Fresh, complex, alluring.
Quails' Gate's premium Chardonnay offers alluring aromas of lemon curds and apple turnovers, warm buttered nuts and toasted spices. Lemony and golden on the palate as well, creamy flavours of praline and apple pastries lead to a juicy and bright finish that is equally lengthy and complex.
Delicious and so well balance.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - August 27th, 2018

Serious, fragrant, impressive.
Made from Syrah and Cabernet Franc that was aged 20 months in neutral oak barrels, this new addition to the Quails' Gate portfolio is named after a log cabin on the estate, which was built by the first European settlers on the western bank of Lake Okanagan in 1873, John and Susan Allison.Pretty aromas of purple berries and botanical, baking spice and plums, vanilla, cedar chips and mocha, lead to a juicy palate entry. A serious Cab Franc with impressive structure and grippy tannins that boasts a long dark chocolate finish. Decant if enjoying now, or cellar for a couple years.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - December 11th, 2019

Brooding, textural, complex.
The Stewart family settled in the Okanagan Valley in 1908 and purchased the land, which is now Quails' Gate Estate in 1956. In 2015 the family celebrated 25 years of the Quails' Gate label. This vintage Cab Sauv doles out wild black berries, sagebrush, savoury spice and cocoa, tobacco and saddle leather aromas. It is textural and borders on brooding. Black fruit, bittersweet cocoa ad pipe tobacco flavours lead to a long and complex finish trailing leather and spice.
A wine for proteins, hearty stews or bean casseroles, or hard cheeses.
Pairs great with Gone Crackers Parmesan & Rosemary
 
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Wine Scores Reviewed - December 17th, 2019

Approachable, fragrant, fresh.
The Stewart family settled in the Okanagan Valley in 1908 and purchased the land, which is now Quails' Gate Estate in 1956. In 2015 the family ceilebrated 25 years of the Quails' Gate label. This vintage Cab Sauv doles out ripe aromas of sweet cassis, mocha, licorice, vanilla and brown spices. The palate shows a good balance of earthiness and fruit, it has admirable freshness and smooth tannins. An approachable red, suitable for grilled foods or burgers.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - March 27th, 2019

Fresh, spiced, subtle.
The Stewart family of Quails' Gate is three generations in and this estate grown Chardonnay delivers orchard fruit and grilled lemons, spiced nuts and browned butter atop honeysuckle aromas. It has notable freshness with flavours of yellow fruit and spice, toasted pecans, mango, vanilla and spice. Clean with subtle oak nuances.
Pair with grilled corn on the cob, rich creamy pastas or smoked gouda and pear grilled cheese sandwich.

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Wine Scores Reviewed - November 30th, 2022