Provence’s January Wine Menu Highlights Cedar Creek Estate Winery’s Single Vineyard Wines

Thank goodness that 2020 is over.  Hopefully we will have a much better 2021 experience.  One experience would be enjoying a nice meal at a restaurant, but still socially distanced.  Provence Marinaside has a special menu for January paired with wonderful CedarCreek Estate Winery wines.  Here is their press release.

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(Vancouver, BC) – Phew! We all survived 2020 and have made it to 2021. It’s as good a reason as any to celebrate with the January Wine Menu at Provence Marinaside. This month shines the spotlight on wines of Cedar Creek Estate Winery – Platinum Series Haynes Creek Single Vineyard Viognier 2017 and the multi-award-winning Platinum Series Haynes Creek Single Vineyard Syrah 2017.
 
“Both these wines are from a single vineyard – Haynes Creek at the base of Anarchrist Mountain east of Osoyoos Lake. It is one of the hottest vineyards in the Okanagan and that micro-climate creates wines with beautifully rich and concentrated flavours,” says Joshua Carlson, Provence Marinaside’s Wine Director. “The Haynes Creek Syrah is co-fermented with 10 percent of Haynes Creek Viognier. This is a vinification method practiced in Côte Rôtie to add dimension to the Syrah grape. On their own, Syrah grapes ferment, and produce a nice wine; but when co-fermented with Viognier, there’s a bit of magic that happens. The gasses released from the viogniers fermentation encourage phenolic, and aromatic presence of the Syrah that wouldn’t be there on its own. The result is a lifted, floral and perfumed nose, with a rich, yet finessed palate. Taylor Whelan, Cedar Creek’s winemaker, hit a home run with this Syrah.”

 
Provence Owner/Chef Jean Francis Quaglia, along with Chef de Cuisine Sheldon Maloff and their talented chef team, has created two flavourful seasonal dishes to complement the wines – Beet Salad and Coffee-Braised Beef Cheeks. The dishes are unique to the Monthly Wine Menu and do not appear on Provence Marinaside’s regular menu.

Made from a single block of Viognier from the estate Haynes Creek Vineyard, this impressive version is fresh; notes of guava, mango, ginger and lemongrass, bergamot and exotic spices waft heartily from the glass.
“The wine has crunchy and tangy fruit on the palate; outstanding potency and succulence, yet it’s not blousy of flabby; slick and oily in texture with a powerful
and lengthy finish.”
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  Second Course
Coffee-braised Beef Cheeks
Root vegetable confit, pickled mushroom, parsnip purée, parsnip chips
 
Cedar Creek Estate Winery Platinum Series
‘Haynes Creek’ Single Vineyard Syrah 2017
$28/glass, $120/bottle
The primary fruit for this wine is wild fermented with
25 percent whole-bunch to send the wine in a floral, spicy direction. One percent whole-bunch Viognier is added to fix a bit of colour and lift aromatics. Aged on lees for more than a year in large oak puncheons.
“This inaugural vintage of Platinum Syrah pays homage to the now 10-year-old Syrah vines at Haynes Creek. Winemaking takes an elegant approach to this wine.”