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• Chateau du Fey 1994 wrote: 91 points

  April 23, 2018 - I've been drinking The Bear for many years now but this was the first time I held one of these bottles for such a long time. I've always been curious how it would hold up. As they say, patience is a virtue and this wine did not disappoint!

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• Canoehead Likes this wine: 91 points

  November 19, 2017 - Decanted 1hr. Served with simple roast rack of lamb and a port-balsamic reduction. The host made this fabulous veg dish of peas, pancetta and garlic which went very well with the lamb and The Bear. The green of the peas, the fat, the MR Lamb went well with this "quiet" Bear. Black fruits tipping over to tertiary with balsamic and dried fig. Good herbaceous element. Fine tannins and a little zing of some resident acidity. Did pale however alongside a decanted Black Widow 2015 Hourglass. The latter was truly magnificent.

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• darrenv wrote: 88 points

  November 22, 2015 - This is from a great vintage and I had expectations. I decanted it for an hour and had it after the Quail's Gate Old Vines Foch, with lasagna. The colour was nice and aged looking and the nose was great. Went downhill from there. Just satisfactory in the mouth, but there was no finish. I wish I could say it just didn't have enough air. I wanted it to get better, but....
  I have the 2010, so will wait another year or so for that one.

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• Weston3220 Likes this wine:

  February 6, 2015 - Excellent wine, had about 2 weeks ago brought to a wine tasty everyone loved it needed air about an hour but was still good young, great balance and freshness

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• rexmerlot wrote: 89 points

  October 15, 2014 - Love fairview cellars. Think it could get better, but drinking well now

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer Fairview Cellars
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation The Bear
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Canada
• Region British Columbia
• SubRegion Okanagan Valley
• Appellation Okanagan Valley VQA
• UPC Code 850104000907

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• In Cellars 22 (27%)
• Consumed 60 (73%)

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