| I need to take my hat off to those in the industry | | | | We looked forward to pairing this with our meal of |
| like us who do wine writing. Especially those who can | | | | the night. |
| do numerous wine tastings and then give a wine a | | | | KD made salmon and capers, one of my favorite |
| rating. I think the term is super taster. I am in no | | | | meals. OK so all of her meals that she makes are |
| way knocking that person, but I have seen some | | | | pretty much my favorite, but who is keeping track. |
| tastings where a person does 30, 40 or 50 wines and | | | | Did we just say red wine and fish? Yes we did. I |
| then gives them a rating, again our hats off to you. | | | | believe a lot of people do not know that is OK to |
| I say all this because we receive samples from | | | | mix it up a bit. A medium to light red wine particularly |
| wineries and do not sample all their wines at one time | | | | a Pinot goes great with fish and with our Salmon it |
| in one sitting. With that said it does take us longer to | | | | should pair pretty good,! We paired this wine with |
| get through all the wines sent to us, we are not | | | | Salmon, fresh steamed spinach and rock salt topped |
| complaining in the least. We attempt to mix the wine | | | | yam slices. The meal was to die for, the wine "..." |
| up and not do all one winery rating at a time. We | | | | was just fair to OK. We rated it the same with and |
| have chosen to enjoy each wine that is sent to us | | | | without the meal, really no difference to distinguish. |
| with a meal or a special occasion. We figure the | | | | You can find this wine for about $35.00. In all fairness |
| winery or importer went through the trouble to send | | | | this winery suggests you pair this with Spicy Thai or |
| us wine, the least we can do is give it a fair tasting. | | | | calamari. Maybe you can try that and get back with |
| To us that means one wine, one meal, one rating. | | | | us!!! |
| We decanted this 06 Pinot for almost an hour and | | | | As a side note wine enthusiast rated this 89 points. |
| began our tasting. The color was light ruby red with | | | | We rate this wine (Fair-OK) |
| hints of purple. This wine had great legs that showed | | | | Here are our Ratings: / Pass / Fair / OK / Good / |
| a little of the body and alcohol content. Our nose | | | | Great / Fantastic |
| was greeted with mild earth aroma and over ripe | | | | Disclaimer: Just because we like or dislike a wine does |
| fruit. Our palate was greeted with a medium sour | | | | not mean that you will have the same experience. Of |
| cherry taste that lingered a while. This wine had a | | | | course it is always worth a try, tell us what you |
| medium finish with a not bad, sour cherry after taste. | | | | think?? |