French Door Estate Fleur Gamay

A light-bodied, spicy, and earthy blend of Gamay, Pinot Noir, and Saignée, best served chilled. Bright aromas of cranberry, boysenberry, anise, mushroom, and cola on the nose, complemented by rich flavours of cherry, licorice, strawberry, pepper, and red currant on the palate. Our Gamay is sourced from the East Kelowna Vineyard and a stunning vineyard in Naramata, overlooking Okanagan Lake. This year, we had two lots of Gamay: the Kelowna fruit was destemmed and fermented at 21°C, then pressed off early at 5 Brix to allow fermentation to continue off the skins in tanks. The other lot underwent whole cluster and whole berry fermentation and received punch downs only. The Pinot Noir whole berry and 20% whole cluster fermented, receiving punch downs only, then pressed off at 5 Brix. It was allowed to finish fermentation in large format neutral oak barrels for 2 months before being blended with the Gamay lots in tanks. The blend was aged for several months before bottling. Blend: 77% Gamay, 20 % Pinot Noir, 3% Malbec Saignée