2005 Quails’ Gate Family Reserve Pinot Noir, Okanagan
Appearance: dark purple red, clear rim.
Nose: dark Pinot fruit (more a mix of black and red cherry than just red cherry or strawberry fruit etc.), fair degree of oak here, perfumed.
Palate: rich black and red cherry fruit, integrated if ‘youthful’ oak, lovely acidity, medium silky tannins.
Conclusion: seemingly a better bottle than that tasted on 18th August 2007. This is one to age for it really to come together.
Rating: 17.5/20 [potentially 18/20]
Appearance: dark purple red, clear rim.
Nose: dark Pinot fruit (more a mix of black and red cherry than just red cherry or strawberry fruit etc.), fair degree of oak here, perfumed.
Palate: rich black and red cherry fruit, integrated if ‘youthful’ oak, lovely acidity, medium silky tannins.
Conclusion: seemingly a better bottle than that tasted on 18th August 2007. This is one to age for it really to come together.
Rating: 17.5/20 [potentially 18/20]
Labels: 2005, Canada, Okanagan, Pinot Noir, Quails' Gate, red
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