LiQuery - Quails' Gate Stewart Family Reserve Chardonnay

QUAILS' GATE STEWART FAMILY RESERVE CHARDONNAY

Item:	639641
Size:	750 mL (25.4 oz)
Type:	VINTAGES VQA
Producer:	Quails' Gate Vyds. Estate Winery
Location:	Canada - British Columbia
Price:	$44.95 Price History
Style:	White Wine Full-bodied & Rich
Alcohol:	14.5%
Varietal:	Chardonnay
Sugar Code:	- (5 g/L)
Rating:	92
Total Inventory:	1 vs. on
Glass Style:	Montrachet (Chardonnay) Purchase Glass

Description
The vines for Quails' Gate's flagship white wine were planted in 1996 on Mount Boucherie Bench, where their flagship red wine, the Stewart Family Reserve Pinot Noir is also sourced. Quails' Gate owns a tremendous reputation for the artful integration and balanced application of oak in this intense and concentrated Chardonnay. Crafted in a wholly New World style, it will offer a complex and butter mouthfeel with impressive peach, melon, spice, smoke and vanilla tones. This will be a wine worth following, as it will certainly develop even more complexity over the next 5+ years.

Description

The vines for Quails' Gate's flagship white wine were planted in 1996 on Mount Boucherie Bench, where their flagship red wine, the Stewart Family Reserve Pinot Noir is also sourced. Quails' Gate owns a tremendous reputation for the artful integration and balanced application of oak in this intense and concentrated Chardonnay. Crafted in a wholly New World style, it will offer a complex and butter mouthfeel with impressive peach, melon, spice, smoke and vanilla tones. This will be a wine worth following, as it will certainly develop even more complexity over the next 5+ years.

Tasting Notes
Sourced from vines on the slopes of Mount Boucherie near the winery this 100% barrel fermented, lees stirred and underwent full malo. It pours bright, fairly deep yellow-gold. The nose is rich and generous with hazelnut, butter, cedar, gentle smokiness, vanilla and ripe peach. It is full bodied, fairly creamy and intense with lemony acidity and a nutty, custardy finish. Some mid-palate sourness, and a hint of wood tannin on the finish but it is not astringent. The length is excellent, echoing the hazelnut, spice and fruit. Score - 92. (David Lawrason, winealign.com, March 26, 2018)

Tasting Notes