This past week, I picked up a few bottles of wine that I've never tried before. I was browsing for blended reds - every since we had the Viognier and Shiraz blend at Ryan and Nicki's, I've been on a quest of trying others. I've tasted grenache grapes in wines before, so I decided to pick up a bottle with grenache grapes.
At the local Kroger, I found a bottle of Grenache Noir, a french wine from Domaine De Gournier winery (2006). As I was trying to find a label to post here (BTW, the bottle as $10), I stumbled upon this review:
"Nose: initially decanted and smelled very fake, but after about 10 minutes it actually openned up and smelled strongly of red twizlers ..."
What?
Should I (or anyone, for that matter) ever take a review of a wine seriously from someone who doesn't even bother to use spell check before posting?
Anyway ... Red Twizzlers?? OK, I can honestly say that I have never smelled red twizzlers in any wine. Maybe the reviewer picked up a hint of licorice. I can see that. I don't recall any of either. The reviewer was also talking about a 2005 bottle.
I liked the wine. I gave Rob a glass and asked him to guess what kind of wine it was. He said it was either a Pinot Noir or a blend. He's goooood. I think the grenache grape gave it a little lighter of a flavor than a straight Pinot Noir. I also thought this wine was very smooth, which I enjoy.
This wine gets a two thumbs up. Nice wine, nice flavor, and nice price.
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red twizzlers don't taste like licorice, do they? and I don't think I could like a wine that tasted like the black ones.
The bottle looks nice though.
For the record, I didn't think the wine tasted licoricie (is that a word?) at all. Or red twizzler like.
And it does have a cool label. I've bought more than one bottle of wine because I liked the label...
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