But, RED zinfandel, is that a different story?
Jancis waxes poetic about the storied history of the zinfandel grape. For a long time, no one knew where the grape, widely grown in California, came from and it turns out its parents are Croatian. It's Californian roots, at the time of discovery, actually made it very unpopular because "ew, California is stupid." And then, the 70s brought about the advent of the pink zin, which obviously did NOT help its reputation and did not instill faith in anyone who cares anything about drinking delicious things.
YEARS later, people started to understand that Zin didn't have to be awful OR pink. (TO BE CLEAR: I love rose. But that's a whole different situation. Or maybe it's not. I'm just being stereotypical.)
While lots of the Zins in the world come from California, I chose an Italian Zin from the Puglia region, and its being Italian changes its name to Primitivio. The Wine Folly describes its flavors as dark, brambly fruit. (Did you know brambly means having vines or branches, I didn't!) Sometimes, it can be licoricey. Overall, the flavors they're talking are sweet and jammy.
This Primitivio was nice. And, I don't eat raisins (usually because I hate them) but this DEFINITELY had a raisin flavor, which in a wine isn't actually that bad. There was quite a bit of blackberry. It has a vanilla twinged smell and a medium finish (like it lasted for a little while in the mouth, but then disappeared).
Was it true to its grape? 100%. So brambly & jammy. Also a little smokey-ish.
Would I drink it again? I guess, sure. It was pleasant enough while watching a movie.
Would I bring it to a party? I wouldn't go out of my way to procure it.
Anything to remember? It has a beautiful orange label! It wasn't as sweet as I might think based on the reviews.
Whitney's Wine Score (1-42): 27
The Meaning of the Points:
1-10: Hellllllllllllllll no.
11-19: I mean, no thank you. But. Eh.
20-27: Fine. That was fine. Fair enough.
28-34: Sure. Ya. I can drink that again. Soonish, even.
35-40: Oh! How delightful. Yes, please, again!
40-42: Amazeballs. Completely lovely. Excellent. Can I have another bottle, now?
Would I bring it to a party? I wouldn't go out of my way to procure it.
Anything to remember? It has a beautiful orange label! It wasn't as sweet as I might think based on the reviews.
Whitney's Wine Score (1-42): 27
The Meaning of the Points:
1-10: Hellllllllllllllll no.
11-19: I mean, no thank you. But. Eh.
20-27: Fine. That was fine. Fair enough.
28-34: Sure. Ya. I can drink that again. Soonish, even.
35-40: Oh! How delightful. Yes, please, again!
40-42: Amazeballs. Completely lovely. Excellent. Can I have another bottle, now?
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