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Speaker 1
0:21

Paso

Robles

Zinfandel

2023
.

$10

Zinfandel

from

a

sub-ABA

in

Paso

Robles
.

That's

kind

of

strange
.

Another

thing

that's

kind

of

strange

is

that

the

back

label

told

you

who

made

it
.

You

know
,

typically

speaking
,

trader

Joe's

especially

the

reserve

wines

don't

want

you

to

know

who

made

it
.

They

have

shell

companies

after

shell

companies
.

It

says

bottled

and

cellared

by
.

That

means

basically

nothing
,

that

just

means

the

bottling

line

bottled

it
.

But

here

this

is

the

Beckett

family

from

Paso

Robles

made

the

wine
.

Speaker 1
0:57

The

Beckett

family

is

the

people

behind

Peachy

Canyon
,

which

was

founded

in

1988
.

It's

one

of

the

pioneers

of

zinfandel

and

paso

robles
.

Uh
,

the

sons

broke

off

and

did

chronic

sellers

and

they

did

great
.

Now

they're

back

at

um

peachy

canyon

and

um

they're
.

They

make

really

nice

zinfandel

wines
.

I

I

mean

their

Zinfandels

are

$40
,

$50
,

$60
,

$70

Zinfandels
.

Speaker 1
1:28

There

was

a

time

when

Peachy

Canyon

was

you

could

find

a

value

price

one
,

but

I

haven't

seen

one

in

a

while
.

And

Chronic

Cellars

wasn't

very

super

expensive
.

They

weren't

that

cheap

either
.

Super

expensive
,

but

they

weren't

that

cheap

either
.

And

the

how

do

you
?

That's

the

first

time

I

ever

saw

the

name

of

it

before

Adelaide

District
,

which

is

in

the

northwest

corner

of

Paso

Robles
.

It's

a

little

bit

different
.

It's

rocky

soil

and

it

gets

like

10

times

the

rainfall

of

anything

else

in

Paso

Robles
.

So

it's

little

bit

different

up

there

and

it's

a

great

place

for

Zinfandel
.

They

most

of

Paso

Robles

is

a

desert
,

but

not

up

there
.

I'm

gonna

take

a

sip
.

It's

good
.

Speaker 1
2:23

Now

I'm

going

to

talk

about

something

that

probably

isn't

related

to

this

wine
,

but

maybe

it

is
.

2024

was

a

bad

year

for

beer
,

spirits
,

wine
.

It

was

off

eight
,

nine
,

ten

percent
.

A

lot

of

um
.

A

lot

of

people

who

are

making

wine

canceled

contracts

with

the

growers
.

I

mean

there's

a

lot

of

the

estate
.

Speaker 1
2:48

Wine

is

kind

of

like

it's

in

the

upper

end

but

in

the

value

price

there's

people

growing

the

grapes

and

yet

they're

purchased

grapes
.

There

aren't

a

lot

of

new

labels

coming

out
.

Everything

is

kind

of

like
,

uh
,

of

like
,

uh
,

what's

going

on
?

They're

even

talking

about

some

people

uh

pulling

up

the

grapes

and

planting

something

else
.

If

they

can't
,

you

know

if

it's

going

to

be

going

downhill
.

They

want

to

know

what's

going

on

with
,

uh
,

people's

drinking

habits

and

that

type

of

thing
.

So

there

is

wines

left

over
.

Speaker 1
3:19

So

now

is

this

a

leftover

wine
?

I

don't

know

it

kind

of

like

you

know

it

has

some

like

why

is

it

from

a

sub

ABA
,

from

Paso

Robles
,

from

one

of

the

best

producers

of

Zinfandel

and

Paso

Robles
?

I

mean

I

have

no

idea

why
.

I

mean

I'm

not

telling

you

this

is

actually

a

$70

wine

for

$10
,

anything

like

that
.

I

don't

know

where

the

grapes

come

from
.

