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Wine question
Topic Started: Aug 7 2008, 02:38 PM (188 Views)
dolmansaxlil
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I really enjoy wine. And i've discovered that I have a pretty good palette - I can discern the undertones on first taste and confidently announce that it tastes like cherries or blackberries or chocolate or whatever.

But I seem to be EXTREMELY sensitive to...something...in many alcoholic beverages. I'll try to explain. I can't drink anything neat, because, to me, no matter how "good" it is, it tastes like I'm drinking rubbing alcohol. I can't drink rum at all, unless it's in a drink that is so heavily flavoured that most people would say there's no booze in it. Strangely, I LOVE long island iced tea.

I'm extremely sensitive to acidity in wines. What Soak would call a "mild" acidity is totally overwhelming to me, and all I can taste is vinegar. If I drink the "wrong" wine, all I taste is...well, the alcohol. I can't enjoy whatever flavour might be there because I just can't taste it. Scotch is completely out - not matter how good the bottle might be.

Does anyone have a guess as to what I should look out for when looking for wine? I hate buying wine because it's a total crap shoot for me. I can drink an entire bottle of some Merlots and love every second of it and enjoy the subtle complexities of flavour. Other ones - even when other wine drinkers are really enjoying it - honestly don't taste like anything but straight alcohol. Not enjoyable.

Ideas from the wine drinkers?
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JBryan
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Sounds like MD 20/20 is out.
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Aug 7 2008, 06:19 PM
Sounds like MD 20/20 is out.

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According to my hubby, all wines are acidic, but some are more acidic than others.
But the acidity range is pretty narrow.

Maybe it isn't the acidity but the astringency - what goes along with the tanins; kind of analogous to unriped tanins versus ripe tanins.

Also, when a wine is older the aggressive tanins go away.

I find that not all Merlots are the same, just as not all Cabernet Sauvignons are the same.

Hope this helps a bit.

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Frank_W
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They are all the same: They make my head HURT like CRAZY, the next morning... :dead:
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kenny
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I'm sorry I can't answer your question Dol - In fact I share the question.

I'm going to miss the huge selection of good cheap wine here in California.
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Aug 7 2008, 03:38 PM
I really enjoy wine. And i've discovered that I have a pretty good palette - I can discern the undertones on first taste and confidently announce that it tastes like cherries or blackberries or chocolate or whatever.




Maybe that's a clue right there. :shrug: Is it possible that you are sometimes drinking badly balanced wines (does happen :P ) Finding a nicely balanced white is quite a difference from a white where the acidity is so in the forefront that that is all you taste. Perhaps you also have a sensitivity to sulphites in wine. I do, and find an overly sulphited wine hits me with a strong chemical smell and a real burn, and the acid in the wine seems accentuated. I just can't taste anything after that. I tend to keep buying wines from Australia, New Zealand and Chile, because they seem to be the 'best bets' for me, and I hate coming home with a bottle of something I can't drink.

You'd probably get a lot out of some wine tasting classes. A real expert could figure out what you're reacting to, and most likely steer you towards wines you'd appreciate.

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Aug 7 2008, 07:39 PM
They are all the same: They make my head HURT like CRAZY, the next morning... :dead:

I used to have the same problem. The trick is to stop after the second bottle.
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:lol2: Just one glass, and I'm totally hurting the next day...
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You should try something smaller than a 32 oz. tumbler.
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Dol, try this. It has a very complex flavor:

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:lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

This, too!! :downarrow: :downarrow: :downarrow:

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This may not be complex but its name has floral notes.

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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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