Marichel Winery
Reviews
Summary: I don't know wine but I...
I drive my wife around the wineries on the Naramata Bench every year.This year it wasn't in my father-in-law's red Miata because my bro-in-law was in town. So, we went in his Alberta-covered, cracked-windshield Jeep. Redeeming qualities: hardtop off, great stereo.
Anyways, we stopped at Moraine along the route. I loved the entrance and small deck patio with gorgeous views of the lake. The wine tasting room had a beautiful wood table with long benches and a large, open Italian kitchen feel. The fellow manning the place was very personable and my wife and her brother BS'd with him about North Vancouver where- as it turns out- they all grew up. After having to listen to them prove to each other that they lived there, we tasted 3 of their wines. I loved the rosé so I grabbed a bottle of that while my bro-in-law picked up 2 bottles of a red. Overall, great stop... and departure as we left with Rage Against the Machine cranked on the stereo and my wife shaking her head.
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we've been there twice and both times...
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Nice quiet spot with large communal table...
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About Winery and Wines
The Naramata Bench in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley is a unique grape-growing area, unlike any other on wine region on earth. Rich, ripe, full-bodied red and white wines grown at 50 degrees latitude? It happens nowhere else on the planet. The Okanagan Valley contains Canada’s only desert, with hot summers and long, long daylight hours. And as if Nature intended to make a good thing even better, Okanagan Lake provides a vast thermal sink to moderate the excessively hot and cold temperatures common to arid regions. It’s a “Goldilocks” appellation: not too hot, and not too cold. From both a geographic and winemaking perspective, the heart of the Okanagan Valley is the Naramata Bench. Ideally situated to capture the maximum amount of sunlight, and nurtured by the moderating influence of Okanagan Lake, “The Bench” epitomizes the often claimed- but rarely realized- perfect terroir. The Bench areas closest to the lake, where Marichel Vineyard is located, are comprised of glacial soils laid down over millennia. Our vineyard is planted in sandy and silty loams of low natural vigour. This moderates vegetative growth in the vines while encouraging the vines to bring the fruit to the peak of flavour and aroma. At Marichel Vineyard the vineyard and winery are operated as integrated parts of a whole. There is no separation between growing the grapes and making the wine: they’re viewed as different stages of a single process. We designed, built and planted the vineyard ourselves. We raised every vine to maturity and the winemaker personally tends each vine in all seasons. The winery itself is located literally where the vine rows end, facilitating rapid harvest and processing.
Our wines are created first in the vineyard. We then employ the highest-quality winemaking equipment and modern winemaking techniques to bring out the best in what nature provides. Modern destemming, pressing and pumping equipment facilitate simple, clean winemaking in 100% stainless steel fermenters. Our Syrah ages in varying combinations of French and American oak, usually for periods ranging from 18 months to two years. Visitors are welcomed in our comfortable, relaxed tasting room, where they enjoy a spectacular view over Okanagan Lake. All current Marichel wines can be tasted for a single nominal charge, which is refunded with any purchase.