The Official Wine Thread

[venividivicibj]



. I was excited to properly call this wine as I do not drink a lot of Nebbiolo.

Nebbiolo is one of my favorites. Any reason why you don't try it more?

 

[Griffindork]



I don't understand how you can be so confident yet so wrong.

The pradikat levels have requirements for range of degrees oeschle which is the density of grape must and translates to sweetness of the grape pre-fermentation not post or at bottling

Feinherb isn't a legally defined term but it tends to be sweeter than halbtrocken which is >12g/L

And I also got the same lecture by a master somm at a tasting. Also had a fun chat about the same thing with Paul Grieco of the Terroir bars and tasted a few fully dry ausleses

You do know you can easily Google these things right? Unless you're trolling

yes, I get all that. My point is that at the end of the day when a producer releases a wine the label used under the pradikat system generally tells you the sweetness of whats in the bottle. A wine picked as auslese level oeschle and fermented to the point of dryness isn't labeled "auslese". Wines picked at BA level might be marked auslese ***, or auslese gk, or auslese LGK.

 

[Piobaire]



Nebbiolo is one of my favorites. Any reason why you don't try it more?

Probably a combination of a few things including length of time to mature, the relative unapproachable youthful wine, cost of the better expressions, and still learning the producers of note.

 

[venividivicibj]



Probably a combination of a few things including length of time to mature, the relative unapproachable youthful wine, cost of the better expressions, and still learning the producers of note.

Yeah, if you want some earlier to drink ones, there are a few 'Nebbiolo langhes' that I can recommend.

I also have a PDF of Barolo and Barbaresco, King and Queen of Barolo I can email you if you want some reading

 

[Piobaire]



Yeah, if you want some earlier to drink ones, there are a few 'Nebbiolo langhes' that I can recommend.

I also have a PDF of Barolo and Barbaresco, King and Queen of Barolo I can email you if you want some reading

Thanks, mate, but I just want to call it for the exam and I'm happy. Maybe one day I'll wander over that way but it's not turning my crank right now and there's so many other things that are.

 

[venividivicibj]

Speaking of blind wine tastings -

http://www.larvf.com/,vins-chine-ch...ssment-surprise-galoupet-provence,4510498.asp

 

[Piobaire]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37493164

 

[CBrown85]

Russian Siberian vine is beest vine.

 

[Piobaire]

Russian wine is feinherb.

 

[venividivicibj]



Russian Siberian vine is beest vine.

Believe me!

 

[indesertum]



Yeah, if you want some earlier to drink ones, there are a few 'Nebbiolo langhes' that I can recommend.

I also have a PDF of Barolo and Barbaresco, King and Queen of Barolo I can email you if you want some reading

I want pdf please

 

[alexg]



I want pdf please

Me too. My Italian knowledge is severely lacking.

 

[indesertum]

I went to a wine tasting of the puglia, basilicata, campania region and had some wines of regionals and varietals I hadn't heard of before. I didn't realize there were so many wines called Trebbiano and half of them aren't even Trebbiano. Like Bombino Bianco? Nero di Troia? Some really tasty stuff. Didn't even realize there were volcanic mountains in the area. Bought a few aglianico del vulture. Really liked those

 

[venividivicibj]



I want pdf please

Me too. My Italian knowledge is severely lacking.

Send me PMs with your email address

 

[Parker]

I've been drinking French wine only for the last couple years (cheap stuff), So I just bought some rando "meritage" Cal/Napa blend. blech. Like licking strawberry Smuckers off the inside of a chest of drawers.