Have

enough

contacts

and

possible

rubles
.

If

this

isn't

an

estate

wine
,

uh
,

they

could

have

purchased

some

grapes

from

leftovers

from

their

friends

and

put

together

a

wine

for

trader

joe's
,

which

is

still

pretty

good

because

it's

it's

a

high-end

for

zippendale

growing

region
.

I

mean
,

this

is

the

wines

here

are

expensive

not

9.99
,

so

there's

bargains

out

there
.

And

I

mean

I'm

starting

to

see

weird

things

happening
,

like

costco

always

usually

has

the

the

winemaker's

name

on

it
,

sometimes

the
,

uh
,

the

winery's

name

on

it
.

Now

trader

joe's

is

starting

to

do

that
.

And

then

I

had

a

aldi's

wine

that

kind

of

had
.

That

too
,

it's

like
,

was

from

a
,

from

a

major

producer

and

it's

like

and

they're

not

hiding

it

as

well
,

and

like

what's

going

on

out

there
.

Speaker 1
4:27

Well
,

let's

talk

about

the

Trader

Joe's

Reserve
,

adelaide

District
,

paso

Robles

2023
.

It's

smooth

and

really

tasty
.

It's

long
.

It's

got

really

good

flavors

to

it
.

There's

blackberry
,

there's

maybe

some

molasses
,

some

french

vanilla
,

some

cranberry
,

tart

cranberry

and

then

some

smooth

plum
,

some

sweet

spice
.

It's

just

got

long
,

smooth

flavors
.

It's

not

a

spicy

Zinfandel
,

but

it

does
.

You

know

cuz

you

can

get

that

it

can

be

spicy
.

This

is

wrong
.

Smooth

nectar

sweet
.

We're

not

talking

about

sugary

sweet
,

we're

talking

about

roundness

to

the

flavors

or

the

fruit

flavors

really

good

fruit

flavors
.

That

molasses

kind

of

gives

it

a

little

kick
.

Maybe

there's

some

mocha

in

there
,

some

little

bit

of

coffee

going

on

and

smooth

on

the

palate

and

it's

kind

of

long
.

The

flavors

kind

of

stay

with

you

too
.

The

acidity

is

like

seamless
,

it's

like

well

integrated

in

the

body

of

the

wine
.

The

tannins

are

sweet
.

Speaker 1
5:44

This

is

a

really

nice

effort
,

especially

for

ten

bucks
.

You

know

it's

been

a

while
.

I

used

to

love

Zinfandel
.

It

used

to

be

my

favorite

red

and

you

know
,

the

last

few

years

it's

kind

of

fallen

off

where

I

like

it
.

But

it's

not

really

knocking

my

socks

off

and

I'm

not

even

wearing

socks
.

So

this

one

is

really

good

tasting

wine

for

$10
.

I

mean
,

you

can

spend

more
,

but

I

don't

know

if

you're

going

to

be

getting

that

much
.

I

mean
,

there's

a

reason

why

there's

$40
,

$50
,

$60

wines

from

different

regions
.

They

have

different

flavors

and

different

characteristics

and

you

can

really

fall

in

love

with

those

characteristics
,

but

this

is

from

the

same

small

region

and

it

tastes

great
.

So

that's

it

for

me
.

Speaker 1
6:31

Domain

dave

cheapwinefightercom
.

This

is

the

999

trader
,

joe's

reserve

at

aladia

district
,

paso

robles
.

Uh
,

zinfandel

2023
.

It's

from

a

big

name

winery

in

top

winery
,

from

a

top

AVA
,

and

it's

good
.

So
,

like

us
,

where

you

got

your

podcast
,

I

got

a

couple

more

wines

coming
,

a

couple

more

interesting

things
.

2025

was

way

better

than

I

thought

it

would

be
.

So
,

adios
,

keep

it

cheap
,

stay

warm

and

I'll

be

talking

to

you
.

Bye
,

bye
.

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