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In the Forum: Playback Listening
In the Thread: Wine, women, song.. and audio

Post Subject: Wine spoofsPosted by de charlus on: 8/8/2013

I did one such newsletter many years ago at university; one description I recall was "have you ever - inadvertently or otherwise - tasted your own earwax? Well, embrace and amplify that thought, add tannins that could strip paint at five paces and garnish with the bouquet of an open Delhi sewer in a heatwave." Needless to say, I was, quite in earnest, describing a South African Pinotage, the bastard vinous result of incestuous union, and utterly appalling swill.
Perhaps the 59 Richebourg is not as 'underpriced' as I recall it being; I was given mine as a birthday present, when the lady in question went down to her late husband's cellar and picked out something that looked "interesting", knowing that I liked "interesting" wine. She perhaps realized the extent of her accidental largesse when I, an Englishman and thus not much given to "touchy-feely", overwhelmed her with hugs and kisses. Nonetheless, I opened it there and then, shared it with her, and we both agreed that it was indeed very, very "interesting" in the Romy sense of the word.
I thought that you were perhaps a DRC virgin when you equated the domain with that of Dom. Leroy; I assure you that no two things could be more dissimilar than the intense, silky, aristocratic, terroir-driven, liquid-velvet beauty of DRC and the hyper-extracted, terroir-less, ooey-gooey, opaquely Parkerized stuff with which La Bize believes she can exceed the wonders of DRC. If you don't have the holding, you don't have the holding, and when you do - and she really does have some very good ones, just not Romanee-Conti and La Tache (much to her chagrin) - Burgundy viniculture 101 is to let those holdings express their wonders, instead of doing your damnedest to hide them in search of Parker 100s. Take my word for it; mature Romanee-Conti in a fine vintage is exquisite in a way that goes beyond wine, almost to erotica, the pheromonal nature of the stuff making one's hair stand on end and one's mind to reel in a state of utter bliss. Why it is that only the synergy of a particular grape variety, and 1.6ha on top of an otherwise nondescript hill in Burgundy seems capable of doing this is beyond me, but emblematic of the frustration and wonder of wine, Burgundy in particular. I suggest that you lose your DRC virginity at the first opportunity; life really is much better when suffused with such sublimity.
Now I mention it, said quest reminds me of that for audio bliss, a state of being also much sought but seldom gained, so exquisite when gained and yet so utterly humdrum when not.
I too have been enjoying this discussion; I seldom get to speak with anyone whose enthusiasm for the finer things mirrors my own.

Regards

de Charlus

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