12 March, 2023
The Wine: Barefoot Pinot Noir
Varietal: 100% Pinot Noir Region&Country: California, USA
Year: N.V. | Price: $2 (it's a split)
- Tasting notes according to Barefoot: "medium-dry wine with fruity notes of red cherry layered with hints of raspberry jam and dark cherry. A touch of molasses balances the wine for a velvety mouthfeel and hint of sweetness. This wine pairs well with lamb, grilled salmon, and creamy pasta dishes" (https://www.barefootwine.com/our-wines/cellars/000000000210052150.html?position=1)
- Wine Folly notes on Pinot Noir: "the world’s most popular light-bodied red wine. It’s loved for its red fruit, flower, and spice aromas that are accentuated by a long, smooth finish." "Notes of cherry, raspberry, mushroom, clove, hibiscus." (https://winefolly.com/grapes/pinot-noir/)
Smells strongly of Greek yogurt, a little vanilla, yeast, and bread. Individually would be not terrible smells, but in combination is quite unpleasant Muscatel. Overwhelming top notes like someone smoked a cigarrettes and then breathed on me. Also if grape flavored yogurt was a thing. Ew! I got some vague hints of cherry, but it is overall one dimensional and bland. It had a hot sensation going down, and left nothing on the tongue after you swallow- no aromas. Total experience averages out to when you go to a cherry farm and the wind strikes it wrong and you smell the rotting hot fruit on the ground.
I did not pair this wine with food, although I think this is one of those wines that could make the food worse by just being open in the same room. It lacked any dimensionality that could enhance food.
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