The Most Exciting Release We've Featured from Painted Rock to Date

Nine wines from Painted Rock's estate on the Skaha Bench, BC. Zero under 92 points. Two you can never buy again. A 95 point Syrah Cab Sauv. Just spectacular.

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I've been following Painted Rock since their 2017 vintage.

 

What John, Trish and Lauren Skinner built on the Skaha Bench is unlike anything else in Canada, and beyond. It's no wonder that five Michelin-starred restaurants in Germany chose their Syrah over a French one recently, or that multiple wine critics rated these bottles in the 93-96 point range.

 

I haven't stopped going back to taste and re-taste these bottles since I opened them several days ago...they're that compelling and keep getting better, telling me there is so much more to come.Twenty years of zero compromises, and the 2022 vintage is one seriously good payoff. 

 

I hope you can join us to discover this one! Choose your wines here with free VIP shipping on 6+ bottles. 

 

Cheers,
Carl Boucher

Chief Wine Officer

Founder, Carl's Wine Club

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Six Bottle Painted Rock Discovery Pack🔥92 to 95pts

Six Bottle Painted Rock Discovery Pack🔥92 to 95pts

$354.94

Six bottles of highly rated reds from Painted Rock, including two exclusive releases: 

✔️ 2022 Red Icon | Exclusive Pre-Release | $79.99🔥94pts
✔️ 2022 Syrah Cab Sauv | Wine Club Exclusive | Pre-Release | $49.99🔥95pts
✔️ 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon | $59.99🔥94pts
✔️ 2022 Malbec | $59.99🔥92+pts
✔️ 2022 Cabernet Franc | $54.99🔥93pts
✔️ 2022 Merlot | $49.99 | 92pts
Three Bottle Painted Rock Rare Wines Pack🔥92 to 93+pts

Three Bottle Painted Rock Rare Wines Pack🔥92 to 93+pts

$272.97

Receive three ultra rare Painted Rock wines:

✔️ 2025 Rosé | $32.99 | 92pts
✔️ 2022 Syrah | Exclusive Release | $59.99🔥94+pts
✔️ 1.5L 2021 Red Icon MAGNUM | $179.99🔥93pts

Here's exactly why I scored these wines the way I did (scroll to the end to place your order, or click here). 

2021 Painted Rock Cabernet Franc - Carl's Wine Club

2022 Painted Rock Syrah Cabernet Sauvignon🔥95pts🔥Club Exclusive

$49.99

The Painted Rock Syrah-Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the rarest wines in the entire portfolio, 76% Syrah, 24% Cabernet Sauvignon, and it almost never sees the light of day with only 240 cases.

 

This wine is made exclusively for wine club members and rarely lands in the hands of critics. When it does, it delivers. Multiple 95-point scores across different outlets. On my side, this is my top-rated wine in this release: 95 points  and a strong candidate for our Top 10 Wines of the Year. And if you know, you know: Syrah Cabernet Sauvignon is one of my favorite combinations.

 

Bold and balanced. Rich, with a lifted acidity that keeps everything alive. This wine has everything you could ask for from a bold red blend out of the South Okanagan.

 

On the nose: graphite, mint, blue plum, dark cherry, black currant, and loads of tobacco. The palate is well built with tremendous depth and layers. Acidity is right where it needs to be, and the overall profile is pinpointed and almost perfect. Complexity that goes well above and beyond expectations.

 

Black cherry, blackberry, savouriness, and espresso coffee are all front and centre. The finish is spicy and oaky, lingering for a very long time. This one is very special. (Carl Boucher, May 13, 2026).

 

BC Okanagan Valley VQA Skaha Bench VQA

74% Syrah, 26% Cab Sauv

 

95 points Carl's Wine Club, 95pts John Szabo, 93pts Michael Godel, Gold, WineAlign

Dry Wine | RS: 2.1g/L | 14.3% ABV | Drink from 2024 to 2032

Pairings: steak frites, herb crusted rack of lamb
2022 Painted Rock "Red Icon"🔥94pts🔥Exclusive Pre-Release

2022 Painted Rock "Red Icon"🔥94pts🔥Exclusive Pre-Release

$79.99

Maybe one of the greatest “Red Icon” releases I’ve tasted to date, from an outstanding vintage as well. Made from all five Bordeaux varietals with a splash of Syrah, which I’m always a big fan of. Big and bold, but also charismatic and fresh, despite the high alcohol.  Aged 18 months in French oak barrels, including 30% new oak. The oak is present, but never overpowering.

