Baco Noir commonly does have a raspberry taste. There are very good
examples at many Ontario wineries. Baco noir is vinifera (Folle blanche) x
riparia variey (no relation to Labrusca not Lambrusca as you have been
putting) which puts it in the cateogory or French hybrids. It is an
aquired taste.

"Dave Gimbel" > wrote in message
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> I have no idea whose BN you are tasting, but foxy is the last adjective
that
> comes to mind when tasting an Ontario VQA BN. Plum, raspberry, cherry,
hint
> of oak, deep rich colour with soft tannin and lots of fruit.. There is no
> relationship between french hybrids and native north Americans (lambrusca)
> Not even the same family.
> "Chuck Reid" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Greetings Larry;
> > Does the term "foxy" have any meaning for you? Given that the BN is a
> > French-American hybrid it tends to be subject to the characteristic
> > Lambrusca off taste. I don't care for this wine myself. Keep trying
and
> > tasting......
> > --
> > Regards
> > Chuck
> > So much wine; So little time!
> >
> > To reply, delete NOSPAM from return address
> >
> > "Larry" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > First of all, I love CS and Shirazes, so I bought some 99 Baco Noir
> > > from an Ontario winery. They said it was there most full bodied red.
> > > It, and a few other reds I've tasted had a distinctive taste that I
> > > did not like . I do not have the experience or vocabulary to label
> > > what I've tasted People use terms such as fruity, chocolaty,
> > > leathery, and so on. Can anyone help identify the taste that I now
> > > know I don't like that I found in this BN.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Larry Stumpf,
> > > S. Ontario,
> > > Canada
> >
> >
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