Zinfandel

[Anonymous No.15006076]

Why do people shit on this grape?
>Doesn't need 10 years of aging like cabs
>Complex flavor with lighter body
>10 to 20 buck zins murder cabs in the same price range
>Is the cousin of a grape the italians drink daily.

If I'm spending 50 bucks on a bottle I'd go for a older cab, but for a weekend bbq or some pizza or anything else I'm going old vine zin every day.

Why is it not popular outside of italy and western usa?

[Anonymous No.15006149]

I like red zin, the supermarket here has a bottle that is made with Italian grapes and aged in American oak. Very lively wine.

[Anonymous No.15006941]

>>15006076
Wtf, from the thumbnail it looks like a tree-person vomiting

[Anonymous No.15006943]

>>15006941
Thanks a lot Anon now I can't unsee it.

[Anonymous No.15006946]

>>15006076
Tastes cartoony and one dimensional, like boozy grape juice. If I cant afford a decent pinot I stick to beer.

[Anonymous No.15006981]

>>15006076
wine autismo here
zinfandel ripens unevenly and california has a nasty habit of leaving clusters on the vine until every singe grape has ripened, which means the grapes that ripened first are now extremely overripe
this means high alcohol, high sugar, low acid wines that are typically shat out at maximum production. The best zinfandels on the market from a flavor and depth standpoint are all sub-15% alcohol, probably Ridge if I were to give it to one producer, but everything else is jammy, boozy, and simple

[Anonymous No.15007005]

>>15006981
>everyone look at me, I’m an expert in rotten fermented grape flavours

[Anonymous No.15007008]

>>15006943
This post shows how easily manipulated you can be.

[Anonymous No.15007009]

>American
>wine
LOL

[Anonymous No.15007012]

>>15007008
he watches hazbin, being easily manipulated is a given.

[Anonymous No.15007022]

>>15006076
i think people shit on it because its often sweet. i fucking hate sweet wine. and in the US most zinfandel i see is borderline desert wine with how sweet it is. that being said, the zins in northern italy are usually much more dry. so i think outside of germany and italy most zinfandels you find are sweet and that can be a big turnoff to frequent drinkers and typically sweet wines are pretty limited in their pairing options.

[Anonymous No.15007264]

Zinfandel/primitivo wines are great. It's the white zinfandel rose version everybody shits on because it's horrendous

[Anonymous No.15007434]

>>15007022
lol zinfandels are not sweet, those are the white fruity ones.

[Anonymous No.15007497]

>>15006076
>Why do people shit on this grape?
to fertilize it I suspect

[Anonymous No.15007585]

>>15006076
Es heißt "Zierfandler" du dummkopf

[Anonymous No.15007605]

>>15006076
based and Primitivopilled

[Anonymous No.15007609]

>>15006076
Who shits on zinfandel? Literally no one, unless you mean the same mouth breathers who think the only good wines are bordeaux knockoffs
>>15006981
Bad wine making happens with most well known grapes though

[Anonymous No.15007615]

>>15007609
>>15006076
actually I just re-read your post
>If I'm spending 50 bucks on a bottle I'd go for a older cab, but for a weekend bbq or some pizza or anything else I'm going old vine zin every day.
lmao you're the mouth breather I was talking about, "old vine zinfandel" is one of those terms like "real cheese", it might sound like a good thing if you're a mouth breather but it just says more about what you take for granted than anything else
it's better to cheap out on a bordeaux blend than a zin you rube

[Anonymous No.15007659]

>>15007615
Whats wrong with you?

[Anonymous No.15007940]

its a good blending grape, other than that very one-dimensional
and tourists dont want it because its not a meme varietal e: mourvedre, merlot ala sideways

[Anonymous No.15007953]

>>15007615
>>15006981
thanks for sharing these infos to a novice, dunno why ppl get bootyblasted

[Anonymous No.15009224]

>>15007659
a lot. and you?