Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 12. Your spouse or mother would probably love to enjoy a bottle of sparkling wine. I have a spectacular bottle of BC’s Church & State Wines Gris de Noir Brut 2020 made in the Traditional Method from Pinot Noir grapes. It is available at the winery. It may also be at some of the restaurants listed below. Let me tell you about this wine.
My Wine Tasting Notes
Church & State Wines Gris de Noir Brut 2020 ($33.75)
Appearance: It has a clear, bright, medium-intensity peach colour. Medium-sized bubbles.
Nose: Medium intensity youthful aromas of crisp red fruit and red apples.
Palate: It is dry, medium-plus body and flavour. Mouth-filling but has a light mouthfeel. Medium-plus acidity provides excitement and a firm acidic backbone to the wine. A mix of creamy and biting medium-sized bubbles. Tart red fruit and crunchy apple flavours, plus a hint of lees. Fresh flavours!
Finish: A medium-length finishing with tart red fruit and crisp red apples. A hint of tannins on the finish.
Rating: 
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Delicious. Fresh tart red fruit and crisp red apple flavours. A dry wine that has higher acidity, medium-sized creamy and biting bubbles. Medium length. A bottle that you would drink without leaving a drop.
Where Can I Buy This Wine?
The wine is available at the winery, which has locations on Vancouver Island and in Oliver. Otherwise, check out various restaurants across BC. The winery has a listing of the BC restaurants on their website. Below is a list of Vancouver restaurants carrying Church & State Wines. I do not know which has this sparkling wine.
Provence Marinaside Foods Ltd
Banter Room
Beach Ave Bar and Grill – Vancouver
Belgard Kitchen
Browns Crafthouse – Pender
Burgoo – Bistro Point Grey
Burgoo Bistro – Downtown
Burgoo Bistro (Main Street) Ltd.
Cin Cin
Community Taps + Pizza
Cuchillo
Devils Elbow Ale & Smoke House
Forage and Beside Forage
Havana
Hook Cantina
Jacksons Resto Butcher
Liberty – 8th & Cambie
Magnet
Marine Drive Golf Club
Marquis Wine Cellars 571
Nuba Restaurant W. Broadway (Kitsilano)
Pan Pacific Vancouver
Papi’s Seafood & Oyster Bar
PiDGin
Rogers Arena
Sai Woo Chop Suey
Sprezzature
Tap & Barrel – BrewHall
Tap & Barrel – Bridges
Tap & Barrel – Coal Harbour
Tap & Barrel – Olympic Village
TAP Shack Coal Harbour
Tocador
Viti Wine And Lager Vancouver
