OOI!: December 2008

Tasting notes - best of the best

“These wines are quite elusive — you grasp and lose, grasp and lose,” he said, adding — ever the Frenchman — “They are like women.” (from NY Times article on 2007 Burgundies)
* eating spicy asian food with complex and spicy alsatian whites has become AXIOMATIC..."
* In short, although motion expressions in tasting notes may be explained as specific instances of the phenomenon referred to as fictive motion, the verbs involved exemplify construal of salience and, accordingly, may be seen as related to metonymy." Cabellero 2007
* This wine caresses the palate, while the aroma percolates through my nose and plucks gently at my memory strings..."
* The flavour is massive, with great texture and density, notes of old library wood and toasted nuts. Rare and elegant. Grab it if you can.