WTN: Another TJ's Steal??...NotReally....(short/boring)

Tried this last night:
1. TraderJoe's Zin Reserve Oakville/NapaVlly (Lot #91; 14.2%) C&B by TheVineIntervention/ArroyoGrande 2012: Med.color; light toasty/oak fairly strong blackberry/Zin/spicy rather attractive nose; fairly tart light raspberry/blackberry/Zin/spicy light toasty/oak flavor w/ rather hard/angular/mean tannins; med.short light blackberry/Zin/raspberry/spicy light toasty/oak finish w/ hard/coarse/lean tannins; pleasant enough nose but hard/unattractive on the palate; avoid this wine at this price. $10.00 (TJ)
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And a wee BloodyPulpit:
1. This was a new wine that showed up this week on the TJ's shelve in SantaFe. I always check the back label on these TJ's wines and if it says Ripon or AmericanCanyon or Napa, then I know it's a FredFranzia wine and flee in the other direction. This one said TheVineIntervention/ArroyoGrande...so I thought it might be something good. It was not. This is a branch of Mark & Andi Cummins' DrakeWines. They look to have some interesting CentralCoast wines...but I've never tried them. I gather this is the old CorbetCanyon (Canyon..Canyon...Canyon) wnry. But this Zin is one to avoid.
Tom

You might want to give these (Trader Joe's) wines a few weeks to settle down before opening. I enjoyed one of the Provencal rose's and went back and bought more, but I was somewhat disappointed with the wine. Bought another and let it settle for 3 weeks and it was much better, like I had enjoyed the first one. I've had the same experience with WTSO wines, and TJ's being the large chain that it is, the wines have to go through several transfers to get to your store. That might explain the need to give them a little time to "reconstitute". There are definitely some good values @ TJ's though.