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Jon Hesford wrote:
Traditionally, many of the wines here were made and stored in concrete tanks or massive oak vats that would impart little oak flavour. To make red wines that have mellow tannins without long oak ageing, you have to have very ripe tannins and gentle maceration. It is perhaps a misconception that barrels add or increase tannin. They actually help soften wines by converting the short-chain phenolic compounds extracted from the skins into long-chain tannins. At the same time they add richness and spiciness.
In the 1990s quite a lot of better funded wineries sought to emulate the wines of other regions by introducing oak barrels. This was follwed pretty quickly by the use of oak chips to emulate the popular New World brands. Some were successful and some were less so. Nowadays we have quite a lot of high-end producers making elegant wines with no oak, some making
David M. Bueker
Riesling Guru
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:52 am
Connecticut
Jon Hesford wrote:I've not taken any time to read up on whether oak chips could impart hystamines to the wine. I totally agree that hangovers are nearly always caused by alcohol and dehydration but these oak-chip hangovers are different. There is no headache, just a flushed feeling and a slight nausea the next day.
Bob Parsons Alberta. wrote:WTN: `05 Domaine Borie de Maurel Reve de Carignan, Minervois.
John Bojanowski wrote:There's an invite at http://www.ermitagepic.fr/IMG/pdf/invitationSalonBruxelles.pdf.
Bob Henrick
Kamado Kommander
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:35 pm
Lexington, Ky.
Tim York wrote:John Bojanowski wrote:There's an invite at http://www.ermitagepic.fr/IMG/pdf/invitationSalonBruxelles.pdf.
John, I'd love to come to this Salon. However, I'm getting a "Not Found" message when I click on this link. I've sent an Email to an address which I found by Googling but am not very optimistic about getting a reply on Saturday.
Bob Henrick wrote:Tim York wrote:John Bojanowski wrote:There's an invite at http://www.ermitagepic.fr/IMG/pdf/invitationSalonBruxelles.pdf.
John, I'd love to come to this Salon. However, I'm getting a "Not Found" message when I click on this link. I've sent an Email to an address which I found by Googling but am not very optimistic about getting a reply on Saturday.
Tim, I clicked the link, and was redirected to the correct web page which for English readers is http://www.ermitagepic.fr/?lang=en This is a wine I really really wish I could find here.
Robin Garr wrote:John's original link is bilingual.
Bob Parsons Alberta. wrote:Marco, I have a couple of reds from this domaine. Your note has prompted me to think of opening one tomorrow!
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