Cheap Pinot Noir, Any Good Ones?

Cheap Pinot Noir, Any Good Ones? – Episode #259

June 19, 2007

Pinot Noir is HOT and everyone is all about it but are there any good ones under ten bones?

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“A question…is Pinot Noir considered a light bodied wine or full bodi…” by Adrian
“QTOD: So keeping in theme for this episode, it too was a pinot N. Abou…” by Paul V
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Wines tasted in this episode:

Talus Pinot NoirOther California Pinot Noir
Lindemans Pinot Noir Bin 99Australian Pinot Noir
Cavit Pinot NoirTrentino Alto Adige IGT
Barkan Pinot NoirIsraeli Kosher Wine

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June 24, 2009

Adrian
A question…is Pinot Noir considered a light bodied wine or full bodied?
September 8, 2008

Paul V
QTOD: So keeping in theme for this episode, it too was a pinot N. About three years ago I was living by myself in the deep suburbs of Pittburgh and we had a small wine shop in town. I didn’t know too much about wine and one day while walking home from work I stopped in.

They had a Pinot Noir for $6.00.
Regretfully I forgot the maker of the wine now, on the tip of my tongue though.
I popped it when I got home.

The mouthfeel was quite thin, almost thinner than water.
The attack was seriously all oak
I tried to get some fruit flavors out of it – anything – cherries, raspberries anything to no avail.
It was horrendous. It was hot, it was oak.
It was so bad I tried to find reviews of it online to see if it really was that bad. I couldn’t find any mention of it anywhere.

I’d give it a 50 pts because the scale doesn’t go below … screw it.
I’m giving it a 47.

Great show. Shame the last one was cork’d. What a fitting end to the show though. Horrible, Bad, Horrible, Cork’d.
keep up the great work,
August 9, 2008

Garo
you are the best man. I really didnt know anything about wine until I started watching you.
July 18, 2008

Dessert Wine Nerd
Ouch…. another 0-4 episode. Tough deal. Thankfully Hollywood didnt make me go crazy and buy up wines without doing some research first (namely, you). I do love your rants though when you taste poor wine. Sad thing is my parents drink some of these (Cavit). QOTD: Without question, the Charles Shaw brands. My parents buy these because of the price point, and I tasted a Chardonnay and some red and both were awful.
April 30, 2008

Donna Marie
QOTD: Haven’t had any.
February 8, 2008

Surekat
poor GV… i have never, ever had a wine from barkan that i enjoyed.

but i DID once have a ‘97 romanian PN at $3.50 that was FAB (my dad kept on buying cases of the stuff until the shop ran out), so there must be other good PN’s out there for less than an-arm-and-a-leg. thanks for making the effort to find them!

QOTD: in the army they used to serve a kidush wine that was literally called “victory wine”. need i say more?
December 12, 2007

Sharon
Hi Gary… I dimly remember having some RETSINA in the 80s, which was like battery acid or industrial lubricant, some sort of a non-food liquid masquerading as a beverage.
Hey, log into myspace and friend me up!
August 26, 2007

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July 25, 2007

drummerboy
Finally catching up on the episodes….
July 18, 2007

Donald Pipkin
Gary – you should do the inverse of this show – a show on value Merlot!
July 17, 2007

mcj
I can’t remember anything less than an 80 in recent years. I’m sure I had some nasty stuff (from a jug, of course) back in college.
July 12, 2007

Daniel Rymer
Worst bottle of wine — I can’t even remember the brand, but it was a Cabernet from Aldi that I paid $2.00 for!! On hindsight, it was probably a good value/quality, but wow!
July 3, 2007

Happy Wine Guy
I had a red blend called “Relax” that was undrinkable.
June 29, 2007

april
Worst wine under $10 = Woolworths House Red Wine … there’s lots of good cheap wine in South Africa, but this is not one of them.
June 25, 2007

Fran Benavidez
Great show with not surprising results.

Worst wine? Can’t remember the name, but remember the occasion: nice, romantic evening under the stars, crispy fire burning in the pit, and after one-god-awful sip of this wine, we chucked the whole bottle in the grass. Hence, the finish was long, as it left a purple stain on the grass for a few days!
June 24, 2007

Mike Erdely
Dang. Rough show.

QOTD: I’ll have to agree with others…. Yellow tail reds.
June 24, 2007

Lar
Gary,

quick technical issue when adding a comment – I was midway watching the Pinot Noir episode when posting my last comment. On clicking ‘add comment’ the page refreshes, making your viewers have to start afresh.

If you’re doing any more work on the site with Dan Cederholm, mention “AJAX” and how it may help your visitors add comments while still viewing the vid without a refresh.

Lar
June 24, 2007

Lar
Gary,

we’ve a supermarket in Ireland called SuperQuinn.

Anyhoo, they do a Pinot Noir from Chile called “Veranda” which is currently under 10 euro.

Not sure if it’s available stateside, but if it is, I’d recommend it. It gives some of the expensive Bourgogne’s a run for their money.

Lar
June 22, 2007

Carlitos
Man! You should have known what you were getting into!

And we apreciate your efforts, GV!!!
June 22, 2007

Jeff
QOTD: Louis Pierre & Fils Chardonnay from the Languedoc. It was undrinkable.
June 22, 2007

shaggy D
maybe next time we can find some good 10-15 dollar bottles. I know there out there.
June 21, 2007

scott heller
Gary
Someone brought Pinot no evil. It was terrible. Thank goodness I brought a Pinot Noir from Warm Lakes in New York that was ok
Thanks