After opening the bottle, I let it sit for about 20 minutes to breathe.  The nose didn’t give off much of anything so I’m a bit consumed at this point.  Now for the taste and I get a whole lot of, wait for it…NOTHING!  There are no discernable flavors on the front-end and only slight tannins at the mid-palate.   The finish is rather short and has a chalk like texture to it.  I have never experienced anything like this since I’ve been drinking wine.  The wine didn’t change through two glasses so I was forced to give up on it.  I can’t believe that I just said that because I hate wasting wine (don’t we all).  In all fairness, this isn’t a 100% zinfandel rather a blend of Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Carignane, Mataro, Syrah and Grenache.  Unfortunately this was like drinking the wine at communion.

The good news is that I wasn’t forced to watch another brutal 2 hours of the bachelor this week.  Because the wife was out of town I was able to indulge my inner geek and catch this week’s episode of Chuck.  I wish that I could “flash” like chuck, that way I would be able to pick out the perfect wine and not have to suffer through those bad recommendations.

I am sure that you can already gather what my verdict is on this, but I will give it anyway.  This, in my opinion, is a total PASS.  I don’t think that I would even drink this again if it was given to me.  I give this 1 out of 5 corks and say don’t waste your money.