I liked this Californian Pinot Noir from Gallo. It was fruity with a medium to full body with soft ripe tannins. It does not compete with red burgundy, which is usually 100 percent Pinot Noir, for elegance or complexity. It went very well with roast chicken. I get a feeling that this wine is blended from wines from a number of vineyards but this does not detract from its quality. It is half the price of the English wine, Regent Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard - Red, which I drank recently but twice the quality: so what chance has English wine got to compete? American wine also has extra tax to contend with. I don't think that climate change will assist the English wine making industry for many years to come, especially when it comes to red wine making.
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