Okanagan Crush Pad
Okanagan Crush Pad
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
Okanagan Crush Pad opened in 2011 to provide a home-base for Christine Coletta and Steve Lornie’s original wine label Haywire and to serve as a custom crush facility. Today the winery makes its own wines exclusively under the labels Haywire, Narrative, Free Form, and Bizou + Yukon, in addition to creating custom label projects for private retail accounts.
Haywire offers pure, lively, wines that reflect the unique cool climate terroir of Canada’s Okanagan Valley. Founded first as a virtual wine brand in 2009, “haywire” is an old Canadianism that refers to wire used for baling hay. Haywire tended to tangle and be unpredictable making it an apt description of Christine and Steve’s impromptu decision to forgo retirement and journey into wine making.
With home vineyard Switchback and sister properties Garnet Valley Ranch and Secrest Mountain now organic certified, Haywire is internationally recognized as making some of the most game-changing wines from the region.
Over the years Matt Dumayne has worked with consultants Alberto Antonini and Pedro Parra along with David Scholefield to define a house style for Haywire. Hallmark traits are wines rich in texture with a lush mid-palate, balanced acidity and lively and bright berry flavours. The entire team is committed to farming wines that are textbook Okanagan. They let the natural, spectacular beauty of the region shine through.
To view which Narrative wines are currently available at the LCBO, click here.
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AVAILABLE WINES
Address: 16576 Fosbery Rd, Summerland, BC V0H 1Z6
Website : https://okanagancrushpad.com
Narrative
Narrative
Narrative Syrah Viognier
Narrative is a line of wines from Okanagan Crush Pad, meant to tell the story of the Okanagan Valley through friendly, accessible wines. Okanagan Crush Pad's Narrative line is all about freshness, purity of fruit, and in the end, being seriously crushable. The blend in 2018 is Syrah and Viognier from two Osoyoos vineyards, some of which were cofermented in clay amphora and left on skins for nine months. The result is heightened aromatics and silky textures. On the palate, the wine is juicy, spicy, and alive with the hint of the good side of naturality. Drink or hold through the next three to five years.
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Vintage: 2018
Bottle Size: 750 mL
Bottles per Case: 12
Price per Bottle: $40.00
Style: Still
Region: British Columbia
Appellation: BC VQA Okanagan Valley
Country: Canada
Grape: Syrah, Viognier
Colour: Red
Vegan: Yes
Organic: Yes
Biodynamic: No
Natural: No
Low Intervention: Yes