Awesome taste for $4.99 from Total Wine — 6 years ago
Very good low budget Zin, much better than some twice the price point.
Sweet with lots of spice... — 7 years ago
Good zin! Yummy! — 8 years ago
I love this wine. I love this wine because it exists all the way at the 'painstakingly clean and precise' end of the skin-contact spectrum. Don't get me wrong, I love the super-natty wild and wooly and of the spectrum too. But this. This is so purely and exactly what it sets out to be. And I love it. — 8 years ago
Had to open another bottle as the tannic structure in the last one was so striking. Decanted for the bulk of the day as this was tight & tannic for several hours. The decant is the key as it is now a pleasure of smoky red fruit & light herbal quality. Will check back on these in a few years. Serious stuff. — 9 years ago
Who says cheap wine can't be good? Smoothe, balanced, and potent without turning you off. Definitely a staple for standard wine! — 9 years ago
Very drinkable !! 2012
— 10 years ago
Love this wine. Our go to. And under $20. Go through cases each year. — 10 years ago
We had the pleasure if meeting Kelby the winemaker when he was in town last summer. We really enjoyed the wines from the Finger Lakes. — 12 years ago
Yummy date night pino — 6 years ago
VINTAGE: 2004
BOTTLE: 375ml
APPEARANCE: Deep red, garnet meniscus, viscous legs.
NOSE: Allspice, white pepper, bell pepper, dark fruits.
MOUTHFEEL: Round, medium - acidity, medium + tannins.
PALATE: Cinnamon, tomato leaf, leather, hints of vanilla.
FINISH: Long with sandalwood throughout and some cocoa at the very end.
NOTES: Picked this up in December of 2017, thinking the 375 bottle will have made this ready to drink immediately. Was not wrong, it is drinking well, but there is sufficient backbone left in this wine to age for many more years to come, even in a 375. Nice layers of complexity that were fun to tease out, but still many notes that I don’t yet have the ability to properly identify. I look forward to trying again with more years under its belt. — 7 years ago
Established in 1861 as the first winery in the Napa Valley by Prussian-born Charles Krug. Today the winery remains under the stewardship of the Peter Mondavi Sr Family, who purchased the historic winery in 1943. A blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Petit Verdot, 1% Merlot, dark red with ripe dark berry scents and sweet spice. On the palate sweet blackberry and cherry flavors with leather and cacao notes. Firm tannins are a bit tight but opened up by the time the bottle was empty. — 8 years ago
Not very complex, but nice earthiness and easy to drink.. — 9 years ago
Love the forest floor aroma — 9 years ago
Dry and orange and my new girlfriend — 10 years ago
Spectacularly soft and good, this is the type of wine for people that don't like strong full bodied wines — 10 years ago
Delicious. — 10 years ago
Great cheap wine under $20 — 13 years ago
Stunning color...refreshing without heaviness... — 6 years ago
Great wine. Will definitely buy again — 6 years ago
Great Buy at Total Wine NJ — 9 years ago
Perfect balance with dark cherry fruit. Matched perfectly with a grilled veal chop — 9 years ago
Smooth Zinfandel from valley? — 10 years ago
Best $8.00 bottle of wine I've ever had. Very smooth and tasty. — 10 years ago
K&L everyday under. $12!!!! — 11 years ago
Jake Hajer
Exotic and fun. — 5 years ago