7.5

A peppery Pinot Noir that somehow manages to be boring

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Oh gosh. I was really excited for this Pinot after the so-so experience with the Camelopard but now I’m missing that stupid wine. I’m rating this wine higher than the Camelopard only because it’s somewhat more exciting to drink than the Camel and excitement is hard to come by these days. I also paid $22 for it so I guess I’m Sour Graping myself.

The wine is fine. It’s light, and there are berries in there, somewhere beneath the harsh bite of what I first thought was pepper and now I’m pretty sure is the taste of a two year old L&M. The bottle says something about “toasted cedar” which is how I would describe the taste of a cigarette if I was an asshole. It’s pretty quick in the mouth and I bet it would be good with Indian or Mexican food, as most peppery/cig wines are.

But I can’t help but feel a little swindled with this one. And I wanna make a disclaimer: I really like the Bottle Shop. They have amazing beers and a great staff and they’re working hard through this quarantine. But their wine selection & prices have been total baloney since they started selling wine over a year ago. They tend to get sort of niche $10 range wines and jack up the price 150%, 200%. This Sola wine sells at most for $14. I’ll keep buying their wine cuz it’s convenient and I feel dedicated to them, but I feel like the upcharge for this convenience & local loyalty is pretty hard to justify most of the time.

Anyway. It’s fine. It’s another overpriced red wine you could easily put back with a quarantine partner in a night, or save over a couple of days. I probably won’t ever buy it again but I’m definitely going to finish the bottle.