D&D Wine Review

Here is a photo I took yesterday - playing with our digital SLR camera. The wine shown, Geyser Peak, is one of our favorite affordable Cabernets - just a great wine. Enjoy and share your comments.

With both couples present, we opened up the bottle of Firesteed while we still had the Coppola to compare. It was about $2 cheaper than the Coppola at our neighborhood grocery store ($15.99). At first glance, the color seemed slightly darker, more ruby-toned. We also thought it has a different smell, perhaps licorice though we couldn’t quite pin it down. The taste was extremely smooth, more so than the Coppola. We think this would be a great red wine for someone fairly new to red wines, as it was very easy to drink.

Overall - this is a great wine for the money, we would definitely buy it again

Wine: Oregon Pinot Noir
Winery: Firesteed
Year: 2006
Grape(s): Pinot Noir from Oregon
Cost: $15.99
Rating:

A fun note, we switched to a red zin after this bottle and found it hard to palate at first. You forget how different the types of varietals can be - we had to clean our palate with bread & cheese before enjoying the zin. Pinot Noirs offer a lighter and more delicate flavor when compared to a bold red wine.

For our inaugral review, the Dyars had the Duttons over for dinner. We actually started by picking our recipe - Leslie prepared a wonderful salmon dish. While fish is typically paired with white wine, my wine guide suggested a light red, such as pinot noir for a heavier fish like salmon. With the entree picked, I headed to our neighborhood Publix to pick up a couple of wines.

We’ve generally enjoyed Coppola wines, and it was $2 off at $17.99, so I picked up a bottle of the Silver Label Pinot Noir. In addition, I saw a Firesteed Pinot which we had enjoyed in the past for $15.99 so I picked up that as well. (See next review)

Here are the thoughts we had on the Coppola:

Appearance - it was transparent and bright red, definitely lighter than most other reds

Smell - we aren’t experts at this but we noticed a fruity scent, possibly plum - nothing else stood out in particular

Taste - we enjoyed this wine, it was smooth and definitely a lighter red, almost bright tasting; when swirled there was a taste of woodiness

Overall - we enjoyed the Coppola but there are Pinots we’ve liked better for less or similar price; it went well with the salmon dish Leslie prepared

Wine: Diamond Collection Silver Label Pinot Noir
Winery: Francis Coppola
Year: 2006
Grape(s): 100% Pinot Noir from Monterey, CA
Cost: $17.99

Rating: