grade Chardonnay. The band, which operates Nk’Mip Cellars in a joint venture with Vincor, dubs its top grade wines as “Qwam Qwmt” - a phrase in the band’s Okanagan language that means “achieving excellence.” The band sells Inkameep grapes to as many as 13 different wineries. However, Randy Picton, the winemaker at Nk’Mip since 2003, manages to get perhaps the finest grapes for band’s own winery. read more...Some of the Chardonnay wines grow east to west. Picton insists that the north side of the rows be picked days later than the south side, a way of making sure he gets optimally ripe grapes. Such finicky viticulture shows in this wine’s lush flavours and concentration. It begins with aromas of citrus and vanilla. On the palate, there are flavours of pear, ripe tangerine and Scotch marmalade, framed by toasty oak notes achieved by aging the wine 10 months in French oak. While there is evidence of malolactic fermentation, Picton has left a fine spine of acidity. Further aging will ripen this Chardonnay to peak perfection in about three years. 89 points. (hide)
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Source:
Appellation America
- Established in 1968 by the Osoyoos Indian Band, the Inkameep Vineyard at Oliver has some of the south Okanagan’s most mature vines, including the Chardonnay chosen for this reserve-grade Chardonnay. The band, which operates Nk’Mip Cellars in a joint venture with Vincor, dubs its top grade wines as “Qwam Qwmt” - a phrase in the band’s Okanagan language that means “achieving excellence.” The band sells Inkameep grapes to as many as 13 different wineries. However, Randy Picton, the winemaker at Nk’Mip since 2003, manages to get perhaps the finest grapes for band’s own winery. read more...Some of the Chardonnay wines grow east to west. Picton insists that the north side of the rows be picked days later than the south side, a way of making sure he gets optimally ripe grapes.Such finicky viticulture shows in this wine’s lush flavours and concentration. It begins with aromas of citrus and vanilla. On the palate, there are flavours of pear, ripe tangerine and Scotch marmalade, framed by toasty oak notes achieved by aging the wine 10 months in French oak. While there is evidence of malolactic fermentation, Picton has left a fine spine of acidity. Further aging will ripen this Chardonnay to peak perfection in about three years. 89 points. (hide)
