Burrowing Owl Winery Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

Burrowing Owl Estate Winery
Cabernet Sauvignon 2008
Oliver, BC
$38-42  +508200 available at winery or select private liquor retailers

www.bovwine.ca

Burrowing Owl’s Cabernet Sauvignon is one I always hope to get on a BC blind tasting. The big, deep, structured, tobacco and dusty herbed red is one I often can nail. It is a tribute to the winery and the house style – a house built by Californian winemaker Bill Dyer and now maintained by Bertus Albertyn, the South African winemaker who has been with the winery since 2009.

Spicy dark fruit, cassis and that aforementioned dusty tobacco leaf fill this well constructed frame, while sweet dried figs, coffee and a whiff of cured meat linger in the finish. Though the Burrowing Owl wines are meant to drink now, this would be beneficially well worn in 5+ years. No time to wait? Pair with rib roast or steak frites.

When the Wyse family purchased the Oliver property back in 1993, they named it Burrowing Owl Vineyard, after learning that the little owl may have lived in the area at one time, but has since become an endangered species. Winery patrons are asked to donate $2 for each wine tasting and all proceeds are given to the Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of BC for their captive release program for burrowing owls and to SORCO (South Okanagan Rehabilitation Centre for Owls).

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Burrowing Owl Estate Winery Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

Spicy dark fruit, cassis and that aforementioned dusty tobacco leaf fill this well constructed frame, while sweet dried figs, coffee and a whiff of cured meat linger in the finish. Though the Burrowing Owl wines are meant to drink now, this would be beneficially well worn in 5+ years. No time to wait? Pair with rib roast or steak frites.