Rufus Lin Wines Grand Reserve 2013
Rufus Lin Grand Reserve 2013 is a rare, vintage red wine (limited production of 504 bottles), only available in Japan. This year, Rufus Lin Wines has chosen the award-winning Stag’s Hollow Winery in Okanagan Falls, BC, to produce and bottle Rufus Lin Grand Reserve 2013.
New world wines tend to emphasize the main grape varietal, but Rufus Lin Wines takes the European approach of focusing on the region in which grapes are grown (obviously, the terroir determines which grapes will grow well there), and on the artistry of selecting varietals and adjusting their percentages in the process of making delicious wines.
For this reason, rather than being a simple wine predominantly focused on one varietal, Rufus Lin Grand Reserve 2013 is a sophisticated blend of carefully selected grapes grown using organic viticulture techniques in the South Okanagan, Canada’s only desert terroir.
The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon harvest was particularly good, accounting for its selection by the winemaker as the second grape in the blend, the first being the consistently excellent Merlot grown on the estate. Other wines featured in the blend are Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot.
ABOUT RUFUSLIN WINES
About Rufus Lin Wines: Canadian businessman, artist and musician Rufus Lin divides his time between Vancouver, BC and Tokyo. For many years, he imported rare Swiss and German watches into Japan, and is now doing the same with fine Canadian wine under his own label, working together with carefully selected growers and winemakers at British Columbia’s Okanagan Falls and Oliver/Osoyoos wineries.
Aged in French and American oak barrels, this premium wine has been praised by Tobias Macdonald, recently named one of Canada’s only two Master Chefs, and a former captain of Culinary Team Canada, who says:
“Beautiful nose…high alcohol, black fruits, licorice, earthy moss. All in all, it is a very nice wine, would go well with red meats and game. It did a great job of cutting through the fat in aged cheddar. It could stand another year or two in the cellar.”
