Wine geeks to a man or woman hate super-rich, clumsily tannic, high-alcohol wines--just ask them.
Just six months earlier these opaque, tongue-punishingly tannic drinks were innocent grape juice.
These are enviable conditions for ripening Cabernet Sauvignon-producing wines with a strong depth of color, good tannic structure, power and suppleness.
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The biggest change that happens with aeration is the mellowing of the tannins, and younger and more tannic wines need the most help.
The service, by the way, was very attentive: When we pronounced the wine a bit tannic and closed, our waiter dashed off to get a decanter.
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If I had to choose just one: The vibrant 2008 Hershey Vineyard, with its elegant Howell Mountain tannic firmness supporting an astonishingly layered, flavor-saturated wine.
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Though both regions turn out more supple wines these days, the classic young Bordeaux or Burgundy was a tannic, tonsil-threatening beverage, one that took an eon or two, old sport, to really show its breeding.
Broadbent is a weather freak who points out that both the 1945 and 1961 Bordeaux vintage were subjected to frosts and heavy rains, respectively, thereby reducing crops to small, thick skinned grapes producing deeply colored, concentrated and tannic vintages.
The plan is to blend the two barrels for a single release, and after trying the oaked, slightly tannic-textured new fill and the rounded, sherried notes of the refill, we blend them together in one glass for an impromptu preview of the final beer.
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