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In the Thread: How would you handle it?

Post Subject: Volnay indeed....Posted by de charlus on: 7/22/2013

Volnay indeed. Dom. de la Pousse d'Or remains one of the few bargains in high-end Burgundy, almost a contradiction in terms - I've had many happy evenings with Pousse d'Or 1er crus, they and Comte Armand. One can indeed read through Parker, but most lack the expertise and/or experience, and I feel that an entire generation of palates is being schooled in over-wooded, over-extracted, blowsy, sugary wines lacking in finesse and any genuine expression of terroir. Terroir, after all, is not exclusive to the Old World, but exists everywhere; Parker and co. are seeing to it that the terroirs of these newer regions never find their true expression, although I agree with you that Parker is a slave of his own unsophisticated tastes, and not actively corrupt. The consequences are, however, the same in the case of wine and audio; Parker and the audio cabal have an entirely inappropriate influence over the tastes of the unsophisticated and thus, the direction of entire industries. That said, if someone with Parker-level influence and a love of genuinely high-end audio were to come along, perhaps we wouldn't be quite so annoyed about it!

de Charlus

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