Part of the FWAGS online sale, at $4.99 this is a good wine to have in your shipment to see if the 97 degree heat cooked your bottles. This one was fine, hope the Brunello is ok.
Great for summer, drink immediately. None left, hope you got some.
After we tried Castle Rock Pinot Gris and liked it, we thought we'd try Castle Rock Pinot Noir. This had pleasant raspberry on the nose and the characteristic Pinot Noir silky mouthfeel, but overall it was just ok, nothing special.
We picked this up at Society Hill for 12.99, and it seems to be all gone. Canal's in Pennsauken has it for $8.95, a much better deal. Stick with the Pinot Gris.
CellarTracker
WineSearcher $8.95 at Canal's Pennsauken
UPDATE - For those interested in trying more Castle Rock, Castle Rock Syrah for $7.49 has been added to the list of upcoming Chairman's Selections
Castle Rock is a virtual winery--they don't own land or wine-making equipment. They buy grapes and contract with other wineries to have the wine made. Seems suspect to us, but they have a reputation for making decent quality but inexpensive wine, particularly Pinot Noir.
According to their web site, this Pinot Gris is made from 100% Pinot Gris grapes from Monterey County California. To us it tasted like a mashup of Chardonnay and Pinot Grigio with the oaky vanilla up front and the lemon zing on the end. Apparently this is what California/Oregon Pinot Gris is supposed to taste like. It was actually pretty good and complemented our food very well.
This is a pleasant end of summer quaffer and a great buy at $6.99.
Castle Rock Pinot Gris 2008
Chairman's Selection
PLCB Code 12834
$6.99
99+ bottles at many State Stores in the Philadelphia region
PAWineTalk
Here are the prices from wine-searcher:
Wine Library (NJ) $7.98
France 44 (MN) $8.99
Wally's Wine and Spirits (CA) $11.12
PrimoVino (CO) $14.00
