I’m surprised they still haven’t moved these to screw cap closure. That said, the cork is of a short, stubby composite material. The color is a watery pink with a copper rim. The nose is equal parts sugar, stinky feet, and stale grape skins. On the palate, the wine gives a hint of faded strawberry and simple syrup. The finish shows a pronounced burn of alcohol. 55 pts.
Old Margaux and Latour one day, white Zin. the next. Life ain’t fair.
Is that stuff current or fifteen years old from one of your trophy hunts?
You guys are too good. 
It DOES look like the '49 rose Champagne, though…
Love the empty decanter sitting next to the glass.
Did you lose a bet or something? ![[snort.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/b/bdc3944606213c4dca6c1169cf0a166c8bc4f8c9.gif "snort.gif"){kind=small}
Oh, come on. If it was as genuinely sh–ty as your note suggests, no one would ever buy it. It’s a simple, slightly sweet, slightly fruity mediocrity that would probably have a legion of defenders if it came from Italy or Spain.
Coca-cola tastes just fine. You can be better than mass market pop drinking if you want, and you may have good reasons - artisinal local soda! - but don’t pretend that coke/white Zin tastes bad - that’s just kind of pretentious.
Lotta haters here, just 'cause they can’t even get on the wait list.
Beringer white Zin is not terrible. It actually can have decent acid - though obviously not enough for a oeno’s palate - and strawberry fruit. I guarantee that if it was being made by some organic farmer in the Rousillon and imported by one of the usual acceptable names, folks would call it a decent QPR summer sipper, which it frankly is. I don’t expect much from it but it’s what, $6 on sale?
If I understand correctly, it paid the bills allowing Sbragia to make the better stuff for a lot of years.
+1. Is it possible to notice “burn of alcohol” in a 10% ABV wine that was supposed to serve chill? It also goes to KJ VR chardonnay, incredibly good value for money.
I’ve tasted this wine recently, and I don’t think there’s anything at all wrong with it. Certainly, I didn’t detect anything negative like stinky feet or “stale grape skins” (not sure what that smells like, though). At 10.5% ABV, I certainly didn’t detect the slightest hint of alcohol burn. In fact, I thought the wine was perfectly balanced as almost all (probably all) mass-produced wines are these days. Yes, I would want more acid, but I’m not the target audience. And yes, it’s simple, boring, and one-dimensional, but that dimension is fairly pleasant strawberry and raspberry fruit with some residual sugar. Given the price, I can’t ask for more. I’ve tasted a lot of stuff from France and Italy that costs more and is equally boring, some of which is not even as sound as this.
So now there is an backlash against anti white zin comments? How the world has changed.
Come on guys, this wine is not good. I get the opportunity to drink it often at family get togethers, by itself it kinda sucks just like all other mass produced boring wines do. It’s much better with some vodka and sprite in it .
I’m not sure why hipsters haven’t latched onto white zin like they have PBR.
To me the wine sucks. I would much rather drink cheap beer. I find the “simple sweetness” flat out unpleasant.
I spit up laughing when I read the tasting note - well done!
Is it possible to notice “burn of alcohol” in a 10% ABV wine that was supposed to serve chill?
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It was served chilled.
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Yes, yes it is.
Hey…I started on this wine!
I haven’t had any of this for years but I remember thinking it was much better than the Sutter Home version and pleasant with a lunch at a restaurant.
ME TOO!
Seriously, how were you able to actually write a tasting note while not laughing the whole time? Bravo.