This may be my last review, well at least for a little while. I do have one more bottle of Pinot Noir that I have bought, but I may save that for a new friend, as she likes Pinots. We spent our first day together last weekend and were at a winery, and she tentatively asked that if she tried a Pinot Noir on the tasting list, would she still have a ride home. I laughed and half jokingly said, "Well, just this once...." I am kind of done with tasting things I do not enjoy. After 19+ Pinot Noirs, I have not really found one I would actually order if there were other reds available. I would rather tantalize my taste buds with my Daddy's fresh garden tomatoes with cracked pepper and Feta cheese, or fresh french bread from HEB with herb garlic oil. Pinot Noir has taught me quite a few lessons, the main one being that I cannot change the essence of what something is. Pinot Noir will never be a Cabernet Sauvignon, or Malbec, nor does it try to be. No matter what a winemaker does to it, its fruitiness will come out. Kind of reminds me of myself, no matter how much I grow as a person, or strive for, there will always be that nuttiness inside of me, and that is OK. Pinot Noir has taught me that I do not need to change for anyone. There will be those who like or love me and those who can't stand me. And that is fine too. Although I cannot understand why anyone wouldn't love me, but then again I can't understand why anyone would drink Pinot Noirs or eat rhubarb pie. And maybe it is not for me to know. Just accept and move on. Another lesson. As you can probably tell, I've gotten lazy in my last few tastings, not using the 3 different glasses, not even using the Pinot Noir glass, and that is also a clue that this journey is at end, because anytime I feel bored and not willing to continue with the process, although I am the one who came up with this particular process, it is time to move on to a new adventure.
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The Archivist- 2014- Monterrey County- 13% alcohol, Original price- $12.99, sale- $10.99. The label said- black cherry, crushed red berries, dried rose petals with subtle layers of toasty oak. I can agree with that. To me it was more rhubarby tart, but I did taste some oak. I gave it a 2.5.
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Decoy- 2015- Sonoma County- 13.5% alcohol. Original price- $26.99, sale- $18.99. I had a little higher hopes for this one, because of the higher price tag, but that does not always happen, and it did not happen with this wine. The label did not have any description of the wine per se- just- "The everyday wine for the well informed." Well that does not say a whole heck of a lot and can be construed in so many different ways, well informed as in what? The latest debacle of Fox news? The daily comings and goings of the African swallow (or is it the European) , or the square root of pi? Anyway, I did not like this wine. Surprise, surprise. This is a typical Pinot Noir, berry upfront, short finish, bleh. But I do believe your typical Pinot Noir drinker would like this, although they could probably find one they liked at a better price, but then I guess it would depend on why they are drinking it, to enjoy it, or to impress those around them. I gave it 3 stars.
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Moselland- 2015 Rosé- Germany, no alcohol noted on bottle. I bought this mainly for the wine bottle, I love cats, and I plan on putting an ivy in it. I do not particularly like Rosé, and I think you know how I feel about Pinot Noir, but hey I'm an adventurous type of girl, at least with wine. It had a slight strawberry taste, still a little too tart for me, I tried it with my french toast slathered in Vermont syrup, but that made it even more tart. I added 2 tsp. of sugar, but that didn't really help, I then filled a mason jar with ice and filled it half with Orange Fanta and half Rosé, thinking I could make some kind of spritzer with it, still not to my taste, but then I added sparkling water and it was drinkable to me, although I would not specifically buy this wine to do that with. If I want a wine spritzer, I am going to get an Italian sparkling Moscato and mix it with Peach Fresca. Yum. But back to this wine. If someone was a light Rosé drinker, meaning they liked light Rosé, this would probably be a fun wine for them. 3 stars for this one.
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