WARNING: WINE GLASS REVIEW FROM KLUTZY DUDE WITH YAK PALATE
I remain rather amused that anyone would ask me to review something so easily shatter-able as a wine glass. Me thinks @ToddFrench does this for humor and drama. And he knows I’m not that fussy. Heck, I drive a truck.
But here goes…
I’ve always found fine wine glasses a bit gimmicky. I know that could be sacrilegious here. I like to keep things simple. And durable, as in not easily breakable. All those fancy light thin glasses with molded tulip whatever shape, yea, I break them.
I want simple. Durable. And aesthetically pleasing.
The Fontaines are beautiful. Love the elegant almost geometric taper. Very elegant proportions. They appeal to this Architect’s eye.
They feel good in the hand. Like my bikes, where all the rage is weight, sometimes light is too light. I want something to feel in my hand. These glasses are heavier than fine glasses, and I think that’s a good thing. But they are still relatively light. The weight is on point.
So the real question is, how do they taste.
I’ve sampled this glass over two night with a very robust 2015 Gilles Cornas and a fantastic 2021 Donnhoff Chardonnay. Yes. A German Chardonnay. I sampled them side by side with my Glasvin Universals and Expressions.
On both the red and the white, the aromatics were far more focused and fragrant in this glass, and the palate on the red seemed more concentrated. Definitely a wine that accentuates the aromatics. I guess that I never noticed that a larger bowl with a large mouth perhaps diffused the nose on the wine a bit, until i sampled them side by side. Now that said, i do find the mouth on the glass a bit more tapered and sized to notice on a face like mine, and how do i say this politely to myself, with a rather large nose. Had to told the head back a wee bit.
I think these glasses were designed to be universal and for everyday use. And for that purpose, they hit the mark. I personally think they may be better suited for whites and champagne, but that is just me guessing after just two nights of sampling.
I would buy with confidence here. And not because of my crappy review, but the really sophisticated ones upstream by people that actually know their stuff.
