RKS 2023 Wine: Meyer Family Vineyards 2022 Okanagan Valley Pinot Noir

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Should we get our hands grubby and talk about the price of a bottle of wine and quality? Why not setting forth the golden rule that the quality of a wine is not always reflected in its price! I am sure many of us have examples to share.

But pardon my grubbiness when I talk about Meyer Family Vineyards in British Columbia’s Okanagan. I have been saying, in a moneygrubbing type of way, given the outrageously reasonable price of MFV Pinot Noirs one might be nutso purchasing Burgundian Pinot Noir. Yep I can hear the neurosurgeons, cardiologists and corporate senior management team members snickering away at some ignoramus having absolutely no respect on the altar of Burgundian Pinot Noir. Let them snicker and snicker loudly as I say Meyer can kick Burgundian Pinot Noir butt. Quel dommage pour France!

Before I am driven out of Wineville I screw open a bottle of Meyer Family Vineyards 2022 Okanagan Valley Pinot Noir. The snickering mounts in intensity as I say it has a Stelvin cap. My God how nouveau riche!!! Who…them or me!

Produced from grapes grown from four distinctive vineyards in the Okanagan including Fat Coyote in Naramata! The wine was destemmed prior to fermentation. It spent 6 months in 100% seasoned French oak.

Aroma: Raspberry, strawberry, ripe red cherry and some milk chocolate intermingled with gentle oak. Inviting and highly agreeable.

2,800 cases produced.

Palate: The wine makes a point of being light on its feet and elegant with soft tannins. One gets the sense of a ferocity waiting to break out managed, if not mastered, by winemaker Chris Carson. At times an “elegant wine” should be excused from all sorts of descriptors on the palate and should be celebrated for its elegance. Celebrate this Pinot Noir.

Personality: This wine reviewer is making me blush. Did he read the Meyer motto, “We hope you enjoy our wines as much as we enjoyed making them.” Enough said.

Cellarbility: Consume by the end of 2025.

Food Match: The wine excels as a sipping wine. Truffle topped pizza beckons. Pushing the envelope a bit perhaps with Chinese BBQ pork?

Price: $24.43 in British Columbia.

RKS 2023 Wine Rating: 92/100. Gismondi on Wine 92.

And this is a MFV entry level Pinot Noir. Just wait until you try some other “higher level” gems from these guys.

Best to check with the winery about shipping and retail availability.

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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