Runs in the Family'

Gamay Noir, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia 

Light, lifted and lovely. Check! Born and raised on his family’s vineyard, Desert Hills, Rajen Toor launched Ursa Major in 2016, joining the ranks of exciting fermenters who are moulding BC’s emerging natural wine scene. This Gamay was planted in 1994 and grown on the deep warm sands of the Black Sage Bench in Oliver, BC. The vineyard is in its 5th season of organic transition, reinvigorating soil health through cover crops, beneficial weeds & composting. Due to a slow and cooler beginning to the growing season, this dynamic gamay was picked in October with its high acidity still intact. Left 100% whole cluster to encourage a stemmier, crunchier profile, and foot tread twice a day for seven days to extract cross-stitching tannins that bind everything together. Pomegranate juice, wild mugwort, green peppercorn, teeny serviceberries, sencha tea, sour cherry taffy, fresh tarragon & a pebbly brook.