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Default TN: Gallo Family Zinfandel

On 05/25/2011 11:30 PM, Mateusz Papiernik wrote:
> W dniu 2011-05-25 23:28, Emery Davis pisze:
>> Adele picked this up in a fit of misguided sentimentality. With a very
>> good simple cheese souffle and salad.
>>
>> Nose: Unfortunate combination of home brewery and old cave mold.
>>
>> Color: "Smoke on the water, and fire in the skiiy.." (Sung to the tune of).
>>
>> Mouth: Cherry cola? No... sweet Robitussin? No... Pediacare cherry
>> flavored? (Those with kids will know).

>
> Hm... interesting. Was it a "Turn Leaf" version, or an ordinary
> Zinfandel from Gallo Family?
>
> it's been some time since I drank the ordinary one, but I remember I
> always enjoyed their Zins are cheap plain party wines with no bells &
> whistles. Never - seriously, never - had this kind of traumatic
> experience with these bottles.
>
>


This was the regular Zin, from the taste most of it had never seen a
leaf much less a turning one. A seriously fabricated beverage.

-E