This is an under $10, widely-available blend of 80% Zin, and 10% each Cabernet and Merlot. It's not bad in a pinch, and is perfectly well-made, but it's got so much fruit and so little else that its lack of any complexity is noticeable.
Deep ruby with purple highlights. Ripe grapey, blackberry, plummy aromas dominate, with a tad of gingerbready spice WAY in the background. Round, flavorful, and soft in the mouth, with lots of sweet, ripe fruit, but there is such little body/alcohol for this level of ripeness that it almost seems like a soft drink. This leads me to wonder whether the winery carted this wine off in bulk to undergo reverse osmosis or some other alcohol reduction manipulation. Some residual sugar in the finish as well. Can take a little chill for summertime quaffing. 81. Is less than $10 at Spec's and lots of supermarkets.
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I sincerely doubt they resorted to reverse osmosis to produce this wine, however I agree with your assessment of too much residual sugar. Fine for a glass, not a bottle. Residual sugar in a red is most often not a good thing, meant to "mask" faults and try to please the Coca-Cola generation...
I was strictly a white wine drinker, but this wine helped me develop a taste for reds. It was a good jumping off spot for an unsophisticated wine drinker.
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