2016 Quails' Gate Estate Winery Pinot Noir Richard's Block

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  3/6/2020 - KillerJones Likes this wine: 91 Points

  I am a big fan of Nikki Callaway wines in the OK…I mean she made only 14 barrels of this juice & I have to say – she nailed that French texture I adore. (She is at O’Rourke now…get in line for the Pinot!)
  
  The nose is a complex mix of minerals, violets & earth – you just watch it develop over the evening.
  
  There’s a touch of Russian River also - with a savory, smoky, spicy flavor mixed with inviting ripe plummy, strawberry, cherry fruit floating on a dense silky palate. Yum.
  
  This one can go long – +15 years, maybe. Good luck keeping your hands off it…😊

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  9/18/2019 - Edenchild wrote:

  Named for the Stewart family patriarch who was instrumental in bringing Pinot Noir to the Okanagan Valley in the early 1970s. Complex and multi-layered with aromas and flavours of violets, cherry and raspberry with exotic spice, and notes of forest floor and earth. Beautifully structured with an elegant mouth feel, polished tannins and long finish. Best served at 15C in varietal specific stemware. Pair with duck breast, mushroom and truffle risotto, or roast turkey with brioche stuffing.
  
  From winery listing.

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