Ok, I read this review of some Spanish red wine....this is what it said:

"($100) Ruby-red. Powerfully scented nose features blueberry, cassis and cherry liqueur laced with espresso, licorice and smoked meat. Firm in structure but explosive in ripe dark fruit flavor, with complicating notes of bacon fat, black cardamom, iron and cigar box. Finishes with building richness and great length. This is another Peter Sisseck project."
-International Wine Cellar


What I want to know is, how in the hell does anyone pick up all that shit in a glass of wine? lol ...There's like 14 things listed there. And I never imagined bacon fat having "complicated notes" lol ...

So if there are any people here who have any experience in wine tasting, does this review sound realistic? Can you really detect 52 differrent scents and flavors in a wine?...Or was this reviewer just being pretentious? lol

I think it's a bit of both. You can definitely pick up subtle nuances in flavor but when it gets THAT complicated I think you're pushing it.

They say all that so they can "justify" the $100 price tag.

I couldn't tell you. I ordered coffee so Carrie ^^^ wouldn't realize I don't know shit about wine.

The bacon part might be the aftertaste...
and what Carrie said... about the pricetag.

And what exactly ARE "complicated notes"?...Sounds like something a Rolling Stone reviewer would have said about "The Question Of U"

Byron said:

oddly enough, I'd be able to wax that lingo with cologne

I haven't broken the code on wine, but then again, I'm not crazy about wine.

My ass lives in wine country and I refuse to buy into that shit. I go wine tasting to get DRUNK.

Imago said:

You mean you can detect hints of things like bacon fat in colognes? lol

INSATIABLE said:

Thank you ...

Byron said:

I can detect a hint of bacon fat whenever Imago's upwind.

In fact, I try to stay on this side of the Rockies at all times for that very reason.

I sat with a dude in a vegas wine cellar. He could tell the grape, region, and year in a blind test. We drank for hours and he had an 93% success rate.

He does tasting competitions around the world.

P.S. that review is COMPLETELY pretentious. Especially the last line.

Anything beyond the mention of the wine's grape varietal is, yes.

Imago said:

I would have helped you order.

Byron said:

Sounds like a song.



Boom!



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[Edited 5/27/09 17:18pm]

Byron said:

it's actually exactly like when I smell a wasp nest in a perfume, it's a whole bunch of associations

I've only recently (within the past 2 years)begun to drink wine & notice the different types available (as opposed to just "red" and "white").

So far, I think I really like a Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon (did I spell that right?) but I can't remember the brand.

...and NO there is no way that I would ever be able to detect traces of "bacon fat" in my wine.

PurpleJedi said:

Unless it's floating in it

We are Wine Club members here and go to tastings a few times a yr ~

http://www.biltmore.com/our_wine/

If by taste u mean glass..and if by glass u mean bottle ....yep I'm a wine taster

ocean said:

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There was a time when I thought lush had nothing to do with with alcohol grrrr

I'm by no means a connoisseur , but you can discern subtle tastes and fragrances in a wine with a bit of practice. All of the stuff the above review picks out is ridiculous, though -- and my hunch is that sort of thing is cued by the description of the vintage from the winery.

Wine is like 80-percent suggestion. A few different experiments have shown that if the makers use beautiful bottling and prep you beforehand in a credible way that their product has hints of magic and birdsong, you'll definitely detect it... largely because you want to.

INSATIABLE said:

Lammastide said:

Especially if you've spent $100 on the damn bottle lol ...

I paid good money for this wine, I want my hint of bacon fat, dammit!!...

Byron said:

I tasted this one at a party last weekend;



excellent!!!

Byron said:

if I want 31 flavors, I will go to Baskin Robbins. And bacon fat? ewww.