Francis Coppola Rosso Classic, 2004 Review

General Impression of Francis Coppola Rosso Classic, 2004

My view is strap a more fancy lable on it, put it in a boutique wine shop and sell it for 18 dollars a bottle and no one would even consider objecting to it. This is just a great tasting red wine with reasonable complexity that lets you enjoy it whether you are drinking a glass just to pass the time or having it with a full dinner.

This is a good fun wine you can afford to drink every day if you want to that will please your guests and make them feel spoiled.

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~ Jack Spirko

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Napa Ridge Coastal Vines Zinfandel, 2002 Review

General Impression of Napa Ridge Coastal Vines Zinfandel, 2002

I warn you right now some wine snobs will scoff at this review!

This is exactly why I love Zinfandel! Is it the best I have had? No but it is pretty damn good. My advice to you if you really want to get the most from this one is use the biggest wine glass you have, I mean with a huge bowl. I tried it in both a typical "red wine glass" then in my huge 22 oz mega red wine glass and the difference was enormous especially on the aromas.

This is just a plain excellent hedonistic zinfandel that lets you linger on it. You could easily sip this one slowly all night long with good friends and great conversation. It will do well with typical Zinfandel food but hedonists like me will wallow in it not believing their luck to pick this one up so cheap. You can normally find it for a dollar or two less then I paid. Having sampled it a year ago I paid the extra when I found it at Centennial on my way home from work just to see if they extra year had do it well, I was not disappointed.

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~ Jack Spirko

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Folie a Deux Ménage a Trois, 2004 Reviewed

General Impression of Folie a Deux Ménage a Trois, 2004

When I see a bottle labeled "table wine" even though I know better it always prejudices me a bit against it. In the US Table Wine simply means the wine is a blend and does not have enough of one grape to call the wine legally a Zinfandel or Merlot and has an alcohol level of 7-14%. Thinking this three grape blend of my top favorite US Red Varietals (Merlot, Cabernet and Zinfandel) might be similar to a light burgundy or decent Meritage I picked up a bottle.

My one regret? I now have to go back to Costco and buy more. This is an excellent red wine with a lot going on.

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~ Jack Spirko

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Dancing Bull Zinfandel by Rancho Zabaco, 2003 Reviewed

General Impression of Dancing Bull Zinfandel by Rancho Zabaco, 2003

The first word out of my mouth after the first sip was "wow" and that pretty much sums it up. This is an excellent Zinfandel and unless I find some really amazing replacements it is going to hold a place on our top ten list for a very long time.

Given the bottle told me this was Rancho Zabaco's playful version of Zinfandel I was a bit concerned. While I don't have to have big bold heavy Zin I am certainly a hedonist with Zinfandel and relish it above almost all other reds. No let down at all with this one.

While easy to drink the flavors are full and even intense with a lot of black cherry and raspberry flavors. This is an exceptional Zinfandel and I would be shocked to find that it would not enjoy even a bit of aging.

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~ Jack Spirko

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Blackstone Zinfandel, 2002 added to our review list

General Impression of Blackstone Zinfandel, 2002

As always it is hard to not please me with any decent Zinfandel but this one was very good indeed. Lots of berry with a lot of fruit flavor as well. There is definitely a nice peppery spice to it in the finish with some good oak quality as well. Zinfandel is one of the harder wines to find under 10 dollars, especially from the Lodi area of California. This is a great one and the Lodi vines that the Zinfandel grapes come from are 85 plus years old, so this is indeed an "old vine Zinfandel" so for under 9 bucks this is a very hard one to beat.

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~ Jack Spirko

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