 

Even at this early stage, the nose is already complex and expressive, showing layers of ripe raspberry, black currant, black cherry, tobacco box, a hint of graphite, spice, pepper, and well-handled wood. Not fully open yet, but you can clearly see where this is going.

 

The palate is dense and structured, with a core of ripe, dark fruit layered in velvety tannins and well-balanced acidity. It’s quite elegant, but at the same time powerful and concentrated…a rare combination. The finish is long, deep, and the finish evolves for almost a minute.

 

Absolutely spectacular. (Carl Boucher, May 13, 2026). 

 

94 points Carl's Wine Club, 95 points John Szabo, 95 points Michael Godel, 96 points John Schreiner

 

BC Okanagan Valley VQA Skaha Bench

49% Merlot, 16% Cab Sauv, 12% Malbec, 11% Syrah, 9% Petit Verdot, 3% Cab Franc

 

Dry Wine | RS: 2.0g/L | 14.7% ABV | Drink from 2024 to 2037

Pairings: Chateaubriand with bearnaise sauce, venison tenderloin w grilled vegetables
2021 Painted Rock Cabernet Sauvignon - Carl's Wine Club

2023 Painted Rock Cabernet Sauvignon🔥94pts

$59.99

The young and grippy 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon, aged 18 months in French oak barrels including 30% new oak, is another absolutely spectacular wine from the Painted Rock Estate Winery team.

 

Well-balanced but grippy, young and super precise, this wine will age for a long time.

 

The nose of graphite, blackcurrant, black cherry, savoury herbs, and beautifully integrated oak spice is incredibly classic and expressive.

 

The palate is opulent and rich, but still lifted and very well integrated. The finish definitely lingers and evolves, while flavours of black fruit, plum, tobacco, cedar, a hint of mint and lots of oak spice continue to build with air. There is a bit of projection in my score, but the future is looking very bright for this wine.

 

Already one of the best BC Cabernet Sauvignons out there. (Carl Boucher, May 13, 2026).

 

94 points Carl's Wine Club, 93 points John Szabo, 92 points David Lawrason

 

BC Okanagan Valley VQA Skaha Bench

100% Cabernet Sauvignon

 

Dry Wine | RS: 1.6g/L | 14.8% ABV | Drink from 2026 to 2035

Pairings: beef tartar, deer tenderloin
2022 Painted Rock Malbec🔥92+pts

2022 Painted Rock Malbec🔥92+pts

$59.99

This is a very lifted Malbec: bold and powerful, but with great acidity that really brings the best out of this wine. The classic floral and purple fruit aromas are beautifully blended with blue and dark fruit, while a hint of savouriness adds extra layers and complexity.

 

The palate is dense and rich, but that acidity we talked about brings great balance and energy all the way through. Flavours of black cherry, red cherry, blueberry, and mocha. And to top it all off, a beautiful mineral finish leads the way on a great overall expression of BC Malbec. Well done! (Carl Boucher, May 13, 2026). 

 

92+ points Carl's Wine Club, 93 points Michael Godel, 92pts John Szabo

 

BC Okanagan Valley VQA Skaha Bench VQA

100% Malbec

 

Dry Wine | RS: 1.9g/L | 14.8% ABV | Drink from 2025 to 2032

Pairings: BBQ ribs, black bean chili
2021 Painted Rock Cabernet Franc - Carl's Wine Club

2022 Painted Rock Cabernet Franc🔥93pts

$54.99

I've followed Painted Rock's Cabernet Franc for years, and 2022 is a spectacular delivery. At 14.3%, this is arguably the most elegant wine of the entire current release.

 

The nose is classic BC Cabernet Franc, ripe and expressive with red pepper, violet, espresso, tobacco, and dark currant and black cherry, all showing up in the right order.

 

The palate is full, intense and powerful, but the elegance never disappears. Black cherry, red cherry, cocoa, and tobacco lead the way, with a hint of charcoal emerging on the back end. Toasty oak notes dance through the mid-palate and into the finish, beautifully integrated, never a nuisance. The spice on the finish is stunning.

 

It lingers, and lingers, and then lingers some more. A wonderful wine!

