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Can you guess which BC winery wines I'm tasting today? One is a white blend and the other an Ortega. Bonus marks for guessing the region as well. Tasting notes tomorrow. #bcwineries #bcvqa #coolclimatewine #drinklocalwine #buybcwine #mywinepallikes #bcwine #bcfoodie #winesofbc https://www.instagram.com/p/CGoOJLvhe7y/?igshid=15jmdxlpzd554

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Here are two more white Rhone Valley grape varieties that are made by @churchandstatewines from the Coyote Bowl and Bella vineyards in the south Okanagan.  In my previous article I reviewed their Marsanne wine, which is the 3rd major white grape from the Rhone Valley. Church & State Wines Roussanne 2017 - A medium minus intensity bright lemon colour in the glass.  It has a medium minus intensity nose, with a mix of lanolin, dried lemons and pineapples, roasted pears and a touch of oak aromas.  This wine is dry, very soft and smooth with a fuller body.  Medium acidity.  You get rich ripe tropical fruits, dried stone fruits and fresh apricot flavours.  It has a medium length finishing off smooth, with a light finish that fades away nicely.  Apricots, dried stone fruits and a touch of oak, pepperiness and honey at the very end. Church & State Wines Viognier 2017 - Wow, this white wine comes in at 14.1% alc.  2017 was not a super hot vintage, but these grapes must have had a nice long hang time over the Fall to bring up the sugar content.  This wine has a medium intensity bright lemon colour.  The aromas changed quickly once I opened the wine and began to nose it.  It started off with zippy citrus then adding some peach and tropical fruit.  It then quickly progressed to more stone fruit and less citrus and tropical fruit.  Then the intensity of the nose lightened and added honey.  When I taste this wine tomorrow, I wonder what to expect.  Interesting.  This wine is off dry with medium plus body and flavour intensity.  It is smooth but not thick in your mouth but it does slowly get thicker feeling with some time in the glass.  Light acidity.  Toast and pepper and tropical fruit to start, along with some citrus, which then changes to stone fruit flavours, in particular apricots.  It has a steely feel toward the finish.  On the finish you get tart citrus, some bitter pith, pepperiness, and hotness (from the 14.1% alc).  Again, I wonder how much this wine will change when I next taste it.  An adventure in the glass. Stay tuned for my full tasting notes on mywinepal.com #somm #bcwine #buybcwine #drinkwine #whitewine #winelovers #wineblogger #bcwineries #bcvqa https://www.instagram.com/p/CFPkkvHhL3h/?igshid=1vnrqxho5qzb8