Have I ever mentioned?

I love wine from France. I am not going to make excuses…

Nor am I going to call it Freedom Juice or other bullshit. I like French wine.

Why?

PLACE

American wines don’t tend to have a sense of place in their taste. They taste of fruit. FRUIT FORWARD! or so I hear.

But I like place because that means that they taste like the ground. and that means geology. or better yet geography.

Why? Geography means culture and geology and climate and history which means that all of these elements make a difference in what we know about how to describe a wine.

But not just a wine. A region, hell, a winery. So can you taste the difference from one vineyard to another?

Well here is the most basic element.

Can you agree that there is a difference between how one vineyard treats its land, soil and plants the same way that another wine maker does?

And the simple answer is this: YES!

Why? because individuality of place is unique. Like personality. And so I embrace the concept of terroir.

Now for this wine? What can I say?

Well, first let me say that I do not RATE a wine. I don’t purport to be an expert. I am not sure that taste experts really exist. But I can tell you what I taste and experience.

Does this mean that I am supposed to be the authority? Hell no! You decide for yourself. But I am enjoying what I am drinking.

Tell me what you are enjoying too!

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