Next Try!

Ein weiterer Versuch die Welt mit Verkostungsnotizen zu drangsalieren die niemand verlangt hat und wahrscheinlich auch niemand braucht. Das kommende Jahr beabsichtige ich, mich mit eher etablierten Weinen, Weingütern und Weinregionen auseinanderzusetzen. Vielleicht sogar mal etwas aus dem Bordelais oder Burgund! Naja, dass muss ich mir noch überlegen, ob ich solche "Langweiler" öffentlich trinken möchte! Im losen Wechsel werde ich meine Weineindrücke in Englisch oder Deutsch oder beidem oder einer ganz anderen Sprache versuchen. Ich bin mir aber fast sicher, dass ich der Welt meine mittlerweile stark hinkenden Sanskrit Fähigkeiten erspare! Schaun wir mal was bei diesem Langzeitversuch herauskommen wird. Hoffentlich wird es ein wenig erhellender … ;-)!  
Bald geht es los!

Another attempt to hassle the world with tasting notes nobody asked and for sure nobody really needs! Anyway, in the coming year I intend to expose myself to more common or established wines, wineries and wine regions. Maybe even BDX, Burg”land” and other big shots!? Who knows …? In no particular order I'd like to compose my tasting notes and other shockingly meaningful impressions in English (or something maybe close to that), German (dito), both or a totally different language. I am sure I will spare you guys my rusty Sanskrit skills! Let's wait and see what's about to come!? I very much hope it will be a bit more enlightening … or at least interesting ;-)! 

C ya soon!

Game Over!

It's enough! One year of contiuing missons to explore strange new wine worlds, to seek out new wines and new old wine traditions have been enough! My succsses was limited and not really illuminating! The Winefleet Command is sick of my sloppy and incompetent reports and so am I. Okay, enough of this embarissing, but justified auto-critisism!

Despite everything, there have been some nice discoveries, of course just personal ones, like those Oregon Pinots or some of those equally interesting Australian Pinots like the Bastard Hill or the often varying Lusitanian Autos' or a fantastic Sake or even those Crisp Whities from the West of Spain.

 

For a better overview I have taken the liberty to summerize the noteworthy wines: 

Unfortunately the celestial (********) growths were too metaphysically busy and did not reveal themselves to my worthless palatal! The semi-celestial (*******) were downright limited. The fantastic (******) wines were a few. The very decent (*****) wines danced on my palatal on numerous occasions and the decent (****) ones showed plenty! The rest has the right to be forgotten!

Thanks to everyone for reading some of the mostly pretty dumb post of this little project. Bye!

By the way, you guys out there on the internet shouldn't be too happy about the termination of this what-so-ever-it-was. From December 2012 another, probably more conventional and maybe even a bit boring wine blog project, with a little bit more established material and maybe some occasional relapses into old adventurous habits will try to come to life! Right here! 

It's just like Frank, Sarah, Toni, Vic, The Sisko and all the others sung:
  
"The best is yet to come ..." ;-)

The new - and "certainly" much better - Oh Dae-Su Score

Celestial ******** / Einfach Himmlisch ******** = 98 - 100 P

Semi-Celestial ******* / Fast Himmlisch ******* = 95 - 97 P

Fantastic ****** / Fantastisch ****** = 92 - 94 P

Very Decent ***** / Sehr Anständig ***** = 89 - 91 P

Decent **** / Anständig **** = 86 - 88 P

So-So *** / So La-La *** = 82 - 85 P

Consumable ** / Trinkbar ** = 79 - 81 P

Miserable * / Miserable * = 75 - 78 P

Horrible / Direkt aus der Hölle = 0 - 74 P

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The once new Oh Dae-su Score:

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Propagation for 2012 with Cava: Gramona Imperial Gran Reserva Brut 2004, Cava

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY!!! HAVE A GREAT 2012!!!

Something very suitable for a good start into 2012! 

A classic sparkling by one of the most famous producers of Cava. For sure no discovery ;-)! This from Gramona was made of 50% Xarel-lo, 40% Macabea and 10% Chardonnay. I saw a lively bright golden colour in my flute'ish glass. Very soft and gentle mousse. Pretty small bubbles. Intense fragrances of red apples, lemon cream biscuits, nuts and flowery honey. The taste showed very refined flavours of various apples and biscuits, a hint of orange liquor and very nicely integrated nut aromas. This Cava appeared to be a gentle, lean and not too simple minded sparkling wine. It wasn't as tart, spicy, "dry" or harshly down-to-earth like some Cavas. It goes down the gullet rather easy and made a hell of fun. Very enjoyable stuff for little money.

I am back!

After a tremendously long break I will be back for good. Not that anybody cared about my absence anyway. Within the forthcoming week I will reinvent this little blog by presenting you a variety of unusual or not all to common wines and beverages. At least from a Western European point of view ;-). The old posts will remain (halfway), but you may feel free to neglect them. :-). I hope after the refurbishment my blog won't look that pathetically amateurish as it does at this very moment.

Well then. See you in a week or so!

Oh Dae-su