2018 Kirkland Signature Pinot Grigio Friuli Grave

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 81.1 points

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  7/10/2020 - Glenn Gilbert Likes this wine: 81 Points

  12.5% alcohol; Misa Imports, Dallas, TX, with part of the label bilingual in English and French (in one place, Misa missed its cue by providing a French translation and then repeating the identical English phrase twice in order to fulfill its legal requirement for both the U.S. and Canada), a geopolitically unexpected combination, since the grapes were grown in Friuli (extreme NE Italy in the high Alps facing Austria), bottled in Piave, Italia, and imported by a Dallas, Texas firm -- Texas being bilingual, but not in French and English --; so one could conclude that the wine was not intended for indigenous consumption, nor exclusively for the country of importation (I wonder how this might affect the care by which the wine was grown and imported); screw top; medium to long legs, optically not so clear, offwhite/yellow; opened, kept in the fridge, and not tasted for 24 hours; nose of crushed grapes, stone fruit, rhubarb, slight trace of bananas; tasting done at approximately 13 degrees C; medium body; not complex, but utterly refreshing on a hot South Florida late afternoon; a little acidic, tending more toward lemonade and less toward apple or grape juice; pair with outdoor picnic food like hamburgers or fried chicken

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  4/24/2020 - ajbergren wrote: 80 Points

  Deep, honey-tinged clear yellow with medium minus optical density, and star bright clarity with extraordinary specular reflectivity. Aromas of dried hay, banana, sweet citrus, and some tart tropicals. Really surprising depth on the nose. One the palate, a weak acidity for a softer texture that is a bit squishy. Medium body and dry, for a middle of the road structure. Flavours of hot and dried broken grass stems on the attack, with some light yellow fruit in the background. Not a lot of evolution or complexity from there, but a movement toward an oily dried pineapple of low intensity is where things finish. Unobtrusive and easy-going, with not much punch or complexity.
  
  This is a value-driven and neutral white that is serviceable as an everyday light drink that fades into the background. Definitely not memorable or of special note, but a light wine that is not challenging on the palate so that other things can shine.

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  3/21/2020 - marc25v Does not like this wine: 67 Points

  It had a very acidic note to it

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  10/14/2019 - Pbriones wrote: 84 Points

  Green apples. Decent for the price

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  8/29/2019 - chomas wrote:

  easy drinking cheap wine on hot summer day.
  citrus fruit and some stone fruit backed with floral notes

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