By Tara http://winepassionista.com/
I love reading Decanter. The articles are extremely well-written, the information is always valuable, timely and interesting. However, I always skip over the tasting notes.
This isn’t because I’m a wine geek and already know what to expect from all the wines – far from it! For me, just the fact that the wines were deemed interesting enough for discussion among the pages of the magazine means I would be more willing to search out those wines simply due to the recommendation from this trusted source, not because they were noted as having hints of ‘dried flowers’ or a palate of ‘pineapple with some lentil’.
So what is the best way to describe a wine? Our palates are like snow flakes – no two are exactly the same. What I suggest is manadrin may be more tangerine or blood orange to someone else. Instead of specific descriptors, should tasting notes be more general? ‘A rich, round full-bodied palate with a long, fresh and flavourful finish’?
What’s the best tasting note you’ve ever read? Better yet…what’s the best tasting note you’ve ever written?! Was there a wine that was so expressive and exciting that you were compelled to record your experience of it?
There’s always time for wine!
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Twizzle…
Great writing style, love the post…
Twizzle…
Excellent content, great read…