Quails' Gate Chardonnay 2010, VQA Okanagan Valley
Critic Reviews (3)
This has a generous, quite toasty nose with smoke, lemon and pear. It's quite full bodied, intense with some...
Clean, if slightly reductive, with grapefruit and orange peel aromas leading off. Wood is a background feature,...
A spicy, well-oaked chardonnay yet great purity of fruit still distinguishable. Vibrant minerality helps the acidity...
Community Reviews (2)
Deep gold in colour with a medium+ intensity on the nose.
Positives: This is an improvement over the 2008 vintage that I reviewed awhile ago. This is a nice balanced Chard that features medium toasted oak, butter popcorn, lemon meringue, clementines, spiced apple cider, guava, pineapple & peach. Medium+ body with good acidity & a fairly long length.
Negatives: None.
Interesting point: Use the larger Chard glasses. I have put my review of the 2008 vintage below so you can compare.
Drink now or over the next 3-4 years, on its own or pair it with snow crab & drawn butter.
Tasted: 18 Sept 12
Best Buy
Score: 9/10, Value: 9/10, Total: 18/20
Out of 5 stars, I rated this wine: 4
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