Eye-openers at blind-tasting
A recent event in Taipei featured an imaginative theme of Grenache, Syrah and Mouvedre wines.
BLIND tastings are humbling events - at least for me. Long ago, I sadly came to the conclusion that I am (inherently) a bad blind-taster - my wife beats me every time!
I have just returned from a wine festival in Taipei where one of the wine events was a blind-tasting - of GSM (Grenache, Syrah and Mouvedre) wines. In short, wines of similar cepage to Chateauneuf-du-Pape (CDP). A very imaginative theme, a refreshing change from the usual Cabernet Sauvignon-based or Pinot Noir-based wines. In all my past experiences of blind tastings none of them had been centred on Grenache nor Syrah.
The six wines:
Three French, two Australian, one Californian.
Ch…
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