Osoyoos Larose Le Grand Vin 2010

This is 67% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petit Verdot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 3% Malbec. This is a wine with appealing aromas of both fruit (cassis) and oak (vanilla). The flavours are bright, with notes of black currant, blueberry and cherry. The wine has a firm backbone of fine tannins, with a generous texture from the Merlot. With 13.8% alcohol, this wine has the fingerprints of a fine Bordeaux red all. Score – 91-92. (johnschreiner.blogspot.com, Nov. 26, 2014)