As Melvin says..typical sweet US wine. Is this typical? I would say typical to the long list of some of the horrific wine coming out of CA to appease those who do not have a clue of what good wine is. Would you like a glass of Apothic? Lol😄 And this is what this wine reminds me of. I do not have to explain more of the expletives in more detail as Forceberry has laid this out perfectly. No this wine is not typical to all US Zins because i do constantly search them out with great success. Anyone in for Seghesio Family.....private reserve Ravenswood Old Vines...JellyJar?
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By the glass at the BA lounge, LHR and the last small glass for the bottle. Quite a dark fruited expression of Zind, decent use of oak and well ripened/ extracted. Good wine but felt a bit heavy in a way. 88
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Quite deep and very slightly translucent purple color. Ridiculously sweet, sugary nose with cloying aromas of blueberry jam, cardamom and other sweet baking spices, some cherry marmalade and a little bit of vanilla. This smells like mulled wine, not like red wine. The wine is ripe, soft and full-bodied on the palate with very sweet-toned flavors of vanilla, blueberry jam, cocoa, some Christmas spices and a hint of cherry marmalade. The wine is lacking structure badly with its low acidity and no noticeable tannins. The finish is soft, short and jammy with flavors of vanilla, cherry marmalade, some blueberry jam, a little bit of cardamom and a hint of overripe strawberry.
This would be quite nice effort for a dry-ish mulled wine, but I'd be downright offended if someone would pour me this when I asked for a red wine. This is a disgrace to everything that is Zinfandel. Who drinks this kind of cloying sugary mess? A rip-off at 12,31€.
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8/16/2019 - Inukytucky Does not like this wine: 65 Points
As Melvin says..typical sweet US wine. Is this typical? I would say typical to the long list of some of the horrific wine coming out of CA to appease those who do not have a clue of what good wine is. Would you like a glass of Apothic? Lol😄 And this is what this wine reminds me of. I do not have to explain more of the expletives in more detail as Forceberry has laid this out perfectly. No this wine is not typical to all US Zins because i do constantly search them out with great success. Anyone in for Seghesio Family.....private reserve Ravenswood Old Vines...JellyJar?
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10/19/2018 - MelVin Likes this wine: 87 Points
Typical US wine. Ripe fruits, dark, chocolate finish and some spice. Kind of sweet as well.
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7/13/2018 - SlimShaney Likes this wine: 90 Points
Thin sweet sugary seduction with a mysterious hint of darkness this time. Nice!
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5/16/2018 - Papies wrote: 88 Points
By the glass at the BA lounge, LHR and the last small glass for the bottle.
Quite a dark fruited expression of Zind, decent use of oak and well ripened/ extracted. Good wine but felt a bit heavy in a way. 88
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4/24/2018 - SlimShaney Likes this wine: 90 Points
A good extracted Zin with burnt vanilla infused raspberry.
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2/3/2018 - forceberry wrote: 69 Points
14,5% alcohol, 4 g/l residual sugar, 5,2 g/l acidity. Tasted blind in VV.
Quite deep and very slightly translucent purple color. Ridiculously sweet, sugary nose with cloying aromas of blueberry jam, cardamom and other sweet baking spices, some cherry marmalade and a little bit of vanilla. This smells like mulled wine, not like red wine. The wine is ripe, soft and full-bodied on the palate with very sweet-toned flavors of vanilla, blueberry jam, cocoa, some Christmas spices and a hint of cherry marmalade. The wine is lacking structure badly with its low acidity and no noticeable tannins. The finish is soft, short and jammy with flavors of vanilla, cherry marmalade, some blueberry jam, a little bit of cardamom and a hint of overripe strawberry.
This would be quite nice effort for a dry-ish mulled wine, but I'd be downright offended if someone would pour me this when I asked for a red wine. This is a disgrace to everything that is Zinfandel. Who drinks this kind of cloying sugary mess? A rip-off at 12,31€.
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