Usually on Fridays you just get my weekend round-up, but my reviews are piling up on me and I need to get them posted without overloading the blog with content. So since the round-up is short this week I thought I'd post a review too.The wine was a Marimar 2004 Torres Family Vineyards Don Miguel Vineyards Pinot Noir. Whew, now that's a mouthful of a name for a wine. Unfiltered and hailing from the Russian River Valley, the wine clocked in at 14% alcohol by volume, had a real cork closure and cost us (gasp!) $39 from a club shipment.
On the nose I found smokey leather, cherries, and raspberries. I described the aroma as fresh, strong fruit in my notes with an earthy hint and a medicinal note. In the mouth I found sour red cherries and raspberries. The wine was tart and tannic.
Overall, this a bottle that could certainly lay down for much more time before you drink it. If I had any more, I'd sock it away for at least 3-4 years, it should develop nicely. Alas, $39 for a bottle of wine plus shipping is way out of my everyday wine budget these days, so we won't be seeing another one of these. I also had to cancel my membership in this club as the prices kept rising and while I felt some of the wine were worth it, others were not, and I don't like the 50% or so success rate on wines that all cost over $30.
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Hi Sonadora - once you hit $30 you should be batting close to 1.000 if you pay attention. The only mistakes I make up there are to prove a point like "woohoo, a $40 Spanish Petit Verdot!" - those experiments are often fun, but the batting average comes down dramatically...
10/29/07, 12:37 AM
Yeah, I do pretty well when I buy them myself, but a club shipment is always a gamble...
11/3/07, 9:58 AM
No wine clubs up here to speak of. Does that mean you get a random shipment of wine every month, or do you give them some parameters?
11/4/07, 4:21 PM