Best Buy! These pioneers on British Columbia’s Naramata Bench have now earned 24 career Platinums from our panels, and a whopping nine of those have been of the unanimous variety. Remarkably, this is only the second time that the Martin family has received a Platinum for Riesling. They planted Freedom 75 across the road from their winery in 2011, and clone 21B is credited to the Mosel region of Germany. It lives up to its floral and mineral-laced reputation in this stunning example, including jasmine, honeysuckle and hint of citrus groves. Granny Smith and Golden Delicious apples lead the off-dry profile that’s cleansed with a spoonful of lemon meringue in the expansively feminine finish curated by winemaker Ross Baker. Qualifying awards: Great Northwest Invitational (double gold/best of class)
Rating: Double Platinum • 96 points
Production: 450 cases
Alcohol: 13.5%
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