Comments on cincinnati wine warehouse -- tasting notes and other stuff: 2001 Wellington Victory

I am weak on picking flavor descriptors and think ...

2005-11-21T17:08:00.000-05:00

I am weak on picking flavor descriptors and think some of the more subtle esoteric ones are reaching at straws. I know I'm supposed to write more than just, "It tastes good!", but I don't want to mislead anyone with bogus adjectives, although I did get a nuance of gunpowder and flint in the last wine I tried. Eww!!!

Oh, and it says at the end "drink now only if you ...

2005-11-20T11:00:00.000-05:00

Oh, and it says at the end "drink now only if you can't help it. Cellaring will be duly rewarded."

I like how wine descriptions often amount to: "this wine is already a mind-blower, but if you cellar it for a few years before drinking, you will see God."

I don't mean to dis on this wine; it sounds great. But wine people...we're a funny lot!

Okay, so I'm curious. The tasting notes on winery...

2005-11-20T10:54:00.000-05:00

Okay, so I'm curious. The tasting notes on winery sites always seem so extravagant:
black cherry, cassis, allspice, truffle, vanilla, raspberry, cedar. Hints of tea, licorice, brown sugar, orange peel, camphor.

That's a lot of aromatics, man! (tea, brown sugar, orange peel and vanilla" reminds me of that powdered concoction my mother used to make out of Tang, cinnamon and Lipton Instant tea, which she then called 'Holiday Spiced tea' and gave it out for Christmas)

Did you get all of these? I realize that identifying aromatics is a rather subjective thing, but sometimes I can't help believing they throw a few in for the hell of it.