About the Wine: White Zinfandel is the blush version of Zinfandel. Blush wines are made by separating the juice of the grapes from their skins earlier in the wine making process than is done when making reds. Zinfandel is naturally sweeter than many other reds. Removing the skin early makes a light, sweet wine that is approachable for many who are not sophisticated when it comes to wine drinking.
About THIS Wine: Though blush wines are supposed to be pink, this one is sort of an off orange in the glass. It is the color of an especially smoggy sunset in a badly polluted urban area. The nose is dominated by scents of rotting pineapple with hints of moldering strawberry. The palate has a strong, fruit forward taste of unsweetened Kool Aid that gives way to a finish of sour lemonade.
Drinking This Wine: It would go well with fast food, twinkies, or those moon pies they sell in Midwestern gas stations.
Overall Impression: At ten dollars a bottle (for a 1.5 liter, twice the size of a normal wine bottle) it is absolutely not worth it.
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