Quails' Gate's 2022 Reserve pinot noir pours a relatively deep red colour and offers a ripe and dense set of aromatics in the darker fruit spectrum, black cherry, black raspberry, with a dusting of sweet oak spice, cinnamon and nutmeg. The palate is fullish and rather firm, even tannic for the variety, with serious extraction, a long way from prime enjoyment I'd say. The palate is puckering for now, also supported by firm acids. Length and depth are good. It's a bit of a bruiser, tough and chewy; try after 2027. Tasted October 2024. Score - 91. (John Szabo, MS, winealign.com)
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Release DateNovember 8, 2025
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Alcohol/Vol13.5%
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Made InBritish Columbia, Canada
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ByVintages Front Line Release
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Sugar Content
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VarietalPinot Noir