The Winery Ex Nihilo of Okanagan Valley of British Columbia

Winery Ex Nihilo - Chaos Bianco
The winery offers 21 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 42 of the estates of British Columbia.
It is located in Okanagan Valley in the region of British Columbia

The Winery Ex Nihilo is one of the world's great estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in of Okanagan Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Ex Nihilo wines

Looking for the best Winery Ex Nihilo wines in Okanagan Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Ex Nihilo wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Ex Nihilo wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Ex Nihilo

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Ex Nihilo

How Winery Ex Nihilo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of magic cake cheese quiche, fish balls or calamari with chorizo.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Ex Nihilo

On the nose the white wine of Winery Ex Nihilo. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Ex Nihilo. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Ex Nihilo

  • 2018With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Ex Nihilo.

  • Riesling
  • Pinot Gris
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier

Discovering the wine region of Okanagan Valley

The Okanagan Valley is one of six Designated Viticultural Areas in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The DryClimate in this "pocket desert" produces some unique wines made from Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Riesling, Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and Chardonnay. There is now an almost even split between white and red grapes planted, with Merlot the most common variety. Ice wine can be produced in the Okanagan Valley but the necessary temperatures are not as consistent as on the east coast, where the winters are much colder.

The DVA produces more than 80 percent of the province's output and is the second most prolific wine region in Canada, behind Ontario's Niagara Peninsula. There are around 185 licensed grape wineries and 3,575 hectares (8,830 acres) of vineyards. The Long, narrow Okanagan Valley runs for around 210 kilometers (130 miles) from the Northern town of Salmon Arm to the border of the United States in the South. Much of the viticulture occurs in the Center of the region on the shores of Lake Okanagan, from which the area takes its name.

The Okanagan river then flows south into the US state of Washington, where it converges with the viticulturally significant Columbia River (home to the extensive Columbia Valley AVA). The river is spelled Okonogan in the United States. Unlike in the fragmented Niagara Peninsula appellation, the Okanagan Valley forms just one designated viticultural area. However, the diversity of Terroir here means there are a number of subregions within it.

The top red wines of Winery Ex Nihilo

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Ex Nihilo

How Winery Ex Nihilo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of wild boar with honey, lamb mice confit and melting carrots or rabbit with mustard, thyme and cream.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Ex Nihilo

On the nose the red wine of Winery Ex Nihilo. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or non oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Ex Nihilo. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Ex Nihilo

  • 2009With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.29/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.18/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.18/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.17/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Ex Nihilo.

  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Petit Verdot

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

The top pink wines of Winery Ex Nihilo

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Ex Nihilo

How Winery Ex Nihilo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Ex Nihilo

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Ex Nihilo. often reveals types of flavors of earth, red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Ex Nihilo

  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5

The word of the wine: Sulphur

An antiseptic and antioxidant substance known since antiquity, probably already used by the Romans. But it was only in modern times that its use was rediscovered. It will allow a better conservation of the wine and thus favour its export. Sulphur also gave the 18th century winegrower the possibility of extending the maceration period without fearing that the wine would turn sour and thus go from dark rosé wines to the red wines of today. Excessive sulphur, on the other hand, kills happiness, paralysing the aromas and causing headaches.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Ex Nihilo

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Ex Nihilo

How Winery Ex Nihilo wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Ex Nihilo

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Ex Nihilo. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit or oak.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Ex Nihilo

  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.20/5

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of vine is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Gewurztraminer rosé can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Jura, Champagne, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Ex Nihilo

Planning a wine route in the of Okanagan Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Ex Nihilo.

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Winery Ex Nihilo and wines from the region

Canada’s Okanagan Valley approves six new sub-appellations

Canada’s western province of British Columbia (BC), has approved six new sub-appellations for its most famous wine-growing region of Okanagan Valley. The Okanagan Valley is BC’s largest appellation – called Geographical Indications (GIs) in Canada. And from a standing start in 2015, it now has 11 sub-GIs following the recent ratification. The six new sub-GIs are: Summerland Valleys, Summerland Lakefront, Summerland Bench, East Kelowna Slopes, South Kelowna Slopes and Lake Country. They are now l ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘2021 has been the year of all the miseries’

How’s the weather been this year? Awful. ‘La nature m’écoeure’, one of my wine-growing friends posted on Facebook on 8 April, having been out to look at the frost-crippled shoots on his vines that morning: ‘Nature disgusts me’. It takes a lot to make a wine-grower feel that. He wasn’t alone. Jeremiads echo around the northern hemisphere as 2021 closes. It’s been the year of all the miseries. None suffered more horribly than the growers of Germany’s Ahr valley, where floodwaters caused by the fou ...

The word of the wine: Sulphur

An antiseptic and antioxidant substance known since antiquity, probably already used by the Romans. But it was only in modern times that its use was rediscovered. It will allow a better conservation of the wine and thus favour its export. Sulphur also gave the 18th century winegrower the possibility of extending the maceration period without fearing that the wine would turn sour and thus go from dark rosé wines to the red wines of today. Excessive sulphur, on the other hand, kills happiness, paralysing the aromas and causing headaches.