Vida Organica Torrontés
What I was drinking on Thanksgiving. The buffet table was stacked with a bunch of reds to go with the beef tenderloin and pork butt (HURF), and the German white meant to go with the turkey hadn’t been opened yet. I wasn’t about to wait for the post-appetizer foods to be blessed before I got my hands on a drink, so I chose the Torrontés to go with my macaroni and cheese, cornbread stuffing, and collard greens. I can’t say I found it to be nearly as complex as the review I just read tells me it was; some grapefruit, some banana, a little sweet. Pointy, not sparkly. Had the desired effect on my wait for the run-up to the buffet line.
Incidentally, the house where I spent Thanksgiving houses many, many bottles of wine, but the beer choices were as follows: Heineken, Beck’s, Yuengling.
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The Gourmez 10:59 am on April 7, 2010 Permalink |
Just letting you know that I quoted you on this wine over on my own blog. I found it a lot more appealing than you did, though I’m still trying to figure out how a wine can be pointy. Not a critique–I love fanciful language in wine reviews.
woolwine 11:43 am on April 7, 2010 Permalink |
Interesting, thanks! Pointy is my clumsy attempt to put the mouthfeel into words, which I find hard to do more often than not.