Tasting note

This rich and full-bodied Pinot Noir is delicious now, with the power and the structure that will support aging it at least until 2020. The winery picked fruit from mature vines (11 to 28 years old). The grapes were chilled in the winery to allow several days of cold-soaking on the skins. Then the wine was allowed to ferment spontaneously. In all, it spent nearly a month on the skins. It was aged 10 months in French oak (50% new). The wine begins with spicy dark cherry aromas, leading to layered flavours of cherry and mocha. The svelte texture has begun to develop the classic silkiness of the variety. The finish is very long. Score - 92-94. (John Schreiner, johnschreiner.blogspot.com, May 15, 2015)

Featured in TASTE Magazine, Spring 2012 issue. This Pinot Noir is the best that the Quails’ Gate vineyard in West Kelowna has to offer and has complex and alluring red fruit, earth, floral and spice aromas. The palate is silky with complex earth, Asian spices and ripe, cherry notes that linger on a long finish. Try with red wine braised rabbit.