Kris Pinot Noir 2008

Thought I would do a quick 2fer this week as I had a very nice Pinot Noir.  It was a beautiful weekend and Natascia and I went for a walk to Harvard Square.  First nice weather weekend sure brings out a variety of individuals, to make a long story short we saw a pillow fight between at least 300 people, among those people was some guy in a furry pink monster suit, another in a banana costume and then plenty of people in leather with spikes... and it was at least 65 degrees out.

On the walk home we stopped into the University wine shop on Mass Ave to pick up a few bottles.  All I have been able to think of lately is a nice Pinot Noir so that is exactly what I got, well besides the bargain bin specials.  My wife has a knack for getting exactly what I want so I left it to her to pick me a nice Pinot Noir.  Of course this time was no exception as she chose a great bottle and after looking it up was surprised that it is actually from her region in Italy as well.  Now I won't lie this wine didn't have me jumping for joy but at $14 it was well worth it.  Very dark in color and you can definitely taste the dark fruits coming through with this wine.  Nice smooth earthy finish with those good tannins I like to mention.

If you find this wine the first thing you will notice is the nice attractive label, this is probably what drove us to buy it in the first place.  This is for sure a bottle I would buy to give as a gift, that is if you don't mind giving a screw top wine to someone.  I myself love a screw-top wine as I know the bottle won't be corked and if I am going camping or on a picnic there is no need to get crafty should you happen to forget the corkscrew...which we all know we have done at one time or another.