This is a wine for the non wine drinker. I've had a good zinfandel and this is not it. Letting the wine breathe and even aerating didn't help. I've known a few wines that got good after an hour. Nothing can help this wine. Smells like old raisins and tastes like grape juice that has been left in the car. Should be renamed to 1 deadly sin. The sin of bad wine.
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2011 Michael-David Vineyards Zinfandel 7 Deadly Zins
5/4/2014 - donniedarko wrote: 70 Points
This is a wine for the non wine drinker. I've had a good zinfandel and this is not it. Letting the wine breathe and even aerating didn't help. I've known a few wines that got good after an hour. Nothing can help this wine. Smells like old raisins and tastes like grape juice that has been left in the car. Should be renamed to 1 deadly sin. The sin of bad wine.
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2012 Mark West Pinot Noir California
5/4/2014 - donniedarko Does not like this wine: 75 Points
Was a gift bit even at free, not worth uncorking. Second vintage I've tried and won't be trying a third. So many other Pinots that are so much better.
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2009 Chilensis Carménère Reserva
3/22/2011 - donniedarko wrote: 83 Points
A nice spicy Chilean wine. Should be rated higher than what I've seen. Shouldn't be in the 70s range.
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