Quails' Gate Estate Winery Old Vines Reserve Foch 2009

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Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada
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Natalie's Score: 91/100 Community Score: 4.6/5 Community Reviews: 3 Add My Review Product #: 639666 Wine Type: Red Wine Add to my...CellarFavouritesShopping ListWish ListWine Lists	Price: $39.99 Alcohol: 15% Drink: 2011-2014 Sweetness: Dry Bottle size: 750 ml Winery: Quails' Gate Estate Winery Agent: Appellation Wines

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Tasting note:

The best Canadian foch-based wine I've ever tasted: wow! Smoky, savoury, intense and complex. A full-bodied red that delivers maximum pleasure. Food matches: Angus beef ribeye, cauliflower purée, new potatoes, buttered broccoli, and Marchand de Vins butter.

Reviewed January 3, 2012 by Natalie MacLean

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Harvested in October 2009, our Old Vines Foch Reserve is made with fruit handpicked from 46 year old vines planted in Quails’ Gate Estate Vineyard by Richard Stewart Jr. A French hybrid with very small compact berries, it combines Old and New World wine styles with bright acidity, intense dark fruit and complex earthy notes. Fermented with vigorous French yeast strains and barrel aged for 18 months in new, 100% American Oak barrels. This wine will reward careful cellaring of up to 5 years.

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Serve this wine between 60-65 degrees Farenheit or 15-18 degrees Celsius.

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