All I can really say about this wine is "ehhh...". I bought it from a liquor store called Bubbles in Castle Rock, Colorado. Okay, okay, I'm just going to admit to you that my primary motivation for buying this was because it comes from the Firestone Vineyard, which is the vineyard owned by Andrew Firestone, the former star of NBC's reality show, "The Bachelor". I figured if Andrew looked so cute, his family's winery must be able to produce some good wine. (Hopefully the Wine Guy doesn't get made about these comments...hehe) Too bad I was 100% wrong about that and basically wasted $11.99.
Here are my notes on this dry red wine...
Date tasted: 1/23/06
Winery name & location: Firestone - Santa Ynez Valley, CA
Grape/blend: Syrah (also sometimes referred to as "Shiraz")
Vintage: 2001
Color: deep magenta or a black cherry color
Taste: peppery with rich tannins
Aroma: smoky, peppery, rich, hints of caramel
Thoughts/info from wine label: This wine, despite aging for five years, tasted extremely tight and acidic when we first opened the bottle. We paired it with cheese tortellini with a spicy marinara sauce, salad, and garlic bread. The legs were very strong, but the flavor just wasn't there. It reminded me of an extremely cheap wine that was mass produced (i.e. Turning Leaf or something of that sort).
Wine Guy tasted a lot of pepper at first and then after the wine was exposed to some air, he began to taste vanilla. I agreed, but it still wasn't anything to write home about. It took all we had to gulp down just one glass of this...after that we sent it on a long journey down the drain.
Wine Gal/Wine Guy's Five Grape Tasting Scale: OO (two grapes!)
Moral of the story girls...don't buy it just because you had a thing for Andy Firestone.
Link to winery's website: www.FirestoneWine.com
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