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"Mike Tommasi" > wrote in message
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> On 23/03/2012 15:56, Doug Anderson wrote:
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>> Pinot noir tends to be acidic and not tannic. Valpolicella
>> also tends to be acidic and not tannic.

>
> Sorry, I disagree Doug... in a nice way of course :-)
>
> Does the lower colour density imply lower tannin? I don't think there is
> ANY correlation. Macerate white grapes (vinify them as a red) and that
> (slightly off white) wine will be tannic too.
>
> Would you not agree that Burgundies ARE in fact tannic (and how!), and so
> is Amarone (and how!)...?
>
> So I would say wine from PN is maybe SLIGHTLY less tannic than, say, a cab
> madewith the same technique, but I would not say they are NOT tannic.
>
> A better example of a definitely low tannin wine is Beaujolais.
>
> As for Lambrusco, well, I have had some low yield well extracted wines
> from that area that are as tannic as the next wine.


Not forgetting wood tannins from oak treatment.

Cheers!

Martin