Tasting - Knotty Vines

 

Name:  Knotty Vines

Variety: Cabernet Savaugn

Region: Sonoma, California

Country: USA

Year: 2020

Price: 10.99

Wine Review: An indulgent Cabernet Sauvignon packed with mocha and black cherry flavors. This smooth, rich medium bodied wine finishes with playful silky tannins.

Wine Folly:  California’s most famous Cabernet wines come from the North Coast region, which includes Sonoma and Napa Valley. At their best, wines offer lush black fruit flavors that unravel into layers of cedar, dusty minerality, and tobacco-laced tannins (p. 288).

My Review: This wine was very good. I tasted dark fruits and a lot of spice. It was sweet and dry. After a day of leaving it out it went very bland. (3/5)

Tasting - Rusina Zinfandel Lodi

 

Name:  Rusina

Variety: Zinfandel 

Region: Lodi, California

Country: USA

Year: 2020

Price: 10.99

Wine Review: This regal old vine zinfandel is bursting with notes of freshly crushed cherry and berry that are balanced by its bright acidity and firm tannins. Wood smoke and savory undertones add complexity throughout this zin to make it an extraordinarily delicious complement to an array of bold-flavored foods like grilled meats, beef tacos and sausage pizza.  -Lidl

Wine Folly:  In 1994, Zinfandel was shown to share the same DNA as Italian Primitivo and Croatian Tribidrag. Zinfandel bursts with candied fruit and tobacco but is often surprisingly dry with minerally tannins and high alcohol. Sonoma and Lodi offer a fantastic comparison (p. 288). 

My Review: This wine was very good at first. I smelled very sweet raspberry, and some spice. It didn't taste how it smelled, it was dark cherries and dark fruits. Paired well with my pizza. The next day I corked it and tried it again and it was actually undrinkable. (3/5)