Turning Leaf tastes like someone put a bunch of ice cubes in very, very weak Hawaiian punch.
My bestest friend D and I decided that we wanted to get very, very drunk before we went out in the cold to a party, so we decided to buy one wine apiece and then each drink half of both bottles. That way, we could write two reviews!
My pick was the 2011 Turning Leaf; D also chose a Merlot, from Lindeman's promisingly-named "Bin" series (reviewed in another post. We went to my room, uncorked both bottles, and let them "breathe." While I busied myself taking care of a few emails, D had his first sip of wine -- Turning Leaf.
After a few minutes, I said to D, "How is it?"
"Huh?" he said. "Oh." He thought for a moment. "I forgot."
Indeed, it was, I agreed a moment later, a remarkably forgettable wine. Basically, the Turning Leaf Merlot tastes like someone put a bunch of ice cubes in very, very weak Hawaiian Punch.
Midway through the bottle, D and I noted that the bottle claimed "over 500 awards"; we began to speculate what those awards could have been, exactly. "Least offensive" was a contender, as was "best reference to seasonal imagery."
Second opinions: N, our housemate, described it as having the "semblance of a Merlot." M, another housemate, once again voiced the opinion that it "would be very easy to drink a whole bottle of."
VERDICT: Drinkable; forgettable.
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