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Spat It All – A Very Discreet Tasting

Discussion in 'Winemaking Forum' started by gregorymboelter, Aug 17, 2016.

 

  1. #1
    gregorymboelter

    Member

    Posted Aug 17, 2016
    This may be my weirdest tasting ever.

    An overall lousy morning: my wine pick-ups were all screwed up in one way or another, so the warehouse rejected my Customs paperwork, so I had to spend lunchtime scrunched over the steering wheel duplicating in duplicate. I turned up at the Domaine Rapet Pere et Fils at 2PM to pick up a dozen cases. The place was a hub-bub of activity, comme d’habitude. Labeled the cases; loaded it in the van; got the paperwork; ready to go when Vincent Rapet says… want to taste something? I demur; say no (too busy, just ate, lots of pick-ups… etc). He says, there are several open bottles of old Charlemagne and Corton. I reconsider. He takes me to the caveau, gives me a clean glass and says he’s got to go to a meeting. Leaves me there with Charlemagne 1996 & 86… and Corton 2001, 1996, 85 and 78. Alone
     
  2. #2
    DoctorCAD

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Aug 17, 2016
    YIKES!!!

    How are you going to drive?
     
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    Chanoc

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Aug 17, 2016
    I don't understand...
    English not my mother tongue...
    Was it bad? or good?
    Or you just don't like wine?
     
  4. #4
    gregbathurst

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Aug 17, 2016
    Wine judges spit all the wine so they don't get drunk - you roll the wine around your mouth then spit into a bucket. If you have to drive you do the same thing, taste then spit. It is a terrible waste.
     
  5. #5
    Zinc_Saucier

    Well-Known Member  

    Posted Aug 17, 2016

    Except when you're tasting a lot of wines. You still absorb alcohol through your mouth, and can get a good buzz if you're at it long enough.
     
  6. #6
    Chanoc

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Aug 18, 2016

    Now thad you explain is horribly obvious...
    Thanks...
     
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