VintageVino: November 2009

Burgundy class tomorrow night at Blue Heron Fine Wines, Glastonbury...I'm pullin' something special out of the cellar.

My Tasting Style & Rating System

I try to concern myself with the overall style of a wine, especially as it pertains to structure and balance. To me, balance is perhaps the most important aspect of a wine's style. If a wine's components are not in balance then it simply will not come across well. But a wine with all things in harmony can be like a well tuned engine with all cylinders firing perfectly: vrrmmm!

Additionally, wine can cost a lot of money, and I believe investments should pay a return - especially over time. For a wine to age properly and show to your desired style (whether that's 15 minutes or 15 years), its components need to be balanced. Only then will it give a great return.

I do not really believe in rating wines - at least not on a numeric scale. I find that wines taste differently at differnt times. As such, I simply like to give my impressions of what I am tasting as well as any relevant background information that makes the wine a bit more interesting. No wine writer is an absolute authority (specialist, perhaps, but not all knowing experts), so I feel that any critical writing should be viewed simply as a guide to finding what you may like. Learning to trust our own palate is really the best way to judge the wines we truely like.

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Can you say 'Grand Cru' ?

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