I opened up a bottle of 2015 Robert Mondavi-Private Selection Pinot Noir yesterday afternoon. It was a bottle I picked up for $9.99 at Target. I thought, how bad could it be? It wasn't. I had spent the day driving from San Antonio to San Marcos to pick up a truck part for my husband's truck and then driving to Stonewall to where the truck was and then back to San Antonio with a few other errands before returning home in late afternoon. I was bored, but I wasn't in the most pleasant mood as most of my friends know how much I love to drive...(insert sarcasm). I didn't want to open a bottle of one of the gift Pinots I had received, so I decided on the Robert Mondavi. For $9.99, I would drink it again, not that I would buy it, but I would drink it if was at a party and there was nothing else to my liking. According to my "notes", It had a medium color depth, garnet in color and clear clarity. The aroma intensity was very low, I could at first smell the alcohol, (which was only 13.5%), and then maybe wax crayons, which is a pleasant smell to me. Not sure if it is a good smell for Pinot Noirs. The body was very light with a fresh, tart taste, low tannin and a very mild flavor intensity. The ending was very quick. It did not pair well with the Ruffles I was eating, so I switched to lightly salted tortilla chips, which was better. It did not pair well with the turkey pepperoni either, so I would say salty foods are out. It was non descript with the jalapeno hot dog with relish, spicy mustard and ketchup. (When did they get rid of catsup and change it all to ketchup?).
So, my take on this wine, is it is very light, too drinkable for me as I found I had drank 3/4 of the bottle by the end of the night, although because it was light in alcohol, it didn't seem to hit me hard. I did sleep well. I would drink it again, but not buy it again, unless I knew I was going to a party where the majority of the people there were not "big red" drinkers. Finding the perfect Pinot Noir may be a harder journey than I first thought, but I will persevere.
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