One of the cool things about internet message boards and blogging is the opportunity to meet a lot of interesting, like-minded people. I've been fortunate to have established a number of friendships with people initially met on-line. And I have even more "cyber friendships" with people I've been exchanging tasting notes with; some for 15 years or more. One of my more recent acquaintances is blogger Dennis Tsiorbas, better known as the New Hampshire Wine Man. As you can imagine, the selection available in Kansas is often times quite a bit different from what's available in New Hampshire. But when I saw Dennis' review of a wine that we had in stock at the retailer I work for, I figured it was a good opportunity to calibrate our palates by comparing notes from the same wine.
I made a point to avoid Dennis' note for a few days before trying this just so I wouldn't be influenced one way or another. (I just remembered he thought quite a bit of it and rated it a 93.) Overall, I think our notes are pretty consistent; the major difference being the perceived level of ripeness of the blackberry fruit.
Dinner was roasted chicken with a red wine/porcini pan sauce.
Thanks for the shout-out, but more for a fine-tuning of this wine; I wish I had another.
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
dennis
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You want to get another bottle so we can try it again in a year?
ReplyDeleteThat's not what I had in mind (I wanted to see if I could understand your insights).
ReplyDeleteFor me, it would be better to find a 2008 or 2009, and usually June is 15% off month. Last week I checked at store 33 and they only had the '07, but what an interesting and engaging thought. I can't remember where I read it, but as I understood the article, very dynamic people both love different wines and different foods That's food for thought).