Lazy Creek Vineyards Table Wine (Pinot)

[VouvrayHead]

Official name: NV Anderson Valley Red Table Wine (Pinot Noir)

Anderson Valley, $20
Unusual bottling, they call it their table wine, but it's 100% pinot, and it's Non-Vintage...

Outstanding wine for the buck... Good sized body with lots of rasperry and strawberry notes with good earthiness underneath and a nice finish. Vibrant, complex and really easy-drinking. I'd buy it again for sure.
Worth checking out.

This was second in line after Prosecco with some roasted veggies, wild rice salad, polenta and Porcini/Chanterelle risotto...

[dananne]

EIEIO does something like this, a NV "Table Wine" that is 100% Willamette Pinot Noir from barrels that didn't make the cut for the single vineyard wines or for the special cuvees. It's also $20 and a good bargain. I haven't seen this one, but I'll keep my eyes peeled. Always looking for good $20 PN! Thanks for the notes!

[wondersofwine]

I was looking at April issue of "Food and Wine" (several issues given to me by a friend--I no longer subscribe to it). It had a feature on 50 wines $20 or less that are reliable and available. They included the Clos du Bois Pinot Noir at around $20 so I may give that a try. I have liked some of the Clos du Bois Chardonnay in the past.
They included some of the wines we have mentioned here previously such as Bogle Old Vines Zinfandel, Rancho Zabaco Heritage Vines Zinfandel, Hess Select Cabernet Sauvignon (as good QPR even if over $20), etc. Among the other wines over their price point that they mentioned as reliable and worth their price was the Merry Edwards Klopp Ranch Pinot Noir at $51.

[VouvrayHead]

I like all those Zins..

I'm not sure how widely available the Lazy Creek is (we have it in suburban St.L, though) but I like both it and the Laetitia that WinoWeenie has been talking about worlds better than the Clos du Bois Pinot...
Of course the best $20 Pinot out there if one can find it is the 2004(5 coming?) Michel Magnien Bourgogne Rouge....

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[wondersofwine]

Thanks for the warning on the Clos du Bois Pinot Noir.