RTN: Final Loire 2/08

[Rahsaan]

originally posted by SFJoe:
Some are pretty tannic. But a wine like KO undergoes a pretty light extraction. The tannins are there, but the aren't drawn into the wine.

Ok, so it's a winemaking thing as opposed to major terroir differences or major differences in the Loire vs. Cahors cot vines.

 

[SFJoe]

originally posted by Rahsaan:

originally posted by SFJoe:
Some are pretty tannic. But a wine like KO undergoes a pretty light extraction. The tannins are there, but the aren't drawn into the wine.

Ok, so it's a winemaking thing as opposed to major terroir differences or major differences in the Loire vs. Cahors cot vines.

I don't want to be too definitive, but that's my guess.