I'm pretty sure I didn't site that correctly, but a while back a Total Wine rep showed me the way to the wall of Beaujolias when I told him Ahi was on our menu. This also happened to be a night with the Jansen's and 4 or 5 bottles were opened, so it's easy to see why I forgot to write about the bottle, right?
I'll be back to the Beaujolias section. Most of the bottles were in the $12-$20 range and a lot, I mean an unusually high number, had ratings from the big wigs of 89 and up. I can't give too many specifics on this particular bottle, but it was good enough for me to further investigate the grape.
I have no good excuse for why I didn't write about this one. While cruising down the Zin aisle of Total Wine, this bottle, with a 91 point rating tag (need to start paying attention to who's doing the rating), and a $9.99 price tag caught my eye.
We opened this the night I first made pulled pork in the crock pot, which turned out really well. The wine was nice. Very smooth. Soft almost. Beth thought it was "grapey." To which I shot her a "No Shit?" look. She then clarified, "Like, grape jelly, or juice" Ah, got it.
It was good. Not tons of Earthy, peppery flavors that you get in many big Zins, but for $10, well worth it.
