WTN: nearly extinct
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:56 pm
Nusserhof, Alto Adige, Blaterle, 2009
This has "hipster" written all over it:
Hipster importer : LDM
Almost extinct grape variety: Blaterle
Natural winemaker...
so why didn't I like it? Well, I was first put off by the weird floral-petroleum scents, a strange combination of the flowery with flavors coming out of a gasoline pump lending a very distilled taste to it that wouldn't have been out of place in a naphtha cracker. Then, this was all covered over by cheap hotel room sanitizer. Really, I wanted so badly to like this wine, I really did, but if this is any indication of the heights of blaterle, let 'em go extinct. 12%
This has "hipster" written all over it:
Hipster importer : LDM
Almost extinct grape variety: Blaterle
Natural winemaker...
so why didn't I like it? Well, I was first put off by the weird floral-petroleum scents, a strange combination of the flowery with flavors coming out of a gasoline pump lending a very distilled taste to it that wouldn't have been out of place in a naphtha cracker. Then, this was all covered over by cheap hotel room sanitizer. Really, I wanted so badly to like this wine, I really did, but if this is any indication of the heights of blaterle, let 'em go extinct. 12%