☆ DTN Blog 1

This DTN Activity, I chose to do Lesson 6 : Color Me Clueles : Is there Anything to a Wine's Color? The set I chose was the Zinfandels. I chose a Red Zinfandel and a White Zinfandel! I got my Red Zinfandel from Trader Joe's - Pure Bred Old Vine Zinfandel (2017) Lodi California.  My White Zinfandel, I got from Walmart - Oak Leaf Vineyards White Zinfandel (2018) Ripon, California!

 The Red Zinfandel is a lower intensity red than wines such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. The edges of this wine while in the glass are more light magenta rather than deep red. When you shine a light on a glass of this wine or take a picture with the flash, you can see the deep pink that a Red Zinfandel has although the name may be a little misleading.
The White Zinfandel is very

light pink and does not change much in the glass versus in the bottle. Whether a light is shone on it from above, below, or even on the edges the wine does not seem to change color at all. The White Zinfandel is very consistent in color at all angles. A very light pink, with peachy tones, once again misleading by the name as it is no where near white.




As I started with the lighter of the two, The White Zinfandel is very very sweet in taste. This wine is very refreshing and makes your mouth water and there is no dryness in sight! This Oak Leaf White Zinfandel is very fruity and the strongest note I taste is strawberry. The scent of this wine is very citrusy with strong notes of light red fruits overall.





The Red Zinfandel has a much stronger mouthfeel as I expected, it is very bold and upon first smell, I feel that it gives off much darker fruit notes. I smell blackcurrant and even blueberry. I personally like darker wines so this wine stuck out much more to me and I liked the bolder fruits in this wine. This wine had a very smoky finish and I definitely found some smokey notes as well.