The Art of the Tasting Note

I'm reminded of this review of the '10 Tribouley Orchis:

Sandalwood, cinnamon, bergamot, and smoky evocation of crushed stone tinge sweet concentrate of black raspberry on the nose; then follow on a palate of already velvet-like textural richness yet vibratory intensity and positively refreshing primary juiciness. Notes of iodine, chard, shrimp shell, and salt along with an ineffable sense of crystalline mineral impingement add saliva inducement and dazzlingly complex interplay to a superbly long finish... 93-94+.
David Schildknecht, June 2011

I still wonder what the hell an ineffable sense of crystalline mineral impingement is, and how it adds saliva inducement.
 
originally posted by David Erickson:
I'm reminded of this review of the '10 Tribouley Orchis:

Sandalwood, cinnamon, bergamot, and smoky evocation of crushed stone tinge sweet concentrate of black raspberry on the nose; then follow on a palate of already velvet-like textural richness yet vibratory intensity and positively refreshing primary juiciness. Notes of iodine, chard, shrimp shell, and salt along with an ineffable sense of crystalline mineral impingement add saliva inducement and dazzlingly complex interplay to a superbly long finish... 93-94+.
David Schildknecht, June 2011

I still wonder what the hell an ineffable sense of crystalline mineral impingement is, and how it adds saliva inducement.
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That's because it's ineffable, so he, like, couldn't describe it.
 
originally posted by Jonathan Loesberg:
originally posted by David Erickson:
I'm reminded of this review of the '10 Tribouley Orchis:

Sandalwood, cinnamon, bergamot, and smoky evocation of crushed stone tinge sweet concentrate of black raspberry on the nose; then follow on a palate of already velvet-like textural richness yet vibratory intensity and positively refreshing primary juiciness. Notes of iodine, chard, shrimp shell, and salt along with an ineffable sense of crystalline mineral impingement add saliva inducement and dazzlingly complex interplay to a superbly long finish... 93-94+.
David Schildknecht, June 2011

I still wonder what the hell an ineffable sense of crystalline mineral impingement is, and how it adds saliva inducement.
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That's because it's ineffable, so he, like, couldn't describe it.
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Totally.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Saw SOMM on the plane last night. What garbage.
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I wanted to watch the whole thing, but I had to quit after 10 minutes. Exposure to excessive earnestness causes me to break out in hives.
 
originally posted by David Erickson:
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Saw SOMM on the plane last night. What garbage.
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I wanted to watch the whole thing, but I had to quit after 10 minutes. Exposure to excessive earnestness causes me to break out in hives.
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I kept waiting for signs that it was a spoof, like Best in Show. But they never came.
 
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