“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance” Socrates
Hello friends,
Today I am going to comment on an anecdote which happened a few years ago during the presentation of a type of barrels.
A group of oenologists from Rioja wineries were invited to taste wines which had gone through different grain barrels: tight and coarse grain.
The grain of the barrel is the distance between two growing consecutive rings, which means the growth from spring to summer.
Since the spring growth is constant, this grain size is determined by the summer growth. Being a fine wood grain that with a small summer growth and of tight grain that with a bigger growth. This size influences over the organoleptic qualities being the fine grain more aromatic. With regards to the tannin, the wood is more tannic when less finer is the grain, since the tannins are found in the summer wood.
In the above paragraph I have tried to summarise what must have been commented in the presentation, the theory of any oenology book. docentestic.es
Afterwards they started to taste a wine aged in barrels of different grain size. At the beginning people said that you could clearly taste the differences, you could hear comments such as you truly feel the tannin notes, its more harsh and so on; when suddenly Felipe Nalda a retired Technical Director of Bodegas Riojanas with more than 45 years of experience and having produced million of kilos of grapes said out loud “ Do you really taste the difference? At first people were surprised with his comment put little by little they realised the wines were alike; and changed their minds on their opinions.
Many times there is no danger in proving something which there is nothing to prove, I always say that if a wine seems the same to another, although it has gone through different barrels or treatments, I say it, there is nothing to be ashamed of.
People should make more triangular tests where there is always more mistakes than correct answers.
Have a nice weekend.
The knowledge of experience
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2023-01-10
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