2019 Mirabel Pinot Noir Rose

Mirabel Pinot Noir Rose

Allison Markin - Dec 27, 2020 / 4:00 am | Story: 320321

Photo: Contributed

Wine: Rosé of Pinot Noir, 2019

Winery: Mirabel, (East) Kelowna

Why drink it? The bottle and its glass topper are both unique and elegant, as is the wine. Each vintage is an exploration – the 2017 is worth searching for – and this recent release was made in the saignée method with less than a day of skin contact, resulting in a light peachy pink hue in the glass. Inviting aromas of fresh berries and cherries with watermelon lead to a smooth palate with some creaminess. Expect citrus notes on the finish mixed with light herbaceous elements. A crisp, dry rosé that would be a perfect aperitif. Bring old world and new world wine styles together in one bottle.

Pair with: Rosé pairs well with almost any dish. If you are ambitious, look up a recipe for traditional beet-based vegetarian borscht with load of cream, get your kitchen messy and give it a whirl. Crab cakes, lobster dishes, or a salmon burger with lemon-dill mayo and a side of sweet potato fries.

Price: $21

Music pairing: River, Joni Mitchell

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As a kid, Shelley Boettcher often found herself in the back seat of a pick-up, exploring the back roads of the Okanagan Valley with her parents. They’d occasionally leave her and her brother in the car while they stopped at mysterious addresses to buy wine. They would emerge, clearly happy, as they stuck a box or a few bottles in the vehicle. Then they would continue on their journey.

But it wasn’t until a trip to Spain in 2000 that Shelley herself fell in love with wine. She came home from the holiday and promptly told her editor she wanted to become a wine writer.

And she did.

An award-winning food and wine writer and editor, Shelley holds her master’s degree in journalism and her advanced WSET certification, as well as her level 2 International Sommelier Guild certification. A wine columnist for the Calgary Herald, she spent a decade as CBC Radio’s national syndicated wine columnist and she has written three books about wine, including two that were Canadian bestsellers. Her byline has appeared in magazines and newspapers around the world, including the New York Times, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail and Postmedia newspapers across Canada.

Shelley has travelled throughout many of the world’s wine regions and countries, including Niagara, Oregon, Washington, California, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Australia, Germany, Argentina and the Republic of Georgia. A few years ago, she even tracked down and visited a winery in Denmark.

Shelley has also served as a professional wine judge regionally and internationally, including the Okanagan Wine Festivals, Vinitaly and the Chianti Classico Consortium. For more than a decade, she has been a restaurant wine list judge for the Vancouver International Wine Festival, too. She still teases her parents for sparking her love for wine, especially BC wine.

And her favourite? Whatever she's drinking at the moment.

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If you have a BC wine you’d like to suggest, email Shelley at [email protected] with the name of the wine and a short note about why you enjoyed it.