Nose is vanilla ice cream and and raspberries. Tastes beautiful at first with more fruity raspberry and vanilla cream goodness. As it develops it gets drier and more leathery. Delicious. — 5 years ago
Has a really great flavor and is very smooth on the finish — 10 years ago
I love this Old Vine bottle: perfect for a summer evening! And I like a spicy Zin: what's the point w/o the spice? — 12 years ago
Very nice blend rich in flavor light to the palate — 13 years ago
Very dark with a robust taste. I would buy it again. — 10 months ago
My 2nd favorite 20 yr behind Grahams. Ramos Pinto is good as well, but seems to have to bottle to bottle variability issues…. Taylor is a great standby at a good price. — 5 years ago
Really enjoying this wine. Very drinkable. Don’t know anything about Monastrell but would definitely drink more. For a $15 wine, this is great QPR! Drink this all day! — 7 years ago
Very good wine. Smooth, not to dry, definitely can tell it's a Zen! BlackBerry and plum with a smooth finish — 8 years ago
One of the best Malbec in this price range. — 9 years ago
Great drinkable wine. Fruity and smooth. — 10 years ago
One of my favorites — 11 years ago
Really good wine. — 12 years ago
Love this wine, rich with flavor but light on the wallet. — 12 years ago
Maravilhoso! — 10 months ago
Redfruit aromas and flavors, this is still hopelessly young, though the tannins have softened a bit and it seems to be inching towards maturity, impeccable balance and great depth of flavors, super long, lingering finish, just an absolutely fantastic, old school California mountain Cabernet. I have always believed this to be the best Dunn Howell Mountain ever made (I’ve tasted 1981-1992, with a distinct style change towards riper and higher ABV starting around 1992, after which I stopped buying the wine). $15 full retail when I bought it in late 1984. — 3 years ago


Very good! — 7 years ago
Colene had this 8 years ago
Rich, round fruit. Totally a big boy with polished red fruit and tannin. — 8 years ago
I drank this after using an aerator. Immediately scent of braised beef and fresh rubber on the nose. Meaty flavor on the way down. Truly is best wine under $5 at TJ's — 10 years ago
We both liked this. — 11 years ago
Love love love! Perfect balance! — 12 years ago
Stony creek. Blacksmiths like. ESP Anna. — 12 years ago
Really good reasonable wine- £12 at waitrose — 14 years ago
Jared Walton
Half we drank, the other half went into drunken pasta — 9 months ago