This blog is about to take a new form. I started work as a wine consultant at the wine library in springfield, nj on tuesday. i am most definitely the most inexperienced person who works there and im afraid that it shows. of course, it doesnt help that i am also probably the most self conscious and introverted. i think so much it totally messes with my game. anyway. what i mean by saying that "this blog is about to take a new form" is that i am going to use it as part diary part wine log. i guess thats what a blog really is, right - a practical approach to pouring your emotions and thoughts out into a semi-private form of documentation.
i want to start by recording the wines that i have tried since beginning work.
luigi bosca reserva malbec 2006
grieve sauvignon blanc
2006 escoces volante papa luna - mostly garnacha, some syrach, lil monastrell. (70,20,5)
---> the monastrell (mouvedre) softens and gives garnacha structure, has a wild, gamey, or earthy taste. garnacha typically lacks tannin and acid, and is soft on the palate, berry dominated.
2005 chateau la negly cote rouge - 40% grenache, 40% carignan, 20% syrah
---> it is believed that when blended with grenache and syrach, carignan is softened, creating a wine with rustic fruit and perfume. the wine is "slightly cooked", lush, and full. finishes slightly sweet but with full tannins and warmth". i find it to be mineral and earthy.
2006 perrin christins vacqueyras - my favorite of the focus wines.
---> my own tasting notes report that it smells slightly spicy, it is fruit driven, complex, has a good structure, is herbacion with notes of rosemary. mineral, fruity, and spicy.
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