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Default TN 2004 Leoville Barton

On 2007-08-28 12:00:56 -0700, Bi!! > said:

> On Aug 28, 1:01?pm, Lawrence Leichtman > wrote:
>> In article >, Ronin wrote:
>>> On 2007-08-19 08:20:21 -0700, DaleW > said:

>>
>>>> . Mostly cassis fruit, with a note of sweet licorice.
>>>> Some graphite on the finish.

>>
>>> I often wonder how people know what things like graphite taste like.
>>> Do people go around sucking rocks so they are better able to describe
>>> wine?? :-)

>>
>> Actually, yes. Sticking clean rocks in your mouth is not a bad way to
>> develop your palate as long as the rocks aren't sharp. Pencil lead or
>> graphite is in every kid's collective memory and if not sniff a number 2
>> pencil especially right after sharpening it and you often will get some
>> cedar as well.

>
> I recall during my first trip to Burgundy many years ago, I actually
> tasted the soil at different places to get a sense of what some of the
> flavor components were. The red soil at Gevrey was the one that I
> still recall to this day.


Was that because of some "barnyard funk" you found in the soil? :-)