A few days ago, I had dinner with a friend, and he was telling me about an exercise he had to do when learning about wine. He had to describe a wine he would probably like using only five words. Interestingly he also mentioned that the words had changed, and he originally had full bodied and ripe in his descriptors, and he would not use them now.
We did it together and ended up with: Complex, pure, elegant, bright, and long
This took a good half hour, but a fun exercise. Yours?
Domaine de la Romanée Conti.
It’s, made, by, Mike, Smith
Or
Funky, bright, earth, complex, chewy
Or
Deep, meaty, Bloody, balance, chalk
Wine I want to drink.
Smoove, Vanilla Milkshake, Parker hundred. JK
Complex, beautiful, rich, elegant, long?
Fresh, bright, elegant, exciting, wet.
Mature, aromatic, balanced, expanding, eternal.
Fun, charming, balanced, contemplative, ready
Rousseau any wine any vintage
Characterful, complex, interesting, intense, balanced
Well structured, austere, elegant, refined, deep.
But how do people apply those? Those terms seem like they could (and are) applied to everything from plonk to the best stuff.
Vinified, liquid, fermented, grapes, alcohol
Henri, Jayer, Cros, Parantoux, Real.
ethereal, poop, ethereal, poop, meat
Sounds like a work day.
Savory, energetic, authentic, balanced, honest.
Yup! I forgot this one.
Complex, balance, mature, elegant, authentic/reflective of terroir.
You’re an anesthesiologist in an endoscopy center?
Four will do it for me: complex, balanced, long, interesting