Forty Bottles of Ringboree

2009 Thomas Henry Pinot Noir
Napa
10 Bottles of Ringboree

Disappointing. $14 for a Pinot that was completely uninteresting. It tasted like a red wine. It had no finish, and no striking aromas. This only gets a 10 because the company was wonderful. Apparently one has to spend a lot more on a Pinot for it to be worthwhile.

If I'm wrong, please direct me to a Pinot that's worth drinking in the $15 range.

What I expect from Yellowtail is that it's a $6 wine that tastes like a $12 wine. So, I don't expect it to be *great*, but I expect it to outperform its price. So far, it hasn't disappointed me.

The Pinot has almost as much pepper as most Zins or Shirazes. I really liked this wine. It was served too cold, but you could tell that it had a good backbone, and a lovely long finish.

As I've said before, more than half of enjoying a wine is atmosphere, and the atmosphere was all wrong for this one. The baby screamed almost the entire time, and she she stopped, the older kids were playing the Wii.

But ...

I'm looking forward to finishing the bottle when all the kids are in bed.

Any wine is better in silence.

28 bottles of Ring-Bo-Ree for this one. Good, but not great.