Alice’s 12 October Tasting

Still our areas newest tasting, the Wednesday tasting at Alice’s Restaurant continues to bring out some of the big stuff. We had a Crowd Favorite this evening, Long Meadow Ranch Farmstead 2016 Pinot Noir from Mendocino California. Good, even decent, Pinot Noir wines are not cheap because the grape is very hard to grow well. Usually you have to jump up above $40 a bottle to get a decent one, as was the case here, coming in at $48 a bottle. That was still not the most expensive bottle tonight, which came in for $65! The tasting is only $10 a person. I am very interested to see how long they can afford to bring these “big” wines out. Anyway, Long Meadow Ranch’s Pinot Noir was light on the front, flowing over the middle tongue with red cherry and smooth earth, finishing with hints of white pepper.Didn’t get that when you drank it? Or, “he is just making up words.” I heard both at this tasting. I even got; “So you must be a wine snob.” Everyone has a different tongue and taste profile. Or maybe you burned your tongue on your coffee this morning. I actually DO taste those things. And as you go to more and more wine tastings, learn to pay attention to what you can actually taste, you too will start to pick out different flavors. For the one who said that I must be a wine snob I replied; “Not at all, I am a lover of wine, and a bit of a wine geek.” A wine snob tells you what is a good wine, what you SHOULD like. A true wine lover helps you find wine what YOU like, and a wine geek tells you how to best enjoy that wine. I don’t drink with Snobs.