Point well taken.
How do you feel about “twinkles”?
I’m ok with metaphors. They are always ambiguous, but that’s part of how they work. Given that sensations can’t be reproduced in language, only pointed too, all tasting notes are gestural. I get what “twinkles” is doing I think. I much prefer it to the delusory referentiality of Black Forest cake.
Short version: “rwinkles is just all right with me.
(FIFY)
We are in agreement, as we so often are.
I don’t see an author credited for this review:
Aroma: apple butter on toasted sunflower bread, honeyed mushroom jerky, pineapple husk, and leather mechanic’s gloves
Flavor: Same as aromas with touches of tepache and pulque, medicated vaseline, celery and honey spa water, and chlorophyl [sic]
I am not sure why the glove’s are specifically mechanic’s gloves–is it the hint of engine oil or grease? And “celery and honey spa water” is an odd one to me (personally, I prefer eucalyptus or rosemary, but chacun à son goût.
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Medicated vaseline was the descriptor that stood out to me as bizarrely out of place and uniquely unappealing. Especially as a taste rather than an aroma descriptor. Like Vicks Mentholated VapoRub? A sexual lubricant with spermicide?
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I for one have never tasted mechanic’s gloves. Must be my sheltered upbringing.
wasn’t there a Spinal Tap album called Smell the Glove?
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Definitely unappealing, but at least it’s a thing. Whereas “celery and honey spa water” takes some imagining…
Did the glove have medicated vaseline on it?
You’ll have to ask Derek Smalls.
Yes, there’s a distinctive aroma to greasy gloves. Maybe sweat adds a je ne sais quoi to the grease notes.
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2016 SenaDecanter 97**
The Seña vineyard was planted in 1998 in the heart of the Aconcagua Valley, and since 1995 it’s provided the fruit for a single vineyard blend based on Cabernet Sauvignon. This new release is 55% Cabernet, with 20% Malbec, 15% Petit Verdot, 8% Carménère and 2% Cabernet Franc. Winemaker Francisco Baettig works with these grapes to obtain the greatest freshness, and the very cold temperatures of 2016 certainly helped him in this task. The 2016 is vibrant, full of notes of flowers and spices, with a medium-bodied palate showing juicy acidity and firm, sharp tannins, like small needles. A linear, vertical wine, this is probably the best version to date." - Patricio Tapia, Decanter, 97
So many questions…
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A little chronological confusion there. As he states, the Sena vineyard was only planted in 1997-99, so it couldn’t provide the fruit for any 1995 bottling. In fact, in those early years, the fruit was sourced from other places.
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There’s that “vertical” word again. But a “linear vertical” wine would seem to be one with no breadth.