| Community Tasting Notes (average 86.6 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 61 notes) - hiding notes with no text |
| | Tasted by BuffaloLou on 1/20/2013 & rated 87 points: Nice Zin, but needs 60 minutes in the bottle (less in decanter) to open up. A little lighter than most Cali Zins, but still nice. Better choices at this price point though. (2461 views) |
| | Tasted by babnik on 4/21/2010 & rated 82 points: Kirsch, grape jelly, sweet. Thin middle. Not a bad value for a weekday wine though (~11 bucks). (3667 views) |
| | Tasted by liberati on 2/8/2010: Possibly a little cooked? (3604 views) |
| | Tasted by Cobbster on 6/14/2009 & rated 88 points: A little spice on the nose, spicy fruit palate. Hot, toasty oak finish. (3642 views) |
| | Tasted by herberto on 11/27/2008 & rated 87 points: Very solid for the price. (3878 views) |
| | Tasted by decaturwinedude on 7/31/2008 & rated 84 points: Perhaps its just me, but this was a freaking oaksicle. Some red fruit and spicy pepper too, bout too much oak. (2179 views) |
| | Tasted by Wolfgang on 7/2/2008 & rated 88 points: After funk blew off, a delicious dark chocolate and kirsch nose appeared. (1966 views) |
| | Tasted by wayne47 on 6/5/2008: Not again (2260 views) |
| | Tasted by Tyler on 5/26/2008 & rated 90 points: Excellent Zin (2352 views) |
| | Tasted by herberto on 4/27/2008 & rated 91 points: Wow what a great little wine for twelve bucks. Spicy and sweet. Delicious. (1863 views) |
| | Tasted by jp_howell on 3/24/2008 & rated 88 points: Great, smooth zin. bright red berries. Black cherry. (2547 views) |
| | Tasted by nickelb on 1/12/2008 & rated 88 points: typical cali zin,smooth not as earthy as klinker brick (3416 views) |
| | Tasted by alandf on 1/3/2008 & rated 87 points: Better now than a few months ago, and better the second day. Nice fruit with touch of spice. Characteristic and decent value. (3310 views) |
| | Tasted by jjlobi on 12/30/2007 flawed bottle: Just awful, must assume it was corked. Wine seepage to top of cork. (3230 views) |
| | Tasted by wcacern on 12/17/2007 & rated 89 points: ripe delicious dark and red fruit. vanilla, and oak nuances. polished tannins. nice structure and good finish. (3329 views) |
| | Tasted by green-steve on 12/14/2007 & rated 85 points: One of my favorite weekday zins. Popped and poured. Nice purple with garnet on the rim. Blackberries with a little spice on the nose and palate, balanced with nice acidity and fine to medium tannins. Short/medium finish. Will buy again if on sale. (3365 views) |
| | Tasted by kcsteve on 12/13/2007 & rated 87 points: Raspberry jam, medium mouth feel, good finish that lasted surprisingly long. Tannins a little harsh. Drank without food and was fine. I think this would be a good burger wine. A nice Zin for $10. (3610 views) |
| | Tasted by wcacern on 11/26/2007 & rated 88 points: consumed over 2 days. 14.% alcohol. deep dark purple garnet color. nose of berries, straw. and rasp., cherry, plum, spicy epper, vanilla, oak, hint of tamarind on the finish. med. to full bodied. nice balance, structure, ripe tannins and nice finish. (1781 views) |
| | Tasted by Nanda on 11/17/2007 & rated 87 points: Nose full of blackberry, spice and floral notes. Simple profile with round juicy fruits and toasty vanilla lying beneath. Tannins are grainy in the finish. Still going strong on day two. Solid value at ten bucks. (3491 views) |
| | Tasted by rumpole on 11/14/2007 & rated 87 points: Good, enjoyable QPR. (3597 views) |
| | Tasted by pgamble on 11/4/2007 & rated 88 points: An uncomplicated Zin with nice flavor and a good value, to boot. (3698 views) |
| | Tasted by bobfrank on 10/28/2007 & rated 88 points: Good match with home made chili. (3285 views) |
| | Tasted by mdefreitas on 10/28/2007 & rated 85 points: Simple jammy, ripe, berry-dominated zin. A bit thin on the palate and a bit short. Not bad for that it is... a $10 zin. (3343 views) |
| | Tasted by CO CHRIS on 10/21/2007 & rated 89 points: 14.6% alcohol...
Quite the surprise here...
Super Zinberry, black pepper on the nose, very flirtatious, loads of spice and very forward - I often wish Zin was this upfront on many higher end cuvees...
Delicious, very unctuous raspberry, blackberry, loads of spice and once again appearing upfront and ready to please - dynomite with pizza and football on Sunday nite. (1229 views) |
| | Tasted by wcacern on 10/15/2007 & rated 87 points: consistent with previous tastings. becoming a favorite for valued zin. (2720 views) |
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