Tasting - Meiomi Pinot Noir

 



Name : Meiomi Pinot Noir

Variety : Pinot noir

Region : Sonoma County

Country : USA

Year : 2020

Price  : 15.47

Critic review : To start, the wine opens with a beautifully designed twist top.   The top has a satisfying, engineered feeling to it that I haven’t experienced before.

Appearance

In the glass, Meiomi Pinot Noir is fairly dark and plum in color.  Maybe similar to a lighter Merlot.

Just a bit of light is able to shine through.

The wine coats up the glass well when tipped and leaves slow falling legs on the inside of the glass.

Aroma

While not immediately noticeable upon opening the bottle, this wine is pretty aromatic.

The New World Pinot Noir glass I was using was helpful in drawing a spicy, jammy aroma upwards to my nose.

Overall, the aroma was enjoyable with just a mild hint of alcohol.

Meiomi Pinot Noir alcohol content 13.7% per the bottle.

Taste

While tasting this wine, a happy accident occurred.

I poured it and then got distracted for a little while, attending to a text message.

I came back to the wine after 5 minutes or so and started my tasting.

My tasting revealed a nice, refined wine with just a bit of fruit.

I noted classic Pinot Noir flavor with a bit of nutmeg or perhaps allspice.

Nice!

Fresh Pour

After that initial tasting I gave the wine a fresh pour and noticed a significant difference.

The fresh pour had more sweetness to it.  I also discovered a bit of jammy fruit I hadn’t noticed the first time I tasted it.

From there, I went and got a second wine glass and experimented with fresh pours versus letting the wine breathe for awhile.  That was the first time I’ve used two wine glasses for one tasting!

What I found was that a fresh pour of this wine is much more flavorful and enjoyable.

Letting it sit in the glass actually resulted in a reduction of flavor that allowed the wine’s tannins to get in the way a little bit.

My Suggestion

So with all that said, I’d suggest drinking this wine via smaller, freshly poured sips.

Fill your wine glass up to no more than 10-15% if you want to taste more fruit.

Or just experiment with it as I did to see what happens as the wine breathes… fun!

Mouthfeel and Tannins

Regardless of the pour, Meomi Pinot Noir gives you a silky mouthfeel and supple tannins.

However, the tannins are more noticeable as the wine gets some air.

I suspect this wine is a bit “young” and it might benefit from some time in the cellar.  Hard to say for sure.

Finish

The wine’s finish is medium to long with some lingering bitterness from the tannins.

Overall

Setting the experiments aside, Meomi Pinot Noir is an enjoyable wine to drink.

You get classic Pinot Noir flavor and a nicely balanced finish.

Meiomi Pinot Noir price $19.99.

Perhaps a little bit pricey, however Meomi has remained consistent at this price point over the years.

Wine Folly : Wine folly states that one of the primary flavors of pinot noir is cherry, which is definitely the predominate flavor in this wine. It's more of a black cherry flavor than a sweet cherry. Wine folly also states raspberry is present, which I can sort of taste. However, I don't get the mushroom, clove or hibiscus. Pinot noir is stated to generally be high acidity, which I can definitely agree with. The acidity in this wine is great.

https://winefolly.com/grapes/pinot-noir/

Personal Review : This wine is probably one of the more complex wines I've tried. I can usually taste something different with each taste / smell. The first big whiff I got a lot of darker smells, like tobacco. This wine smells very dark and chocolate-ly, which makes sense as the bottle states "toasty mocha flavors." The oaky-ness also contributes to the dark flavor. This wine also has a good bit of sweetness, it almost tastes like one of those chocolate covered cherries. Similar to the other attributes of this wine, the color is also quite dark. The color is very pretty, though I have a hard time describing it. It looks like the wine you'd see in communion at church. It's almost a very dark ruby red. 

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