The Prisoner Wine Company, Saldo Zinfandel, California

4.2

Clear, medium ruby in color; on the nose, it's clean with pronounced primary and secondary aromas of black plum, vanilla, and graphite; on the palate, it's dry, with medium acidity, high tannins, high alcohol, full body, and pronounced primary and secondary flavors of blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, and hickory with a long finish. This wine is simple but balanced and intense. Overall, I rate this wine as good. Nellie didn't like it.

2023 vintage

Was not a jammy, high RS, over-oaked wine. Very fruity, smooth. Obviously I didn't get a chance to take good notes but I was expecting worse. Did not win vs black chicken, but was ok.

2021 vintage

Seems like it checks all the California-Zin boxes. Good enough.

2021 vintage

Easy drinking wine. Dark fruit bouquet, chocolate. Medium finish with lot of sweetness. Not for the long term.

2021 vintage

Extracted and sweet.

2021 vintage

44th Annual Zinfandel Retrospective - the 2017s (R&D's) : Blind. Initially dark and brooding, with dark plummy fruit and chocolate aromas. Full-bodied and quite rich, showing flavors of chocolate, blueberry and ripe dark fruit. With air aromas of blueberry and raspberry emerge and the palate softens, showing boysenberry and plum. Big, but fruity and balanced. 92+ pts. (R&D) My #2, Domino's #2 Group #1, 19 pts

2017 vintage

Tasted again having home cooked lamb with best friends. Rich, fruity complete. Great oak. Plum. More black fruit than red. Enough acid to somewhat balanced. A bit of earth and mineral. We got purple teeth.

2021 vintage

full body, 낮은 탄닌, 낮은 당도, 산미가 거의 없으나 진판델 특유의 잔당감이 느껴짐. 오크향인 나며 블루베리향이 나는 와인.

Finished the bottle.

2021 vintage

This is one of my wife's favorite wine, and we have had cases of it since that last review, but we stopped buying it about a year and a half when they raised the price to $30ish;We are still working off inventory from 2022 and the wine is benefiting from that botttle aging. This wine was smooth, sweet and drank easily and well. It's too sweet for me but I see why it is popular.

Very nice drinking bottle. A bit on the sweet side,but smooth and fruity, almost overripe and tending to plum flavor. Good balance Tannin is there but not much impact on the taste/mouth. (Purchased in late @@)

2021 vintage

Smooth and balanced, but a bit more restrained than we usually look for in a Zin.

2021 vintage

4th Saturday Brown Bagger (V&M's) : Nonblind with dinner, decanted. Dark color. Dark jammy berry fruit, brambly spice and raspberry liqueur qualities on the nose and palate. Dark and ripe, slightly raisiny through the finish, with hints of white pepper as well. (V&M)

2021 vintage

Dark, 15.5% ABV associated sweetness, aggressive yet appropriate acidity, light tannins, well made unidimensional Zinfandel aroma driven nose, highly extracted fruit, sourced from unnamed California locations. Just interesting enough to justify the rating. Source/vineyard specific Zinfandel from multiple vintners will likely reward with enhanced varietal complexity and depth.

2017 vintage

프리즈너 압승

Very nice Zinfandel/Primitivo but unimaginable high price... anyone can get so much better for so lower price if you just go for the original Primitivo Italian wine rather the fake pretentious Americ Zinfandel that this is really outrageous 😡😡😡 My last ever Zinfandel 😡👎😡 A very nice Primitivo, no doubt. All parameters. Color. Aroma. Tanines. Acidity. Ending. Structure. Palate. Complexity. Richness. Everything. Really. Enjoyed every sip. Was really sorry that it ended. But for such an hilarious price ❓👎👎

Really really smooth Zin. Not jammy or peppery.

2021 vintage

Too darn sweet!

2021 vintage

매우 좋은 편 찐득한 진판델 5만원대라면 훌륭 구할 수 있으면 다시 마실 와인

This has the sort of fruity, inviting nose that makes me smile, and flavours to match. Nothing fancy but a good wine for Dr. Pepper ribs.

