Gallo Family- Pinot Noir

I bought this wine so I could get a little more experience with drinking red wines with dinner at home. This is a Pinot Noir made by the Gallo family winery in California. It costs about $5.50 in Food Lion. Winediva.com describes this wine as "Black cherry and crushed purple floral aromas, cedar chips and fine spice with vanilla... flavors of berry fruit... roasted coffee bean, cedarbox and fine spices."
This is a pretty ambitious description of this wine. To me this wine just kind of tastes like red wine. It is pretty thin, and dry but not overly so. I can taste the oakey/ woody flavors described. I would not go so far as to say I can smell purple flowers though....
With bruschetta,  the wine is much more flavorful and almost a little sweet.  I think it tastes pretty good though, especially for the price. This wine is much better quality than the price would lead you to believe, and even though it isn't amazing, it is well worth the price.