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Couple of interesting articles from Jancis
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:19 pm
by Red Bigot
Re: Couple of interesting articles from Jancis
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 11:47 pm
by Chow Chow
Red Bigot wrote:And an obituary for Greg Troot (Wirra Wirra)
My condolences,
It's Mr.Trott, might be a distance relative to Gavin our board dictator
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 11:00 am
by 707
Excellent articles those. I've commented several times in the past few months that we are no longer seeing the over oaked (and I'm oak tolerant) wines of even a couple of years ago.
At recent Blacktongues lineups like Super Premium Shiraz one could hardly find much oak dominance whereas three years ago they all showed overt coconut and vanilla. At the 2002 Barossa Cabernet tasting the Mamre Brook I've liked on its own and bought in quantity looked all wood compared to it's peers and I downpointed it accordingly.
We are fast learners and now making the best wines we've ever made. I think palates have matured as well with knowledgable people not wanting wood dominant wine. At the low end of the market I think that wood still does sell.
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 12:46 pm
by TORB
707 wrote:At the low end of the market I think that wood still does sell.
Especially if it involves chips and micro-oxygenation.
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 9:42 pm
by 707
Oh yes, the average punter still loves that taste of vanillan coconut in their reds, provides a bit more substance to the thin drops that haunt the low end.