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WTN: Not quite lost in translation

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WTN: Not quite lost in translation

by Jenise » Thu Jun 20, 2024 10:57 am

I did not write this tasting note. An Israeli friend did, which he posted in Hebrew on Facebook, then Facebook provided this English translation. The wine is a recent import to Israel from a "brain company" (IOW 'smart' or 'savvy' importer). The text both in words and spellings, is earnestly adorable.

Labruyere Estate, Windmill, Heart of Old Vineyards, 2014

Fascinating import of Drink Now - although almost every importer has boarded the Bojola train, the unique thing here is that it's Bojola with age, which comes from one of the most important core villages of the region. I'm told that a panel is tasting a snake blindly guess that it's Cote de Noi. At the launch event of Drink Now I didn't see such an imagination, but when I opened a bottle at home, I was indeed present to witness it. There are definitely forest floor and iron droplet aromas here that take me to the area, as well as solid palate with no holes on one side, and no overripe on the other. This is simply a flawless Bojola and with lots of character. Mainly what I like here is the stench of wild forest soil. Rotting of leaves and roots, standing water that has been cleaned into puddles of saturated edges and monosols. The stench of the necessity of life.
My wine shopping and I have never had a problem. Just a perpetual race between the bankruptcy court and Hell.--Rogov
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Re: WTN: Not quite lost in translation

by David M. Bueker » Thu Jun 20, 2024 11:45 am

Blind tasting snakes! :twisted:
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Re: WTN: Not quite lost in translation

by Patchen Markell » Thu Jun 20, 2024 2:25 pm

I am absolutely stealing the phrase "mainly what I like here is the stench."
cheers, Patchen
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Re: WTN: Not quite lost in translation

by Jenise » Thu Jun 20, 2024 2:27 pm

My favorite is the final salvo about the stench of the necessity of life. I might have to make that my new signature line.
My wine shopping and I have never had a problem. Just a perpetual race between the bankruptcy court and Hell.--Rogov

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