David: For $5.99 (at Jewell with preferred card), I was not expecting much and in fact the wine does not fail to live up to its $5.99 price tag. The nose indicates nice dark fruit and vanilla. So far so good. On first taste, the dark fruit comes quickly followed by some slight tannic harshness followed by a little mild pepper. All very quickly and without a lot of complexity. The wine overall is not terrible but it a little dull and flat. By the time you are at your second glass, the flavor seems to melt away and you are left with a rather thin, simple wine. Not bad for $5.99. Many wines at this price point are simply terrible. But not exactly something that makes me want to order a case. There must be much better bargain wines out there.
Score: 2.3/5
Jessica: During a rough night with the kids, this wine was perfectly drinkable and brought about desired effect. However it is true that it was much less flavor than the wines we have been adapting ourselves to. This wine was flat, a bitter taste permeates. This bitterness clashed even with the dark chocolate I ate it with. Perhaps eating it with cheese would provide more of a base to balance it out. Regardless, would not buy again.
2/5
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