One of the labels that I have come to love is Rosenblum Cellars, and they seem to never disappoint me. The only problem is that there are no stores that I know of that carry all of their wines, so it takes awhile for me to find something that I haven't had before by them. However, this time around, the North Coast Zin was gone, and the Sonoma County was in its place.

Upon swelling the wine, the first thing that hits you is its power, and that is the result of the alcholol percentage of 15.5, which is high in a wine.

On tasting the wine, I found the flavor to be quite demure at first (well, I had just eaten some jerk chicken), with the cocoa/chocolate aspects opening up like a flower in bloom. It wasn't too much, but balanced perfectly with the very deep, but not intense, flavor of dark fruits (plums and cherries).

This wine can definitely set off a serious romantic endeavour!