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The Essence of Wine: Earth
Earth. The first of the elements that the ancients held as the basis for all life. The source of all our sustenance. Wine has always been inextricably linked to the dirt, the root of terroir. That wine can sometimes taste or smell of earth should come as no surprise. Like walking through the spongy loam of a dark wet forest, scents of soil and mushroom, dust and mud often resonate with a dark bass note underneath other flavors and aromas. Flavors of earth are often borne on the textures of tannin, as if the very liquid had been strained through deep roots. Wines that express something of the dirt from which they spring are revered for this transmutation of place into taste, and justifiably so. The smell of the wet ground touches the deepest memories of our species, reminding us from whence we came, and to where we will return.
Mayacamas Cabernet Sauvignon, Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley, USA
Vignes du Maynes "Manganite" Rouge, Macon Cruzille, Burgundy, France
Chateau Beychevelle, St. Julien, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
Quinta de Roriz "Prazo de Roriz", Douro, Portugal
This is part of an ongoing series of original images and prose called The Essence of Wine
- Posted by: Alder on January 17, 2012 10:23 PM
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