Quails' Gate Estate Winery Totally Botrytis Affected Optima 2009

Okanagan Valley, B.C., Canada
Natalie's Score: 92/100
Community Score: 4.7/5
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Product #: 390328
Wine Type: Dessert Wine


  		Alcohol: 10%
Drink: 2010-2017
Sweetness: Sweet
Bottle size: 750 ml

Winery: Quails' Gate Estate Winery
Agent: Appellation Wines
More Vintages: 2010 

Tasting note:

An opulent homage to after-dinner relaxation. Redolent of ripe apricot and muscat aromas, this richly layered dessert wine will make visions of sugarplums dance in your head. Extraordinary craftsmanship! Food matches: vanilla panna cotta and apricot preserves, biscotti.

Reviewed August 5, 2011 by

 

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Andrea rated this wine as 97/100
Handpicked in late October, the Totally Botrytis Affected (TBA) Optima grapes were foot stomped in the picking bins to ensure juice contact with the skins before pressing and fermentation. These soft-skinned grapes were thoroughly dehydrated from the “Botrytis Cinerea’ mold. This harmless fungus pierces the grape skins causing the fruit to shrink and raisin, leaving the remaining juice naturally sweet. The significant levels of mold and micro flora provide excellent interest and complexity in the finished wine. After gentle pressing and cold settling in the tank, the juice was racked and then fermented cold over a 10 day period.
This succulent dessert wine exhibits classic dried fruit notes of apricot, orange peel and honeycomb. The palate is all candy and sweetness balanced with natural acidity.

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

 

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