![]() ![]() I notice this more as the wine sits, taking my time sipping. The Prisoner finishes off nicely with a nice tannic on the backside with a smooth finish. It is heavier on the Zinfandel and Cabernet, but again balanced. You would expect The Prisoner to have a ‘heavy’ taste, but no…your palate is greed with a soft balanced blend of Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Petite Sirah, Charbono and Grenache. As you let the wine sit, a hint of strawberry and blueberry feels your senses. The aroma of blackberry comes on strong with an added bonus of a cedar spice after opening. I consider this to be a very well balanced wine. You understand where I’m going don’t you? Sure you do. Say with a nice New York Style Cheesecake with a raspberry sauce. I would go as far as saying this particular blend of Zin makes a perfect dessert wine. Perfect with a heavy red meat meal or something bursting with flavor to compliment the The Prisoner. You would think it was a Bourdeaux at first glance. “The Prisoner” as it’s called is a red zinfandel. You’re asking yourself, wine with an omelet? Of course! It’s dinner time! You will come to know, when I prepare an omelet, it’s not just for breakfast anymore! Tonight I decided to try it along with an omelet robust in flavor. A friend of mine gave me a bottle of Orin Swift 2007 The Prisoner Napa Valley Red Wine last week. ![]() Cheers.I had the opportunity to be at the right place at the right time. ![]() We hope the addition of their wine reviews will expand the geographic coverage of the blog so you can find more of the wines we feature. You can read more about them here, and learn more about their rating system. This review is part of a series of guest posts from Left Coast Wine Bloggers, a great group of wine lovers enjoying and reviewing Costco wines they find on the West Coast. Grapes: 51% Zinfandel, 19% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Syrah, 12% Petite Sirah, 2% Charbono, 1% Grenache Value: We tasted a number of Zinfandels and blends, at 30% less we would purchase again. With some aeration of the freshly opened bottle, the wine mellowed out to a smooth finish with character deserving a Thursday night – early Friday morning wine Rating: We were split on our view of this wine, due to the high impact of the fruit. It has enough character that this wine will age well over the next couple of years, but is very nice now. Summary: If you want an enjoyable fruit forward Zinfandel blend, this may be a good choice. Putting the wine under gas actually degraded the wine from the newly opened bottle, leading us to say this wine should be enjoyed in one sitting. A fruit forward wine that is well balanced. Palate (flavors): The fresh bottle exploded with blackberry, dried plum and fig, black cherry and black raspberry a very robust but smooth wine with a hint of bell pepper on the finish. Our wine that was gassed had a very delicate nose with no appreciable fruit. Nose (aromas): Once the cork was pulled and the wine poured, we got pleasant blackberry, black raspberry, dried fig and dried plum. ![]() Persistent flavors of ripe raspberry, boysenberry, pomegranate and vanilla linger harmoniously, for a smooth and luscious finish. Costco Notes : Features enticing aromas of Bing cherry, dark chocolate, clove and roasted fig. ![]()
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