FARMER
Duncan Billing
OWNERS
Christine Coletta & Steve Lornie
LOCATION
Oliver, Okanagan, British Columbia
VINEYARD Secrest Mountain Vineyard is a 50-acre site, home to a 38-acre (15ha) vineyard situated on a flat south-west facing bench in a high mountain setting 487 meters (1,600ft) above sea level. This cool site has flat alluvial soils studded with coarse gravel and sandy loam with limestone layers. The vineyard was planted in 2000 with Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Gamay Noir and Pinot Noir. Since 2010, it has been farmed under the direction of Okanagan Crush Pad and a conversion to organic farming pratices was started in 2014. In 2018 when Brad and Dave Wise decided to retire, the winery purchased the property from the family and will carry on with the work that the Wise family has done for the past 18 years.
WINEMAKERS
Matt Dumayne
WINEMAKING
Pinot Noir grapes were fermented with native yeasts in large concrete wine tanks. Each lot of wine was aged separately and bottled unfiltered in June 2019.
WINE PROFILE
Bright, juicy, fruit-forward flavours; hallmark Okanagan Pinot Noir.