Trader Joe's Fearless Flyer for November 2018 is featuring their VINTJS Willamette Valley Pinot Noir, which they are selling for $8.99. They are anticipating that you might select this Pinot Noir to accompany your Thanksgiving turkey or ham.
For the past several months, we have been enjoying several Willamette Valley Pinot Noirs and I have written on this blog about several of them. I can assure you that none of them cost under $10. So, I had to bring home a couple of bottles to see if this is a fantastic Trader Joe's bargain (or not).
Neither the Fearless Flyer nor the bottle give any useful information to judge the wine. As with most Trader Joe's wines, we do not know who grew the grapes or made the wine. The bottle says the wine is vinted by ABJ Wines, Geyserville CA.but that is just a paper company to hide the actual maker of the wine.
The first thing you notice is that this is a 2017 vintage, so it is very young. The second thing you notice in the glass is the medium purple, opaque color of the wine. I could easily see through the wine and was suspicious that the wine was made from plump, watery grapes. This was confirmed in the taste which exhibited only mild fruit flavors of raspberry and black cherry.
This is a drinkable wine at a low cost but I would recommend spending just a small amount more for the Firesteed Willamette Valley Pinot Noir that I recommended last August. You can usually buy Firesteed at Trader Joe's or Total Wine.
SC Wine Joe rating = 86 points
For the past several months, we have been enjoying several Willamette Valley Pinot Noirs and I have written on this blog about several of them. I can assure you that none of them cost under $10. So, I had to bring home a couple of bottles to see if this is a fantastic Trader Joe's bargain (or not).
Neither the Fearless Flyer nor the bottle give any useful information to judge the wine. As with most Trader Joe's wines, we do not know who grew the grapes or made the wine. The bottle says the wine is vinted by ABJ Wines, Geyserville CA.but that is just a paper company to hide the actual maker of the wine.
The first thing you notice is that this is a 2017 vintage, so it is very young. The second thing you notice in the glass is the medium purple, opaque color of the wine. I could easily see through the wine and was suspicious that the wine was made from plump, watery grapes. This was confirmed in the taste which exhibited only mild fruit flavors of raspberry and black cherry.
This is a drinkable wine at a low cost but I would recommend spending just a small amount more for the Firesteed Willamette Valley Pinot Noir that I recommended last August. You can usually buy Firesteed at Trader Joe's or Total Wine.
SC Wine Joe rating = 86 points
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