Community Tasting Notes 9

• rbfoote wrote: 86 points

  October 10, 2011 - Slightly disappointing compared to prior vintages that I've had. A surprisingly strong berry taste right up front but a very light finish. I had prior vintages with light foods (like a sipping wine). The strong berry flavours of this vintage combined with the tannins were too overwhelming. However, it's still a nice pinot and does well after breathing for a bit of time.

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• pdornian wrote: 75 points

  September 30, 2011 - This was a disappointment - muddy tasting. Not good value for the price.

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• Sleuth Booth wrote: 73 points

  May 18, 2011 - Gave it away as I could not enjoynit.

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• Simon Øien wrote: 84 points

  April 30, 2011 - Dark red, looks over extracted. Quite restrained on the nose, some earthy notes and typical Okanagan terroir scents. But yes - over extracted and over oaked for my liking - difficult for that pinot noir elegance and strawberry/raspberry flavours to shine through. Yummy sour cherries and good acidity though. Slightly bitter oak tannins, seems like they tried too hard - must have been dull grapes when they had to cover them up so much..? Quite quaffable wine nevertheless and decent with pork from the bbq, but even at this price, outclassed by several other Okanagan pinot noirs.

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• subtlet wrote: 86 points

  April 2, 2011 - Blind Pinot Noir from Around The World (dbp's crib - Portland, OR): Stems show on the nose along with blackberries and tart cranberries while some campfire ash scents linger underneath the fruit. Good rich raspberry flavors coupled with the cranberries from the nose show themselves right out of the gate. There's a note of dusty earth as the fruit flavors fade into big structure that grips up pretty heavily. The fruit is yummy, but the structure isn't integrated yet, and feels a bit awkward later. This will certainly improve some more over time, but its general potential is hard for me to guess at.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2008
• Type Red
• Producer Quails' Gate Estate Winery
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Canada
• Region British Columbia
• SubRegion Okanagan Valley
• Appellation Okanagan Valley VQA

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• Pending Delivery 2 (3%)
• In Cellars 31 (40%)
• Consumed 45 (58%)

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