tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583550777785937008.post777588407028282788..comments2023-11-08T16:34:59.239-08:00Comments on John Schreiner on wine: Pinot Noirs from Meyer and Blue MountainJohnSchreiner at Goodgroghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17936806221874311926noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583550777785937008.post-14048125843843532662010-08-25T19:48:13.443-07:002010-08-25T19:48:13.443-07:00John,
I very disappointed in the Meyer Central Oka...John,<br />I very disappointed in the Meyer Central Okanagan Pinot Noir for two reasons. Firstly, from a varietal perspective this wine is so far removed from anything 'Pinot like' I was shocked they labeled it a straight varietal pinot. The nose was more telling of a syrah or even the dreaded marechal foch. I know for a fact that some winemakers choose to slip a little, (usually <2%) of a more robust varietal into their final pinot noir blend but this seems to be closer to the maximum permitted 15% addition (BC, like most new world wine producing countries requires, by law, that 85% of the total wine by volume must be derived from that varietal) and has destroyed the more subtle pinot aromas, masking them with, like you said "jammy aromas". On the palate, I gave it a much less glamorous description but again we agree on a point; "the wine seems almost porty" - hardly a typical descriptor of a varietal pinot noir priced at (cough) $40. Secondly, from a standalone wine (varietal and price aside) perspective I found the wine to be sappy, have green, stemmy tannins and have a disjointed, course mouth-feel. I feel the score you gave was extremely generous and I was curious as to whether you taste these wines blind? But hey, wine is subjective and everyone is entitled to an opinion. My score would be more like 79 - 82, with the 82 being where the wine could hope to be in 3 years when some of those green stem tannins drop out.<br /><br />toM.s(downtown_van)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11409305897385937463noreply@blogger.com