Nose: big fruit, stewed cherries and cola, small toasted coffee, basil
Palate: Thin but balanced. Not overly tannic. More of an old world style construction. Elegant. The mouth feel does not follow on the expectations of the nose. This isn't bad but it is unexpected.
Finish: thin fruit finish, green leaf parsley.
I paid about $10 for this and for that $10 you get a decent California Zin that presents first like your expected $10 fruit bomb, but the mouth feel is anything but your typical jammy fruit bomb. This is a sit down and drink me with pizza on movie night wine.
If your going to buy wine to impress the girl this Valentines day, spring for two bottles, make this the second one.
PB reviewed the 2003 back in '05. Read that review here.
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