Pinot Noir #13 & 14

     The two wines I tasted today were a 2015 Blazon Pinot Noir from Lodi and a 2015 Sola California Pinot Noir, no appellation.  I honestly have to say that the only good thing about these two wines is the picture that I staged them with.  I now understand all those people that used to come into the tasting room and tell me they didn’t like wine, because if all they had tasted was Pinot Noir, which seems to be the darling of the day, I would feel the same way.  I used the same tasting strategy as yesterday, taster glass, Pinot Noir glass, regular glass.  None of them made a difference.  I would not buy either one of these and I do not know anyone that I dislike so much that I would suggest them.

2015 Blazon Pinot Noir-13.2% alcohol- $8.98- The color depth was watery, clarity clear and color along the ruby side.  In the taster glass, the aroma was low, smelling of cardamom, it started off with a cranberry tart flavor but ended in wet dog.  The Pinot Noir glass had an aroma of alcohol, but the tasting was just the same.  In the regular wine glass, I smelled musty dust, it was not as tart, but still ended in wet dog.  I gave this a 1 star. 

2015 Sola-13.5% alcohol-$7.99- The color depth was watery, clarity clear and color hue garnet.  The aroma was of moderate intensity.  The aroma was the same in all 3 glasses.  I could not place it at first, I knew it was something from my childhood, and not a pleasant memory, and then it hit me, Lilt home perm kit.  I don’t know if anyone else has had those, my mother did them incessantly on my straight hair when I was a child.  The liquid she put on my head smelled horrible, was cold and dribbled down the front of my head and most times got into my nose and mouth and ears.  As you can tell it was not a pleasant experience.  I did not even want to put this wine in my mouth, but as you know sometimes your journey in life demands you to do things you do not want to do, so I pressed on.  I wish I had not.  It tasted just like the Lilt Perm.  I did not even give this any star.  It was awful.  Now maybe there is someone out there whose “perm” experience was not as traumatic as mine, but I prefer not to go back to the past, at least those memories that were not nice.  I am sure my Mom meant well, and if I had never had one, I would not be able to compare this wine to it, so I guess I needed it, well at least one, not 10. 

     Which brings me to the question, why am I continuing to do this when I am not really having fun, I mean, life is supposed to be fun, and yes, we have moments in our lives when they are not so fun, but at my age, I have a choice in most my moments whether they are enjoyable or not.  I may not make it to 25 Pinot Noirs.  I will probably buy a few more, but honestly after 15, you would think I would have found more than 1 that was palatable.  But then again, I hate liver (another childhood trauma), and I don’t care how it is fixed, I am not going to eat it.