Results of the 2018 WineAlign National Wine Awards of Canada (The Nationals)
White Single Varieties
Category overview by judge and panel leader Treve Ring
It was an impressive medal year in the White Single Varieties category, and especially so for BC, sweeping all but three of the medals, and taking all of the platinums (Note: Platinum awards will be announced on Friday). It’s a testament to the diversity of grapes and styles being produced here that the seven platinum and gold medals awarded covered roussanne, semillon, albarino, and chenin blanc, with the first three grapes each gaining two medals. Bronze continued to trek through the grape encyclopedia, bringing grüner veltliner, siegerrebe, muscat, madeleine sylvaner, petit milo, ortega, vidal and ehrenfelser to the podium. Top wines combined concentration with freshness, and structure with sensitivity, understanding that power alone is not ever enough to rise to the top of the ranks.
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Bench 1775 2016 Semillon, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Road 13 Vineyards 2016 Roussanne, British Columbia
Stag’s Hollow 2017 Albarino Shuttleworth Creek, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Black Market 2017 Unsanctioned Series Semillon, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Kew Vineyards 2016 Marsanne, Beamsville Bench, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
Lake Breeze 2016 Roussanne, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Road 13 Vineyards 2017 Chip off the Old Block Chenin Blanc, Golden Mile Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
St Hubertus 2016 Pinot Blanc, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Terravista 2017 Albarino, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Château des Charmes 2017 Aligote, Niagara Escarpment, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
Chaberton 2017 Madeleine Sylvaner, Fraser Valley, British Columbia
Chaberton 2017 Siegerrebe, Fraser Valley, British Columbia
Crescent Hill 2016 Olde Orchard, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Gaspereau Vineyards 2017 Muscat, Nova Scotia
Hester Creek 2017 Trebbiano Old Vines Block 16, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Narrative 2017 Pinot Blanc, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Nk’Mip Cellars 2017 Winemakers Pinot Blanc, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Quails’ Gate 2017 Chenin Blanc, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Singletree 2017 Gruner Veltliner, Fraser Valley, British Columbia
Upper Bench 2017 Pinot Blanc, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Clos du Soleil 2017 Winemakers Series Pinot Blanc Middle Bench Vineyard, Similkameen Valley, British Columbia
Fitzpatrick 2017 The Mischief Pinot Blanc, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Kraze Legz 2017 Skaha Vineyard Pinot Blanc , Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Lake Breeze 2016 Ehrenfelser, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Mission Hill 2017 Reserve Pinot Blanc, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Pipe’Dreams 2015 Gruner Veltliner, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Sea Star 2017 Ortega, Gulf Islands, British Columbia
Stoneboat 2017 Alessio, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Wild Goose 2017 Mystic River Pinot Blanc , Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
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