Beaujolais visit: JP Brun & Brureaux

[SFJoe]

originally posted by Steve Edmunds:
I've seen fiberglass... wines getting too much air, becoming tired, losing vibrancy, etc.

I've seen a bit of that in the Anjou.

 

[VLM]

originally posted by MLipton:

originally posted by SFJoe:

Sure, though big old barrels don't contribute so much tannin. But I have the definite impression that concrete breathes a bit. Epoxy, I'm not sure at all.

I'd expect the tannins contributed by oak to decay logarithmically with repeated exposure, the same as any other biphasic extraction process.

Base e?

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by VLM:

originally posted by MLipton:

originally posted by SFJoe:

Sure, though big old barrels don't contribute so much tannin. But I have the definite impression that concrete breathes a bit. Epoxy, I'm not sure at all.

I'd expect the tannins contributed by oak to decay logarithmically with repeated exposure, the same as any other biphasic extraction process.

Base e?

But of course -- what do I look like, an engineer or sumfin'?

Mark Lipton