Sunday, April 25, 2010

Wine Reviews Two: Is that all I do here?

I'm trying to get a read on the taste of this wine, but the situation is complicated by the excellent anise flavour I've got going right now. And every time I clear my palate to try and taste the wine, I eat another bite of this. The wine has a liquoricy nose, a slightly fennel-scented finish, and an all-sorts body?

Anyways, the wine is Le Bourgogne; Chanson Pere & Fils 2007. This strikes me as a pretentious choice of name. I will not bill myself as The Torontonian. Nor is our food Canada Food. In any case, I give the name a roundly negative review.
The label lacks also any pictures of castles, although a tiny lion does make up for that.





You may notice I haven't said anything about the wine yet, really. That's because it's sort of - winish? I mean, I know I'm no expert. Or really a beginner. But the dominant flavour here is, frankly, wine. It's nicely balanced, pleasantly tart and all, but I have to say the taste is that of some sort of red wine.
It's sort of like - it's like getting a B- on a paper that you didn't really try on? I mean, your expectations aren't really that crazy going in (mostly due to the lack of castle on the label) but you still can't help being disappointed even though it is completely, averagely satisfactory.

Final rating: I guess a B-? Is that applicable? It will have to stay after class.

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