Sarah Warner
Sarah Warner
When I met the ubiquitous Brad Kane over the Intertubes, he excitedly informed me that they are now making wine over there in France!
Hot diggity!
Next thing I knew, a bottle of 2002 Huet Le Mont Demi-Sec showed up in the mail with a chicken scratch note signed Brad Kane. Oh fabulicity! A French winea REAL one at that.
About two weeks had passed before I opened the bottle. Daily Id receive and e-mail from The Kane Didja drink it yet? Didjya drink it yet? Well? Along with very specific instructions on how to enjoy this wine:
When you open the Huet, try some right away and then put it away wait a couple of hours, find something else to domaybe go into your room and break out the webcamwhatever you feel like--and grab the bottle and try some more. Then, if you don't finish it right away taste it over the next 48 or so hours and see how it develops. Call me.
OOoohK.
The day arrived. I reserved the wine for dinner with my gal pal, Stef. I PMed Brad when I got home (with wine leftover) and thanked him for the wine.
Will there be a TN?
OMG WTF LOL ROFLMAO RUOK? BRB! FYI WTF IS A TN?
A tasting note.
A tasting note huh and so channeling my inner critic I mustered up some descriptors.
Its like blood oranges, but yet, its evolving, theres a distinct minerality I cant keep up!
You get any quince or chalk?
Ive never had a quince.
You cant eat a quince raw
Then how can I know what one would taste like!? Oh! Oh I taste almonds.
Yes, Marzipan/almonds is normal (Brad likes fancy words)
" ... "
And I had to stop there. It was all gone. Not a drop left. I suckered down the last drop. I licked the glass. I sat back in my chair. I closed my eyes sighed and lit up a cigarette.
Oh holy hell I suck at tasting notes. Please enjoy this photo.
Hot diggity!
Next thing I knew, a bottle of 2002 Huet Le Mont Demi-Sec showed up in the mail with a chicken scratch note signed Brad Kane. Oh fabulicity! A French winea REAL one at that.
About two weeks had passed before I opened the bottle. Daily Id receive and e-mail from The Kane Didja drink it yet? Didjya drink it yet? Well? Along with very specific instructions on how to enjoy this wine:
When you open the Huet, try some right away and then put it away wait a couple of hours, find something else to domaybe go into your room and break out the webcamwhatever you feel like--and grab the bottle and try some more. Then, if you don't finish it right away taste it over the next 48 or so hours and see how it develops. Call me.
OOoohK.
The day arrived. I reserved the wine for dinner with my gal pal, Stef. I PMed Brad when I got home (with wine leftover) and thanked him for the wine.
Will there be a TN?
OMG WTF LOL ROFLMAO RUOK? BRB! FYI WTF IS A TN?
A tasting note.
A tasting note huh and so channeling my inner critic I mustered up some descriptors.
Its like blood oranges, but yet, its evolving, theres a distinct minerality I cant keep up!
You get any quince or chalk?
Ive never had a quince.
You cant eat a quince raw
Then how can I know what one would taste like!? Oh! Oh I taste almonds.
Yes, Marzipan/almonds is normal (Brad likes fancy words)
" ... "
And I had to stop there. It was all gone. Not a drop left. I suckered down the last drop. I licked the glass. I sat back in my chair. I closed my eyes sighed and lit up a cigarette.
Oh holy hell I suck at tasting notes. Please enjoy this photo.
