"Mike Tommasi" > wrote in message
...
> Dee Dovey wrote:
>> I'm not sure what this taste is, but DH doesn't taste it. I recall it
>> once or twice previously in the last few years. This time I took note of
>> the winemaker and see that it is wine from a reputable winemarker, so I
>> will not mention it, as it smells like barnyard dung. I'm wondering if it
>> is the grenache, although I've not noticed it in other grenache/syrah.
>>
>> It is just a hint in the taste. You can't smell it.
>>
>> Yes, I know barnyard dung -- born a hillbilly.
>
> Bad bottle, probaly brettanomyces infection. Grenache does not smell of
> dung :-)
>
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> Mike Tommasi - Six Fours, France
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Thanks, Mike. I googled brett -- I'm impressed with your knowledge.
Just another one of those questions that I'm not going to have to postpone
until I get to the Pearly Gates :-))

Dee Dee