Re: Wine Spectator against disgusting earth…
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 5:41 pm
Otto Nieminen wrote:I love the savoury scents of earth and cigar in my wines, and if all wines become so spoofulated that they don't have them, I'll stop drinking wine totally: there will be no interest in it for me. I confess, that these few scents are some of the main reasons I bother with this beverage.
It makes one wonder why some tasters have such an aversion to these qualities. I'm with you on this. If all wine just tasted like lollipops or koolaid, why on earth would I bother with it?
I hate to say it, but an aversion to any amount of healthy funk (i.e. that which stems from the grape and/or its terroir, not winemaking or storage faults) seems to me to be indicative of somewhat juvenile tastes.