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| Meiomi, Pinot Noir (Non-Vintage) |
So I was doing a lot of work outside in the garden today and I asked Mrs. Desert Wine Girl if she would order me a bottle of Pinot Noir and have it delivered to the house. Before she even ordered, I just knew the wine she was going to get as it is pushed heavily by the wine store I normally order from. Since I was outside anyway, I ended up meeting the person delivering the wine when she pulled in. When I pulled the wine out of the bag I was not surprised that I was indeed correct, it was indeed the wine I expected. I have actually never tried any wine from this particular winery before and the reason is that I just get a bad feeling whenever I see the bottle. I get a gut feeling that I really will not enjoy what is inside the bottle. I know that is weird but....it's just a gut feeling I have and I usually go with my gut. Well anyway, let's get into this review and see if my gut is right.
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Pinot Noir Grapes Hanging On The Vine
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Today I am going to be reviewing the non-vintage, Meiomi, Pinot Noir. I paid $18 for this wine and it is screw cap sealed. The alcohol percentage of the wine comes in at 13.7%
Taking a look at the label now, yeah....still bad feelings galore. I mean, the label is nice and does represent the liquid inside as a nice red wine don't get me wrong, but I just can't shake the feeling that the wine inside is ......bad. Other then that feeling, the label does work very nicely so no complaints here.
As far as the nose of the wine goes, I am getting notes of richness and mushroom with some slight sweet cherry as well.
Now....onto the palate. As I taste the wine I get a sweet note, a really big sweet note. Intermixed with that very sweet note is one of mushroom which is to be expected as this is one of the notes Pinot Noir is known for. Did I mention that the wine is very sweet? Yeah, it is sweet. There is a note of cherry and what tastes like prune here as well and they don't help the wine do anything positive. By the way, these two notes are both overwhelmed by that constant, terrible sweetness and that prune note is really weird to be tasting here. Adding to all of this, the wine tastes as if it actually has a slight viscosity of sorts to it and yeah...... Anyway guys, I have tasted enough and I will go ahead and let you know that this so called Pinot Noir is a big mess. I am getting nothing positive here to talk about as the wine is also extremely limited in the notes it throws out. Having said this, I can't go on guys, I am sorry. I will see you in the next paragraph where I will wrap this short review up.
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Pinot Noir Tasting Profile
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Okay so....guys....I really did try to be non biased with the tasting of this wine. I mean I even let two other people taste it in my home and they both agreed with me that the wine sucks, it was disgusting! Guys, this wine cost 18 dollars, that's 18 dollars for a non-vintage Pinot Noir! I think that I would have enjoyed Barefoot more then this wine and it is a heck of a lot cheaper. I really did expect a lot more from this wine but what I got was a heck of a lot less then I could ever imaging. On The Desert Wine Guy rating scale, I am rating this wine a "sink cleaner". I am now going to take the bottle and dump the liquid down the drain but not the sink as that would be too good for it. This wine is headed down the toilet drain. This is the worst wine that I have ever tasted.
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