Tuesday Blind Tastings
Savaterre Pinot Noir 2005
Beechworth, Australia
Price: $60
Rating: 95
Source: Cellar
Description: A light colour with browning on the rim. Peppermint and spice on the nose. The palate was rich with a bit of pepper, liquorice, fennel and up front acidity and tannin. A wine with back palate appeal that was drinking beautifully.
Tasting date: 23 July 2019
grapes is fermented. Tannin is also found in oak, so occasionally white wines can have a bit of delicate tannin from oak aging. 118.Tannins are felt as a drying sensation around the gums and give a wine structure. Structure lets the wine age, keep, and stand up to food.You also notice tannins in overly steeped black tea and walnut skins. Tasting Wine Like a Pro 43 119.Tannins differ. Ripe ones taste velvety while unripe ones taste rather stalky. Think of the difference between eating a wellripened piece of fruit and one thats still a little green. It is fashionable today in regions such as California to let grapes hang on the vine longer than usual to ripen the tannins completely and eliminate all green flavors. Other regions such as the Loire in France appreciate the added nuance of a little unripe tannin in a red wine. 120.Fruit intensityalso called fruit concentration or extractshould be in balance with the levels of tannin and acidity. Fruit intensity is felt mid-palate, where tactile sensations are perceived. 121.Complexity is one of the earmarks of a good quality wine and can seem to suggest fruit, vegetables, minerals, animals, flowers, wood, spices, herbs, and empyreumatic aromas such as smoke, toast, caramel, and roasted foods.