I don't know if I want to admit this, but I did buy some wine on my recent-ish visit to Raymond Nightmares, I mean, Vineyards. I came home with a single bottle of JCB No. 69 - for Jean-Charles Boisset, not the construction equipment people - a sparkling rosé made in the saignée method from 100% Pinot noir. This bubbly hails from the Boisset Family's vineyards in Burgundy. I didn't taste it at the winery, but seeing as I like Pinot noir based bubblies I didn't think I could go wrong. No. 69 seems to be a strange name for a wine, but according to the JCB website all the JCB wines are known by a number. Apparently, the flamboyant Jean-Charles was born in 1969. Ho-hum.
As for the wine, it wasn't bad - aromatic and crisp, but with the weight of Pinot noir - it's just that it simply tasted red to me. Yes, red! The colour. On tasting this wine I think I experienced a phenomenon that is known as synaesthesia and my senses got all discombobulated. First time that's ever happened. It seems the absurdism at Raymond Vineyards has had a deleterious effect on me. Bizarre!
Friday, April 05, 2013
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6 comments:
Vinogirl, have you gone Kafkaesque?
Nhw...she is in dire need of a good English trip to recharge her batteries....California does this to people!
Thud, I thought she ran on Alternating and Direct current;-)
NHW: No, I've gone crackeresque!
Thud: I do need an English-recharge!
NHW: AC/DC, again!
synaesthesia is a powerful thing.
2B: It was strange. The more I thought of red, the more red it tasted!
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