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

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Emery Davis
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W dniu 2011-05-25 23:28, Emery Davis pisze:

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 :(

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Mateusz Papiernik

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

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Emery Davis

W dniu 2011-05-26 10:31, Emery Davis pisze:

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 :)

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Mateusz Papiernik

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