2025 Bottega Viognier 🔥94pts

This 2025 Viognier might just be one of the best wines that Daniel Bontorin has ever made, and that says a lot, because he's made some spectacular wines. Fruits from the Similkameen and the Okanagan, were partially fermented in neutral oak barrels as well as stainless steel.

The aromatics are rich and expressive highlighting white peach, white flowers, fresh apricots, mandarins, and a line of lemon peel. The palate is rich, full bodied, but showing elegance, and surprising acidity, and wonderful texture. It's everything you can expect from a world class Viognier, with great balance. The fruit on the mid-palate are really precise; tons of orchard fruits, beautiful citrus to keep everything lifted, pear and apricot. And then there's the finish. A long, long, chalky finish.

An absolute beauty! One of the very best white wines from BC that I've tasted in years, outside of a Chardonnay. A holy smokes, rockstar of an incredible wine with a great likelihood of being one of my Top 10 Wines tasted in 2026. (Carl Boucher, May 20, 2026).

Dry Wine | Drink from 2026 to 2034

Pairings: roasted brie with apricot and honey, saffron lobster risotto