Wine Tasting Notes of Zinfandel 2011 by Brannan Estate from California

  

Hi there! It's Wednesday! And you know that means today is wine amateur's wine tasting day! I may sound a little over-excited, but it is literally the first wine that I gonna share with you guys! So yahoo. Let's dive in and discover this lucky baby!


This week I am finishing a bottle of red wine from a winery named Brannan Estate located in California. This bottle is made of 100% Zinfadel (in case you get curious and want to know more about this grape breed, I inserted a link to about.com) and it has a 12.9% alcoholic strength. 


Sight
The liquid is partially transparent. As you can see in the left picture below, light can pass through the wine body and you can see the words on paper through the upward side. The color is between brick red and purplish red. We may call it crimson. The present of brick red usually indicates that this wine is already mature and is ready to be enjoyed. 

Smell

After taking a close look, we shall now smell it. The head smell is moderate and not very intensive. It has a hint of flower and red fruits (raspberry, strawberry, etc.). Smell harder, you can kinda sense a feeling of being the center of a forest and grassland. It also has the aroma of honey, dried red dates and dried persimmon. And that's it about the head smell. Then I shake the glass. Interestingly enough, instantly after shaking, this wine gives out a very obvious smell of leather, soil and animal furs. In addition, there is a subtle flavor of water chestnut. 

Taste

Now finally, we got to the tasting step! So I took a full-mouth zip, hold it in my mouth and use my tongue to stir and sense the liquid as comprehensively as I can, and then swallow it slowly bit by bit in three times. 

So how does it taste like? To me personally, the structure is not bad. It has a medium body. It's succulence with smooth and rubbry tannins. However, the aftertaste is relatively short and the flavors and tannins disappear in three to five seconds after ingurgitation. 

Already, we just finished tasting our first wine together! I hope you enjoyed the process and made good use of your rich imagination while reading my hopefully not-so-boring writings, and now feel like you have just tasted this bottle of Zinfandel from Brannan Estate California 2011.

Cheers,

Cyan