Franzia Chillable Red
Price: $10
Maker: Franzia Wines
Varietal: Unknown
Packaging: 5 liter box
Our Rating: 5 out of 10
We admit it - we didn’t actually buy this wine. We had an opporunity to taste it at an event, so why not report on it? Franzia Chillable Red has little detectable aroma. Its flavor is a thin-bodied sweet cherry flavor, and the finish is more or less non-existent. This is a wine with few redeeming values. As an alternative to a soft drink, for chugging in a cold state, perhaps it might suffice. It barely deserves the “wine” designation, though.
We’d recommend steering clear of this one. Products like this give boxed wines a bad name, particularly since Franzia’s products are visible in just about every supermarket.
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October 28th, 2006 at 9:38 am
We’ve all had the “opportunity” to sample such plonk at one event or another. Thanks for the review. Comment on what’s NOT GOOD is almost as important as comment on what’s GOOD. Your remark that “It barely deserves the ‘wine’ designation” is particularly appropos and timely in regard to the ongoing actions of the Washington State Liquor Control Board … see http://boxedwinespot.blogspot.com/2006/10/state-of-washington-takes-close-look-at.html
The WSLCB questions whether this “table wine with natural flavors” even “barely” deserves to be called wine!
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