The Winery Intrigue of Okanagan Valley of British Columbia

Winery Intrigue - Chardonnay
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 153 of the estates of British Columbia.
It is located in Okanagan Valley in the region of British Columbia

The Winery Intrigue is one of the best wineries to follow in Okanagan Valley.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Okanagan Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Intrigue wines

Looking for the best Winery Intrigue wines in Okanagan Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Intrigue 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 Intrigue wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Intrigue

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Intrigue

How Winery Intrigue wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of basque chicken with chorizo, brandade of cod from nimes or quiche without pastry.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Intrigue

On the nose the white wine of Winery Intrigue. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, tropical fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Intrigue. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Intrigue

  • 2015With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.97/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Pinot Gris
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Kerner

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 Intrigue

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Intrigue

How Winery Intrigue wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chinese noodles with beef, lamb kleftiko (greek) or duck breast with honey-orange sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Intrigue

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Intrigue

  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Gamay Noir
  • Zweigelt

Discover the grape variety: Kerner

Intraspecific crossing between frankenthal and riesling obtained in Germany in 1929 by August Karl Herold (1902/1973). In 1951 and by crossing it with the sylvaner, we obtained the juwel. It should be noted that there is a mutation of Kerner, discovered in 1974 and bearing the name of kernling, with grapes of pink-grey to red-grey colour at full maturity. Kerner can be found in Germany, Belgium, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, South Africa, Australia, the United States, Canada, Japan... practically unknown in France except in a few Moselle vineyards.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Intrigue

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Intrigue

How Winery Intrigue wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tagliata with truffle oil, moist parmesan steak or sarthe pot.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Intrigue

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Intrigue. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Intrigue

  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Intrigue.

  • Merlot
  • Riesling
  • Rotberger
  • Malbec
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Pinot Gris

The word of the wine: Vitis vinifera

The main species of vine cultivated in Europe and throughout the world, the origin of most of the great grape varieties.

The top pink wines of Winery Intrigue

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Intrigue

How Winery Intrigue wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of rabbit in sauce, codfish portuguese style or mussels with white wine and tomato.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Intrigue

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Intrigue. often reveals types of flavors of earth, citrus fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Intrigue

  • 2019With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Intrigue.

  • Riesling
  • Rotberger
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Pinot Gris

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.

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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 Intrigue.

Discover the grape variety: Gamay noir

Gamay is a Burgundian grape variety that has existed since the 14th century. For fear of competition with the pinot noir of Burgundy, gamay was finally uprooted and planted in the Beaujolais region, from Mâcon to Lyon. These siliceous and granitic soils suit it perfectly, and it gives its best here. But it is also planted all over France, such as in Lorraine, in the Loire Valley, in Bugey, in Savoie and in Auvergne. Gamay is early and very productive and needs to be limited so that quality prevails over quantity. Short winter pruning of the shoots and high density of vines per hectare are the methods that allow it to produce very fruity, fresh and greedy red wines. Gamay is also very popular in red wine futures, and produces wines from the Beaujolais region with very interesting character and ageing potential. The AOCs Crémant-de-Bourgogne, Mâcon, Anjou, Touraine, Rosé de vallée de la Loire, Côtes-d'Auvergne, Saint-Pourçain, Bugey, Gaillac, Côtes du Luberon... and many vins de pays are proud of it. Today, about 36,000 hectares of Gamay are cultivated in France, including 22,000 hectares in Beaujolais.

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The word of the wine: Vitis vinifera

The main species of vine cultivated in Europe and throughout the world, the origin of most of the great grape varieties.