Brent Rowland is the man. He worked at a lot of places, including at Domaine Dujac. He’s super intuitive in his wine making process. Ever since he took over as winemaker for Averill Creek in 2018, the wines have SKYROCKETED in quality. Averill Creek Vineyard is located in the heart of the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island. The 30-acre vineyard rests on the sun-drenched south slope of Mt. Prevost in the Cowichan Valley. Premium quality, single vineyard wines, hand-crafted in small lots to showcase the distinctive terroir & signature style that is Averill Creek and our cool-climate Vancouver Island appellation. 

Thanks to the cool climate, more acidity in the grapes can be preserved. The fruit is estate-grown on glacial stone and gravel soils for mineral freshness. Pinot Noir and Marechel Foch were pressed-off, and then de-stemmed whole-berry Gewürztraminer and Pinot Gris were added on top of the red juice. A red ferment in essence, but with a cap of white berries. The cap of white berries was punched down into the red juice once daily, then pressed-off and blended. Zero zero: nothing added to the wine and nothing taken away. A powerful, intense blend, full of bright fruit flavour, balanced with a dried-flower savouriness. This food friendly not-so-little number will entice you towards another bite of food, another sip of wine, on repeat.

SPECS

Region: COWICHAN VALLEY, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC

Varietals: PINOT NOIR, MARECHEL FOCH, GEWÜRTZTRAMINER, PINOT GRIS

Method: DRY FARMED, HAND HARVESTED, STAINLESS STEEL AGEING, ZERO ZERO

Country of Origin: CANADA

Notes: DRIED STRAWBERRIES, POTPOURRI, BLACK PEPPER, FIG JAM

Producer: AVERILL CREEK