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We attended a tasting last month where the highlight of the night was a 7-year vertical of one of BC’s most celebrated red blends: Osoyoos Larose’s Le Grand Vin. Unfortunately, the tasting ended up being an anti-climactic car wreck of unbalanced wines that left us regretting the roughly $350 worth of wine on the table before us. 
He says: It’s hard to find a good bottle of Bordeaux for $20, and this bottle might just be the answer. She says: Overall a good value-for-money Bordeaux. 
He says: A disappointingly unbalanced wine that looks good, smells nice, but tastes like shit. She says: It’s not how you start but how you finish that counts… 
She says: …had a much better balance on the flavour profile with juicy black fruit and hints of mineral, chocolate and almost a touch of saltiness. He says: Highly recommended at this price point! 
She says: Whilst this was my favourite wine of the tasting, it didn’t ‘wow’ me like it has on occasions past. He says: There is depth and elegance to this wine, but it has yet to reach the complexity we find in Old World favorites, which is no surprise. 
She says: More of a teddy bear than a black bear. He says: I’d love to try this in a few years to see what secondary characteristics develop. 
She says: The name, “Nota Bene,” is Latin for ‘note well’ or ‘take notice’, and I am not sure it quite lives up to its name. He says: Don’t buy this wine. |
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