Saturday, February 18, 2023

Tasting - Red Blend

Name: Playtime Red

Variety: Blend (Zinfandel, Barbera, Petit Verdot, Grenache)
Region: California, United States/North Coast/Lake County
Bottled: Kelseyville, California
Country: United States
Year: 2020
Price: $18 at a bookstore in Topsail Beach 

Winery Review: An enticing red blend, with lush fruit flavors and a soft vanilla finish. Playtime is a wine of great substance from the acclaimed growing regions of California. The label is a tribute to the Pinup Stars that were prevalent during World War II and were adorned on various military aircraft as they flew into battle. These pin-ups were an inspiration to enjoy life fully and return home safely to their loved ones. Sustainably farmed. (From the bottle)

Wine Folly: Looking into pg 290 of common wines from California, it seems this wine combines a lot of the popular grape varieties into one wine. pg 117- Grenache has common notes of strawberry/plum. pg 189- Zinfandel has common notes of strawberry/blackberry. This explains why the wine tasted so complexly fruity. 

My Review: This was a bottle we got on a trip to the beach at Topsail Island. I am not a red wine drinker usually, but I did enjoy the wine. I had it without food. The first thing I noticed was it was very dry. I did get some vanilla flavors, but mostly I just tasted red wine. There are a lot of fruit flavors, I think it's heavy blackberry/raspberry. 

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