Fort Berens Estate Winery - Reserve Meritage 2021

Fort Berens Estate Winery - Reserve Meritage 2021Fort Berens Estate Winery is the culmination of a dream by Rolf de Bruin and Heleen Pannekoek that started in 2005 and took shape with their move with their family to Lilooet, British Columbia in 2009. Partnering with a team of BC investors, they were able to buy a 65 acre property, build a winery, and develop Fort Berens into what it is today. The soils at Fort Berens are a result of deposits made during the last ice age from about 100,000 years ago

and in 1963 bought two chateaux grands crus classés in the Haut Medoc region (Bordeaux)

the family had long owned vineyards and a manor house where Gen

The family is unique in being the only family of all the original founders of the Madeira wine trade to still own and actively manage their own wine company

mineral reds

In 1909 Pierre Tramier acquired the estate

with Muskotaly also adding complexity to the late harvest and Aszú wines

For his work

Vilmart‘s wines are at once ripe and structured

Betraying its folksy name

Pinot Noir and Petite Arvine

Wayne has an enormous responsibility and a great challenge to make consistently great tasting wines for everyday enjoyment

Beautiful elderflower nose