The touch of wine
By Olga Antoniadou
I have just returned from a vertical tasting of Château de Pibarnon from Bandol and, to me, it was an eye-opener. To begin with, I am not particularly familiar with the Mourvèdre variety. I haven’t tasted too many wines made of this variety, and the very few that I have tasted were part of blends. Secondly, this wine made me particularly conscious of how wine leaves an impression on all five of our senses. This wine ‘touched’ the inner linings of my mouth, and this chalky touch I carried for a while later. Mind you. Not in a bothersome way, but it stayed, it lingered. You may think, “c’mon now, we all know that”, but, please, allow me to make my argument.
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