Nittnaus Zweigelt Turn Me Red

Easy drinking, creamy, light tannins.

Had this at my favorite German restaurant / beer drinking haunt. Surprisingly a serious effort at a decent wine. Nice nose of dark cherry, plum, chocolate. Palate is rich, nice balance, low tannins, with bright cherry, plum and mocha notes. A very drinkable wine. I expected a bit of sugarfied, fake fruit drink. Pleasantly surprised and would drink this again.

Thin, acidic, tannic, red liquid—hardly wine. No fruit or complex flavors. Because Nittnaus is generally considered a good producer, and because other people (whose opinions I trust) have tried other bottles and liked them, I'm going to give Nittnaus the benefit of the doubt and call this a flawed bottle. I would have suspected cork taint, but this is a screwcap.

Sweet red wine. Not my style. Too sweet.