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May 12, 2004

Today's Wine Whine

Yesterday, I opened a bottle of Stoney Ridge Cellars' 2003 "Bench Cabernet Franc". This is a very young wine, so I didn't have high expectations of it . . . it was an after-work wine. At first, the overwhelming impression was tannins. The second sip didn't matter because the first sip had stomped all over the tastebuds and left little unbruised in its wake. This is a wine that the winery suggests will be drinkable up to 2010. This may be true, but I'm now wishing they'd included a Best After date, too.

Posted by Nicholas at May 12, 2004 04:36 PM
Comments
Tannins, eh? You mean phenolic compounds of sufficiently high molecular weight containing sufficient hydroxyls and other suitable groups (i.e. carboxyls) to form effectively strong complexes with proteins and other macromolecules? Those tannins? Or are we talking about something else? Posted by: Lickmuffin at May 13, 2004 10:00 AM
Yes, those tannins. Smartass. Posted by: Quotulatiousness at May 13, 2004 10:04 AM


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