The Meaning of Spoofulation -- September 2008 Clarification

originally posted by Brad Kane:
Thus, when Keith rails against CDP as being spoofalated, in most instances he is incorrect and is simply expressingg his well-known disdain for fruit and ripe wines. The fact is, CDP and specifically, Grenache is historically a fruit-forward and high alcohol wine/grape. However, there is spoolation going on in CDP in such wines as the Domaine de la Mordoree "Reins de Bois," or any number of luxury cuvees that have emerged over the past ten years or so.
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Nooo... I actually don't rail against CDP as spoofulated precisely because I hate grenache. I'd prefer the taste of oak to the taste of grenache so I'd probably prefer spoofy CDP to the purer stuff. That said, if a particular CDP producer says it's aiming for "port-like" character in its otherwise unmanipulated grenache, that sounds doubly offensive - both grenache in its disgusting natural state, plus the foul amplification of it!
 
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
originally posted by Brad Kane:
Thus, when Keith rails against CDP as being spoofalated, in most instances he is incorrect and is simply expressingg his well-known disdain for fruit and ripe wines. The fact is, CDP and specifically, Grenache is historically a fruit-forward and high alcohol wine/grape. However, there is spoolation going on in CDP in such wines as the Domaine de la Mordoree "Reins de Bois," or any number of luxury cuvees that have emerged over the past ten years or so.
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Nooo... I actually don't rail against CDP as spoofulated precisely because I hate grenache. I'd prefer the taste of oak to the taste of grenache so I'd probably prefer spoofy CDP to the purer stuff. That said, if a particular CDP producer says it's aiming for "port-like" character in its otherwise unmanipulated grenache, that sounds doubly offensive - both grenache in its disgusting natural state, plus the foul amplification of it!
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But Brad would still be right,alas. First the producer in question, as I said before, only said that with regard to the special cuvee (this was not the one you declared spoofed according to the account I read). And second, even that special cuvee is not treated any differently from the normal cuvee. It is simply declared when the vinification of the grapes from a special vineyard produces the end the winemaker wants. It is essentially a barrel selection. Third, I doubt many of you (including me) could regularly distinguish successfully between the special cuvee and the regular cuvee in question, which is not made the infamous, "port-like" specification. This may mean that the special cuvee is not worth the tariff, but that's another issue. And finally, too much argument is resting on a metaphor the wine-maker stole from Parker, whose tasting metaphors are never a good basis for argument in any case.
 
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