2006 Wild Goose Pinot Blanc, Mystic River Vineyard

Posted by Graham on July 12th, 2008
Category: $16 - 20,3.5 stars,BC Wine,Booze,Pinot Blanc

One of the grand frustrations I find of late in BC is that many of the local wines are reaching to astronomical levels in pricing. I realize that “charge what the traffic will bear” is an old business adage, however the quality-value ratio must be upheld in the competitive world of wine.

Fortunately a winery like Wild Goose, making some of the best white wines in the province, let alone Canada, has not followed the over-pricing trend. I have always enjoyed their tasty wines along with their personable, family approach to their customers.

This Pinot Blanc is exactly what I love about their wines – crisp, with prominent fruit and a nice acidity to finish. The nose on this is honeydew melon with a bit of kiwi hiding in there. A few swishes produce some nice tart pear and more melon with nice tart green apple acidity on the finish – just plain tasty on a warm summer’s eve.

This is a great bottle of local white, something you can say about pretty much anything produced by Wild Goose.

$17.99 at the winery (and some VQA stores) here in BC.

3 1/2 stars

1 comment
  • http://www.winerybc.com Butler

    Do you have idea why they can make it cheaper? Don’t they have the same taxes to pay and isn’t there the alcohol tax the same? I’m still shocked how high wine prices are in Canada compared to Europe.