tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19631515.post7120170804493560270..comments2023-10-04T07:48:54.384-04:00Comments on oenoLogic: Nurture, not naturethor iversonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16189098900228936573noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19631515.post-9740510544946652482011-04-28T12:38:16.272-04:002011-04-28T12:38:16.272-04:00I'm hoping Google will allow me to customize a...I'm hoping Google will allow me to customize a set of word verifications for each reader. ;-)<br /><br />I hear you re: flaws, but most of the biologically-anarchist-before-bottling wines don't make it here. The lambic taste-a-likes, for example, are rare here compared to what you'll find in France. In any case, there are plenty of unflawed wines to think about without dealing with the failed experiments. And it's those, more than the flawed bottles, in which I'm more interested.<br /><br />Producer skill is a factor, and that's why someone like Allemand can do things that many other site-specific syrah producers apparently can't (and yet, his wines do have a strong "Allemand" signature on top of the Cornas), but the Beaujolais crus still taste like the Beaujolais crus. The more worrisome thing I'm talking about is where carignan tastes like Beaujolais, grenache tastes like Beaujolais, nero d'avola tastes like Beaujolais...<br /><br />It might not be an accident that naturalia coalesces around a few grapes and locations. It's still too early to know for sure, but it's possible that as with so much else, the same techniques can reveal X while obscuring Y. Or, at least, so my growing body of, um, research tells me. *burp*thor iversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16189098900228936573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19631515.post-42919891370082826032011-04-28T11:29:53.218-04:002011-04-28T11:29:53.218-04:00Doctrinaire--therein lies the problem, from either...Doctrinaire--therein lies the problem, from either spectrum of the natural/interventionist divide. What others believe through their dogmatic nonsense shouldn't mean a damned thing to those of us who explore on our very own. <br /><br />The major concerns: Am I consuming a wine that gives me pleasure on whichever level I measure pleasure? Am I consuming a wine that over time is likely to cause me major bodily harm along carcinogenic lines, et al?<br /><br />Put the two concerns together and then make ready to consume those wines that truly provide both aesthetic pleasure and physical well-being.<br /><br />As an side, I can't help but think that with so-called natural wine the sameness has a lot to do with that pesky "...set of flaws that can all too easily afflict natural wines..." to which you make reference, just as the sameness of interventionist wines may have a lot to do with the overwhelming, anal desire to produce flawless cleanliness, not to mention powerhouse structures.<br /><br />Incidentally, a wonderful word verification for me on this comment: todunce!Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322028233207741737noreply@blogger.com