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Hester Creek Estate Winery Character Red 2023

Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, BC V.Q.A., Canada

Community Score: 4.6/5
Community Reviews: 3

Price: $32.95

Sweetness: Dry
Alcohol: 13.7%

Drink: 2025-2028

Bottle size: 750 ml
Winery: Hester Creek Estate Winery

Craig Haynes rated this wine as 90/100 with the following review:

The 2023 vintage of this blend is crafted with Petit Verdot, Malbec, Syrah and a clone of Merlot that hails from Italy. Before bottling, the juice spent 8 months in a combination of French and American oak barrels, the age of which is unknown to me.

The outcome? Satisfying. This is a wine that’s feels medium bodied, velvety, and pleasingly between juicy and dry. The aroma - taste appeal leans into ripeness without being jammy and evokes dark berries, sweet vanilla, dark chocolate, and dried cedar and mint. The finish is a low key, medium length deliciousness. Nicely done, Hester Creek Estate.

If appellation awareness is your thing, this creation is classified as BC VQA Okanagan Valley, which is British Columbia’s largest wine region. It spans over 250 kilometres from the Canada-U.S. border in the south to the town of Armstrong in the north.

Tasted June 2025

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