At the Hot Docs film festival winds down I have saved the most depressing films for last and as a film reviewer of documentary films when I say depressing I mean it. On my bitter end list is the story of a 16-year-old Kurdish refugee girl, whose mother has died frozen to death in some forest, ending up caring for her siblings and she is facing deportation back to ISIS controlled territory waiting in a Polish refugee camp. My mind is boggled after reviewing 15 slightly more cheerful films.
We try a Bogle Family Vineyards California Pinot Noir.
Aroma: Bing cherries, black raspberry and slightly overripe strawberries.
Palate: Tannins are on the heavy side of light although the wine is in itself not light. The aromatics are on what you might call the Outer Limits of a Pinot Noir profile but on the palate the Outer Limits have been breached and perhaps the winemaker was visiting from a spaceship? Perhaps being writing about wine I should relinquish that and continue on with the voice of Vic Perrin. Do not adjust your palate this wine label with its mesmerizing description of the wine has taken over…..
Personality: Otherworldly not in a positive light. With me in your glass why wait for the great Quake?
Cellarbility: On earth no need but in Billy Pilgrim’s Trafaldamore’s cellar a millennium.
Food Match: Koobideh.
Movie Match: “The Omicron Killer”.
Price: Priceless in a certain sense. $24 CDN (Ontario)
RKS 2024 Wine Rating: 61/100. Natalie MacLean 91.
(Bogle Family Vineyards 2021 Pinot Noir, California, Bogle Family Vineyards, Clarksburg, California, 750 mL, 14.5%).
A Bird's Eye View of Fashion, Food, Travel, Culture, Beverage and Curiosity 