tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10545804.post115060474528025234..comments2023-08-03T07:55:48.617-07:00Comments on élevage: Wherein bad wine is apparently goodVincent Fritzschehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18153962387209512138noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10545804.post-1151465716241557682006-06-27T20:35:00.000-07:002006-06-27T20:35:00.000-07:00What do you mean by the term reductive?What do you mean by the term reductive?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10545804.post-1151041803259229552006-06-22T22:50:00.000-07:002006-06-22T22:50:00.000-07:00Honestly, I don't know. I get the same kind of th...Honestly, I don't know. I get the same kind of thing from a lot of the big name CA wines (Turley, SQN). There's a lot of up front fruit, but then the rear palate seems thin, weedy, and without any depth or complexity. <BR/><BR/>I'd rather look for good $15 wine that's closed out at $10 than buy any $10 wines...they all seem to have that cheap, buttered-popcorn thing (whether it's yeast or oak) and never seem to have much interest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10545804.post-1151040750113864882006-06-22T22:32:00.000-07:002006-06-22T22:32:00.000-07:00A little tardy on the reply, but honestly, how do ...A little tardy on the reply, but honestly, how do people get past the vegetal streaks in these "great value" cheap wines? The Panarroz red from Spain is another example, though in truth one bottle of it tasted really good. But every other time I came across this wine, cheap green grape juicy wine. How is that popular? How is that the sign of a really good wine?Vincent Fritzschehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18153962387209512138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10545804.post-1150658654882828762006-06-18T12:24:00.000-07:002006-06-18T12:24:00.000-07:00Dude, to a lot of people a dark purple color, inte...Dude, to a lot of people a dark purple color, intense front palate fruit and a big burst of alcohol are all signals of a really good wine. How do you think 90% of the CA wineries stay in business?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com