Antioxidant Fridays, Stephen Vincent 2006
Robert Hodgin
Co-founder, Partner Emeritus : San Francisco
topics: Visualizers, Design, Art Direction, Barbarian, and Processing
filed under: Barbarian
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Friday again? Already? Well okay, if we must. Today, we feature the 2006 Stephen Vincent Pinot Noir from Sonoma. According to the stephenvincentwines.com website, this wine won a silver medal at the Orange County Fair. Well how about that! It is this same website that has ZILCH other information about this bottle of brown mess. But we did learn that Stephen Vincent got his start in sales. For Gallo. Ahhhh, okay, that explains a ton!
Yes. Brown. Because Mr. Vincent saw to it to put his grape juice in a yellow bottle. Yellow + red = brown. It was rather off-putting.
Tasting notes.
Summary: “Fuck the wine. I want more cheese.”
Summary: “Fuck the wine. I want more cheese.”
According to the internet, the Stephen Vincent 2006 Pinot Noir earns a hardly coveted three stars out of five. Better than Yellowtail, worse than ‘62 Chateau Latour. Quite a range really but I say screw the five star scale. Let’s go with a ten Capri-sun scale. This Pinot gets a perfect 10 because it pretty much tasted like juice from a sack. You could close your eyes and just imagine poking the bag with the enclosed plastic straw and sucking the grape/cherry blend. MMMmmmm. Is that a hint of blue razzberry? Juicy. Sadly, the Vincent Pinot doesn’t then allow me to inflate it with air and stomp on it.
Sandhya N.: “Fruity!” editor’s note: Turns out, she was actually just trying to get my attention.
David W.: “Fruitier! Ashier! Grapier!” editor’s note: He was just trying to get my attention too.
Erica C.: “I taste gauze.”
Nicole C.: “Toblerone!” editor’s note: Not really that sure about this one.
Carrie S.: “Fuck the wine. I want more cheese.”
Bill L.: “The last time I had this taste in my mouth, I was blanking your blank.”
Renee Z.: “I’m drinking for three!”
Anthony D.: “This tastes like two ugly people doing it in my mouth.”
Robert H.: “Better than Yellowtail.”
David W.: “Fruitier! Ashier! Grapier!” editor’s note: He was just trying to get my attention too.
Erica C.: “I taste gauze.”
Nicole C.: “Toblerone!” editor’s note: Not really that sure about this one.
Carrie S.: “Fuck the wine. I want more cheese.”
Bill L.: “The last time I had this taste in my mouth, I was blanking your blank.”
Renee Z.: “I’m drinking for three!”
Anthony D.: “This tastes like two ugly people doing it in my mouth.”
Robert H.: “Better than Yellowtail.”
Today’s wine selection was courtesy of Sandhya who picked out the nicely labeled bottle from the Bi-Rite in the Mission. That pretty much says it all. Nicely labeled. Bi-Rite. Mission. And a half thanks each to Bill and David who picked out a weird cheese which had wine in it. Classy!
Editor’s note: The views expressed above may or may not reflect reality.
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p.s. great title for this series of posts. Screw açai berries or whatever the next food-freak trend will be--this will always be the best way to prevent cancer.