Pinetti Notte Rose Italy 2016
Tonight’s wine is called Pinetti. I’m glad I don’t do this
as a video right now, because I’m not quite sure how to pronounce that out
loud.
I haven’t had a rose for a while, and thought it would be a
nice change. Especially after I binged on the Naked Grape Moscato wine I luuuuurved. (I
totally went back and bought three more bottles of that ish. If you missed that
review, it’s HERE)
The thing about this wine that caught my eye was that it
boasts flavors from both strawberries and rhubarb. I remember my grandma
harvesting the rhubarb from her huge backyard, and I had some feels. So I
picked up this bad boy when it was on sale at Kroger. The sale brought it down
to $4.99 which squeaked it in just under my cheap date budget.
And let’s talk about pressure. The ONLY wine in my house is
this one. Bitch, you’d better be good.
Twist off cap. For real. Good thing. Momma just worked 12
hours and I’m pretty sure my calf muscle is revolting and about to detach from
my leg.
THE POUR:
A few bubbles. But the coolest thing, is I can see the drips
slipping down the neck of the bottle. It took a good thirty seconds for it to
all work down. And after 12 hours of evil day job, it was probably more
fascinating than it would have been.
I swirled the glass, and the drag of the light red wine down
the sides is just as fascinating.
See folks…wine is a calming drink. Which is why I need wine.
The evil day job lived up to its name today. Fucking retail.
THE SNIFF:
Screw the sniff. I was so tired, the glass got near my mouth
and I took a drink. It smelled red.
FIRST TASTE:
This has a flavor that is building on my tongue. It starts
out with just a warm hit against the taste buds, and then the aromatics hit the
back of my sinuses and I got the hint of fruit.
A few gulps later...I’m getting a hit of spice along with the fruit. Reminds me
of some of the same tastes I’d get in mulled wine. Just less.
This also has a wonderful texture that coats the tongue.
Great sipping wine, because the flavor stays with you for longer than just a
little blast as you guzzle it after having to teach people how to use their
phones to pull up coupons all day.
Basically, it might keep me from drinking the whole bottle.
Maybe.
HUBBY TEST:
If you’ve been around my “Cheap Date” wine reviews you know
that I have to have hubby weigh in. Hubby doesn’t like wine, so it has to be
super sweet for him to be down. I have doubts about him digging this one, but
we’ll see.
Hubby: It smells like wine.
Me: …
Hubby: * takes a sip
* It tastes like wine.
Me: * eye twitches *
Hubby: For real.
This is like the beige of wine. Nothing remotely remarkable about this.
Me: Are you for
real? Don’t you feel how it coats your tongue and soothes your troubles?
Hubby: Okay…so it’s
the Pepto Bismol of wine.
At this point, I
grabbed my glass back and left him to cook me dinner. (Because I had a long day
and my hubby is awesome. Well…at everything but reviewing wine.)
THE FINAL VERDICT
This is a good wine
to sip with friends. It’s not overly bold, so I’d probably pair it with light
foods, or I have a feeling it will also pair well with retail work on a coupon
weekend. No…I don’t need to think about that one. It does pair well with coupons.
~Roxy
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