Our Wines Come From Our Vines

Howling Bluff Estate Sin Cera: this wine comes from 8 separate plantings throughout our vineyard. This Merlot backed blend comes from our plantings of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.

Howling Bluff Estate Pinot Noir: this wine comes from two separate plots planted in 2004 and another planted in 2008.

Howling Bluff Estate Sauvignon Blanc: this wine comes from 4 separate plantings of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc situated around our 20 acre vineyard.

Howling Bluff 2007 Estate Sin Cera

Silver Award at The Wine Access 2009 Canadian Wine Awards Red Blends

100% sourced from low cropped vines at Howling Bluff’s Summa Quies Vineyard on the Naramata Bench, this Meritage style blend is rich and structured. Dominated by Merlot (72% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, 13% Malbec) the wine shows intense plum, black cherry and coffee with further complex flavours and aromas of cassis, burlap, clove, cinnamon, pepper and chocolate. The finish is long and complex with concentrated flavours that both linger and evolve. Built for ageing, this wine has ripe, fine-grained tannins that will reward 6-12 years in the cellar, or decanting to drink now. Pair to grilled meats and roast leg of lamb.  Only 200 cases and 24 magnums produced.

Howling Bluff 2007 Estate Pinot Noir

2007 Pinot Noir, First Place 25^th Annual Peoples Choice Award, fall 2009

The follow-on from the Lieutenant Governor’s Award of Excellence winning 2006 vintage and again 100% sourced from Howling Bluff’s Summa Quies Vineyard on the Naramata Bench. The nose is a beautiful combination of ripe strawberry and cherry with notes of sweet spice, chocolate, coffee, vanilla, orange zest and hints of burlap. The palate is seductively silky in texture and shows vanilla, cherry, raspberry, orange zest and more sweet baking spice. The finish lingers long on the palate and the wine continues to evolve and develop complexity in the glass. Perfect to pair with richer meat dishes, braised dishes and venison. Drink 2009-2017.  Only 171 cases produced.

Howling Bluff 2008 Estate Sauvignon Blanc

Summa Quies Vineyard

This wine is a blend of our Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon grapes. The blend is the production from 2400 Sauvignon Blanc vines and 100 Semillon vines. Grown on the Naramata Bench at our Summa Quies Vineyard we used stainless steel fermentation with an additional 675 litres aged for 2 months in French oak to produces this wine.  This wine shows true varietal aromas of guava and passion fruit intermingled with citrus fruits and tomatoes leaves with a slight earthy, mineral characteristic.  The palate is fresh and crisp with good length with beautiful balance.  Partial barrel fermentation with lees stirring has added further complexity, enjoyable now but will reward cellaring up to five years.

251 cases produced. $18.99 Bottle