2021 vintage

Yummy during Easter with the best friends ever. Chris and Kate.

2021 vintage

Strawberry

2021 vintage

Not bad for a zin

2017 vintage

Restaurant purchase. Outstanding all around Zinfandel.

2021 vintage

Bright deep color fruity nose nice sharp Zin Strong smooth finish

2017 vintage

Nothing crazy

2021 vintage

Fine Zinfandel, tons of fruit not much else happening. Bit of leather on the nose.

2021 vintage

Medium red. Good juicy fruit and soft finish after just a little breathing. Very nice. Tried a 2nd time and at least as good. Surprisingly, it is terrific immediately after opening.

2021 vintage

Buy again

2021 vintage

J&P 3.5/5

2021 vintage

This is for when you want to go all out to satisfy your Zinfandel craving. They even threw in some Petit Sirah and Syrah to make sure your teeth really get purple. The color is about as dark as wine gets. The deep red and dark fruit is super concentrated and almost over the top. Yet it is balanced enough with smooth very refined appropriate tannins, and acid to help the fruit and alcohol work together. It’s not just the …

2021 vintage

Tasty enough. Full-bodied, pleasurable wine. Fruit bomb intertwined with vanilla notes. Fairly simple. Nice wine but the quality is sub $20

2021 vintage

Good fruit, not much spice, very drinkable, but nothing special and not worth the price

2021 vintage

Saldo is a great easy drinking zin

More bulk juice released on the unsuspecting wine consumer, pretty good cooking wine though as it went well INTO my pasta dish. 80 points. Not a rebuy.

2021 vintage

A good, fruit forward Zinfandel from Prisoner. Not much complexity, jammy with red fruits. PNP with a decent QPR.

2021 vintage

(Bought 09/2022) This bottle showed like Jeckyll and Hyde. With some cabbage burgers, it showed a round sweet red fruitiness that was luscious and especially tasty. However, with other food, it was tight with the fruit all tied together and overwhelmed by the spiciness. By itself, it was simply a nice Zin-based blend. Now a short rant: Why not include bottling dates on NV wines. It's currently impossible to be comfortable one is getting a fresh wine; Labeling for example: …

For what it is - a fruity California Sauv bomb - it does its job. The QPR is pretty bad at $25, though. Much out there better for less. Bought at Coscto; won't again Flavors were strawberry, preserves, blueberry

A bir funky the first night (surprising for a Prisoner wine) but improved the second

I've been steering away from Zins lately since I haven't enjoyed one for a while. This one I liked (maybe the company helped?). Anyway, definite cassis nose and flavour, pleasingly smooth, undertones of smoke and earth?

Decant at 30 min, was the best. Most flavor with chocolate, blackberry, hickory

Flavorful and smooth. This is a big wine with a nice finish. Paired very well with Labor Day BBQ. Nice value.

Great pizza wine.

. I swear I remember this having more spice, more complexity. It just sort of coated the palate with silky chocolate cherry. I realize that sounds fine and all, but not when expecting more zing.

Tasted from a PnP. Dark purple-garnet in color. First thing on the nose is sulfur. Then I think Hostess Cherry Pie. After a few minutes I get sweet fake vanilla, cedar, sweet bramble, artificial cherry pie filling, and black peppercorn. This does not have the nose of a quality zin, but rather a $4.99 Central Valley red blend from BevMo. Thick bodied, sweet, and tastes manufactured. Sweet and smoky cherries, candied blueberries and blackberries, sweet oak spices, and an unnatural …

A gift; ripe fruit with a doctored sweetness and mahogany/chestnut thing; definitely not my style. Dumped it

T-Bone-Steak, Lammracks, Wagyuburger, Spareribs und Filet Mignon. Toll auch zu reifem Käse und Schmorgerichten.

2017 vintage

Great

Medium bodied. Mild tannins. Blackberries, black current.

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