TN: Gallo Family Zinfandel
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). Truly and historically awful. I'd give it a D on the Dale Scale for showing up, but we had no hot water for 3 days and the elevator broke down twice today. Not feeling that charitable. I don't honestly remember the taste of the Mad Dogs of my mis-spent youth, but I can't imagine they were worse. We each drank a half glass -- it went far better with salad than with the souffle -- and poured the rest down the sink to mingle with its fellows in the sewer. -E |
TN: Gallo Family Zinfandel
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. It's sad to hear their quality is going down :( -- Mateusz Papiernik , http://www.maticomp.net "One man can make a difference" - Wilton Knight |
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 |
TN: Gallo Family Zinfandel
W dniu 2011-05-26 10:31, Emery Davis pisze:
> 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. Thanks for you review, Emery :) It's a sign I should stay away from their wines for a while. Honestly, I have tried a Cab from one of their estates lately and it was less than acceptable. Maybe these wines were different some time ago, or maybe my palate has grown a bit since then. Either case, there are better wines out there to enjoy :) -- Mateusz Papiernik , http://www.maticomp.net "One man can make a difference" - Wilton Knight |
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