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Blue Grouse Estate Winery Quill Pinot Noir 2019 Wine Review

Blue Grouse Estate Winery Quill Pinot Noir 2019

Blue Grouse Estate Winery Quill Pinot Noir 2019

British Columbia, Canada

Community Score:92/100

Community Reviews: 1

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Price: $27.99

Drink: 2021-2025

Bottle size: 750 ml

Alcohol: 12%

Sweetness: Dry

Wine Type: Red Wine


Winery: Blue Grouse Estate Winery

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Deborah Podurgiel WSET IV Candidate - Certified Sommelier rated this wine as 92/100 with the following review:

A beautifully structured and elegant blend of cool- and warm-climate Pinot Noir grapes, fresh on the nose with ripe cherry, red berry, raspberry and spicy aromas; dry, medium-bodied with bright cherry, ripe red berries, sous bois, fine herbs, cinnamon, anise, nutmeg and well-integrated oak spice finishing long on the palate. Graceful and harmonious with velvety tannins and just enough food-friendly acidity. Paired with a rosemary and garlic roast rack of lamb. Tasted September 2021.

Produced from 100% Pinot Noir, 78% of which came from the warm Oliver wine region in the Okanagan Valley, sourced from vines growing in sandy, loam soils. The balance (22%) of grapes were sourced from cool-climate Cowichan Valley G.I., Vancouver Island, from vines growing in sandy, gravel and stony soils. The two Pinot Noirs were fermented and vinified separately prior to the final blend. The wine underwent malolactic fermentation in two-year old French oak barrels, followed by 12 months ageing in French and American oak.

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