Do we value ’soft-spoken’ wines?
Do we value ’soft-spoken’ wines?
Ver mensaje de Juan SuchI have been reviewing the last TNs introduced (thanks to Jose and MCamblor for your recent contributions! Your are going upwards in the tasters ranking: https://www.verema.com/en/tastingnotes/tasters.asp?order=wines :-)
I have found very interesting the comment Manuel Camblor makes about the J. L. Chave, Saint Joseph 2001:
";Some may say this lacks vigor, but I find it elegant in its soft-spokenness."; (https://www.verema.com/en/tastingnotes/wine.asp?wine=5669)
That comment remembers me of something written by Kermit Lynch in his wonderful book (Adventures on the Wine Route) about the apreciation of wine from critics. I will post his comment because is really food for thought...
It is true that soft-spokeness and elegance are very hard attributes to be valued when you are tasting a long row of wines...
Are these wine attributes the great losers from the increasing role of massive tastings and professional criticism in the last decade?
Regarding Kermit Lynch...
Ver mensaje de Juan SuchI have been surprised to read a news from Dec. 1998 regarding Kermit Lynch had becomed co-owner of Domaine les Pallières, a Gigondas Estate. He teamed up with the Brunier family of Châteauneuf-du-Pape’s Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe to acquire Domaine les Pallières.
http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Archives/Show_Article/0,1275,2003,00.html
Anyone has tried recent released wines from Domaine les Pallières?
Think so
Ver mensaje de Juan SuchDear Juan:
You know I defend elegant wines above all but I must admit in a blind tasting, even myself tend to overscore the concentrated ones. What amazes me is after dinner you can notice strong wines are never run out. I’m trying to score higher ";dinner-wines"; against the ";tasting-ones"; but sometimes is difficult.
Cheers
Gonzalo Lainez (Bodegas Roda)
Re: Think so
Ver mensaje de Gonzalo_Lainez";Are these wine attributes the great losers from the increasing role of massive tastings and professional criticism in the last decade?";
Sure. The sky is blue, the snow is white, and blind tastings of not even a lot of wines (more than 5 wines?) overscore the concentrated ones.
This is real, and at the same time is unavoidable if you want to take a look about some kind of wines.
Really ";dinner-wines"; are ";softly-tasting-wines";.
Therefore...
Ver mensaje de Iñaki Blasco... in a world with an increasing role of wine critics AND a wide base of aficionados with a short buying experience the tendency to overvalue concentrated wines instead of elegant wines can only increase.
I think we really need a ";wines consumed at home"; guide... Somewhat the Verema and other online communities TNs sections fill partly that big hole in the consumer guides.
Re: Therefore...
Ver mensaje de Juan SuchSure
I usually post just the TN of the wines I taste at home
Gonzalo Lainez (Bodegas Roda)
Re: Therefore...
Ver mensaje de Juan SuchYou know I agree with you about the ";amateur wine guide";.
The increasing role of wine critics is ¿unavoidable?, and nowadays first steps in new wine consumers are concentrated wines.
May be our strong value will be filling second or third steps of this new wine lovers.