cabernet franc query

I can understand why you find the judgment of correct not very useful. It certainly says little more than "I like this wine OK." I'm not sure I find it "absurd," or "exclusionary" (a near moral condemnation that seems excessive). Whether it's arbitrary depends on whether the judgment "Likes OK" can be made normative, I guess. But that's an issue for a different thread.
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No, it doesn't imply a value judgement at all. If Christian had said: "I like this wine ok" there would be no argument. Instead he posited that the wines was "correct" which to me implies a categorical objective that could presumably be verified. Even if this were possible (which it probably is), I take issue with it. Why? Because it is exclusionary. Certain people with a certain amount of training (say, a group of 10 "bona fide" oenologists) would pronounce it correct. Fine.

What does this mean? It is a wine with no obvious "flaws" (as defined by this group of tasters) that demonstrates "varietal character" (again, based on this group's expectations of what that character is or should be).

Who determines what is or is not a flaw? Who determines typicity of a given grape variety? Who is the arbiter of "correct?"

The wine would only be correct to the adherents of the arbiter that decides that the confluence of these intersecting qualities = correctness.

I find this exclusionary. And arbitrary.

It is this type of thinking that leads to absurdities like Jean-Paul Brun's L'Ancien being denied AOC status by the INAO.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan
Either way, who is drinking enough Virginia wine to care?
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Me.

originally posted by David M. Bueker:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
I believe for VLM, a correct Sauvignon Blanc is one in a closed bottle with no corkscrew or glass on hand.
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Amen to that!
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Have you been following Jim's notes on Vatan? Or, for that matter, my note on De Moor St. Bris.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
originally posted by Rahsaan
Either way, who is drinking enough Virginia wine to care?
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Me.

originally posted by David M. Bueker:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
I believe for VLM, a correct Sauvignon Blanc is one in a closed bottle with no corkscrew or glass on hand.
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Amen to that!
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Have you been following Jim's notes on Vatan? Or, for that matter, my note on De Moor St. Bris.
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Yes, and I actually enjoyed a Vatan recently, but that does not change the fact that I find 99% of Sauvignon Blancs repulsive - regardless of whether or not they are "correct." (snark)
 
originally posted by Brian C:
the citing of Webster is a true sign of a lost or pointless argument.
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I find this an extraordinarily odd judgment. As a result of such citations, two people can come to understand what they mean. I hope this is never the sign of a lost or pointless argument. But then I consult dictionaries regularly.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by David M. Bueker:
Me too, from time to time.
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Maybe enough people will emerge to form a consensus on what is correct.
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Not sure there's a general relationship between the set of people who drink VA wines and that of those who care deeply about the word 'correct' in wine notes. If there is, I'm an outlier.
 
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