Quails' Gate Pinot Noir 2014, BC VQA Okanagan Valley
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Critic Reviews (7)
A meaty and generous pinot noir from Quail's Gate that is very typical of their house style. Think Burgundy meets...
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This is a nicely firm, juicy and balanced pinot with nicely lifted sour cherry, cranberry, fresh herbs, subtle oak...
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Less woody than before, closer to the fruity aromas of pinot, with a fairly tannic fleshy texture and a very nice...
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Ripe, meaty and sweet dark fruit-flavoured, Quails' Gate's '14 pinot is a plush and immediately appealing wine. Acids...
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Pinot noir is the flagship red at Quails’ Gate and under winemaker Nikki Callaway, it's reaching a level of elegance...
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Aggregate final score from judges at the 2016 National Wine Awards of Canada. Tasted blind June 2016.
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Old world styled nose, with some funk, tar, and smoke. The cherry fruit is there, though, in the back. Dry on the...
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Community Reviews (3)
At first sniff, my wife exclaimed "smoked paprika", and I had to agree. With aeration, that smoky note became less pronounced, but still added a nice bit of spice to the nose. A good food wine, with fairly balanced acidity and pleasant cherryish fruit, but I found that it came up a bit short and tart in the finish. Well made, but at $29, the value proposition is a bit questionable.
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Ripe and viscous, the purpose fruit (strawberry and Some Reduced Slightly spice) is pure. Delicious wine. Reminds me of Oregon pinot without the excessive oak.
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