The Goddess of Plonk?

2001 Aia
Napa Valley
$21.99
Jen's Notes

The folks at Miner Family Vineyards are responsible for producing this wine, named after some obscure goddess. Upon tasting, I figured that Aia must be the goddess of plonk*. The Aia lacked both structure and any noticeable varietal flavors - huge flaws in my book.

Initially, the wine was barely drinkable. Irrationally convinced that it would improve with a bit of airflow, we decanted, turned on the ceiling fan, and watched a bit of TV. To be perfectly fair, the Aia did slightly improve. Some soft fruit flavors reared their pretty little heads, but not enough to save this $22 bottle of grape juice. If the goddess Aia really prefers this type of wine, a wine in which flavor and structure are sacrificed to produce a generically wine-flavored beverage that goes down easily, then she has worshippers at Darioush and to a lesser extent, at Silver Oak.

*Aia is the Sumerian goddess of the dawn.