Well I did the usual popped the cork and gave it a bit of breathe time. Not much mind you this is a four dollar bottle of wine. I then poured a small bit and was under impressed. Drinkable sure, decent sure, something I would buy again even at four bucks probably not. Then I got to thinking sure it is a cheap wine even four our standards but given it was a bottle of 2001 and had been locked in a bottle for 5 years it could use just a bit more breathing time.
So did the additional breathe make it wonderful, no but it made it a LOT better. Initially the alcohol was high in the aroma and taste but with some more time to breathe the flavor and aroma came through a lot better.
This is a good wine, past its time for sure but when you buy in a supermarket that is not uncommon. After a good twenty minute breathe the flavors come through and the alcohol went back to the undertones where it belongs. It had a lot of berry flavor and the brightness the wine is known for was still evident. It was also one of those wines that the more I drank the better it tasted.
Read Our Entire Review of Sutter Home Family Vineyards Zinfandel, 2001
~ Jack Spirko
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