 

BC Okanagan Valley VQA Skaha Bench VQA

100% Cabernet Franc

93 points Carl's Wine Club, 94pts John Schreiner, Gold, WineAlign

Dry Wine | RS: 2.1g/L | 14.3% ABV | Drink from 2024 to 2032

Pairings: steak frites, herb crusted rack of lamb
2020 Painted Rock Merlot - Carl's Wine Club

2022 Painted Rock Merlot | 92pts

$49.99

The 2022 Painted Rock Merlot is a textbook example of what the Skaha Bench does so well with this varietal. Bold but balanced, rich but lifted, and very well built from start to finish.


The nose is savoury and dark fruit driven, with blue fruit surfing throughout. Floral notes emerge with a little air, alongside tobacco and dark chocolate. Layered and inviting.


The palate delivers everything you'd expect from a world-class warm-climate Merlot. Black cherry, crushed raspberry, black currant, with a pleasant streak of savouriness, tobacco, and loads of dark chocolate on the finish. The oak is perfectly integrated. The tannins show a little grip right now, but that will resolve beautifully over the next couple of years.


All in all, a great Merlot with premium character and the structure to age gracefully. I was ready to give this wine 93 points or higher, and the only reason I didn't was a slight bitter note on the finish. I hope it resolves over time and reward those with patience.

 

92 points Carl's Wine Club, 92 points David Lawrason, Silver, WineAlign

 

BC Okanagan Valley VQA Skaha Bench VQA

100% Merlot

 

Dry Wine | RS: 1.9g/L | 14.6% ABV | Drink from 2025 to 2037

Pairings: beef Wellington, vegetarian chili
2021 Painted Rock Syrah - Carl's Wine Club

2022 Painted Rock Syrah🔥93+pts🔥Exclusive Release

$59.99

This is a big boy Syrah, clocking in at 14.9% alcohol, but don't let that fool you. It's beautifully balanced and outstandingly built from a tiny block of the estate vineyard on the Skaha Bench. These grapes receive wonderful sun exposure, regularly refreshed by consistent wind off the lake.

 

On the nose, this wine displays loads of dark and blue fruit, alongside meaty notes and a hint of floral complexity. The palate is compact and dense, with tremendous Syrah characteristics like smoked meat and espresso coffee.

 

The core fruit centres on dark cherry, cassis, and blueberry jam. The finish is long and, as expected, peppery and spicy. This one is a beauty, and it will drink beautifully for at least fifteen years. (Carl Boucher, May 13, 2026).

 

93+ points, Carl's Wine Club, 95 points John Szabo, 95 points Michael Godel

 

BC Okanagan Valley VQA Skaha Bench VQA

100% Syrah

Dry Wine | RS: 2.2g/L | 14.9% ABV | Drink from 2025 to 2030

Pairings: BBQ ribs, lamb roast
2022 Painted Rock Rosé - Carl's Wine Club

2025 Painted Rock Rosé | 92pts

$32.99

The 2025 Painted Rock Rosé is easily my favourite Painted Rock Rosé I've tasted to date.

 

Mostly Syrah at 71%, this rosé is lively and full of energy. Red fruit driven: strawberry, cranberry jam, melon, with a lovely hint of citrus. The palate has great weight, the acidity is right where it needs to be, and the length and complexity are truly at their best. A great buy for the summer. (Carl Boucher, May 12, 2026).

 

92 points Carl's Wine Club

BC Okanagan Valley VQA Skaha Bench VQA

71% Syrah, 15% Malbec, 9% Petit Verdot, 5% Cab Franc

 

Dry Wine | RS: 1.7g/L | 12.6% ABV | Drink from 2023 to 2030

Pairings: grilled tuna, shrimp cocktail
1.5L MAGNUM 2021 Painted Rock "Red Icon" 🔥 93pts

1.5L MAGNUM 2021 Painted Rock "Red Icon" 🔥 93pts

$179.99

Winery Notes:

Perfumed and dynamic, the 2021 vintage showcases dark fruit, violets, dark chocolate and pepper, complemented by cassis, blackberry, plum, and black cherries, with hints of sage, anise, and baking spices. Structured with well balanced tannins that will continue to integrate with time in the cellar. 


18 months French oak, 30% New | 133 cases prod

93 points Carl's Wine Club | 96 points John Schreiner

 

BC Okanagan Valley VQA Skaha Bench

41% Merlot, 23%Cab Franc , 16% Cab Sauv, 12% Malbec, 8% Petit Verdot

Dry Wine | RS: 2.0g/L | 14.6% ABV | Drink from 2024 to 2040

Available until May 18. Limited releases may run out earlier. Don't miss it!

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