Why don't I like this Geyserville?

[Bucko]

It has been one of those days for the better half and myself, run ragged, and a pizza is about the only option for dinner at this point. So, out comes the pizza wine, a Zinfandel. I pulled out a 93 Ridge Geyserville, sure to please. We sit down, begin eating the pizza and drinking the wine, which is very fruity and typical Geyserville, but it is just not getting the job done. A few more bites of pizza, a few more swigs of wine and the dissatisfaction grows. What the heck is going on? Then it hits me, the dang stuff is hot, too alcoholic. I look at the label and it says 14.5% alcohol. I ask Carole, without any prompting mind you, what do you find wrong with this wine, if anything? Too much alcohol came the reply without hesitation.

Is anyone else tiring of these big alcohol wines? I guess that I am becoming more and more intolerant of these 14+% alcohol wines, finding myself enjoying lower alcohol wines much more often, in fact, almost exclusively.

Bucko