A tasting morning

June 14th, 2012 in Blog

This morning we tasted through all our wines which are in bottle, including some wines from up to 10 years ago.

It’s fascinating to do a big tasting like this, and to see how wines have evolved and developed, and to try speculate how certain wines are going to change in the future.

Wine is never static.

SB

This post was written by Simon Back on Thursday, June 14th, 2012 at 1:17 pm.
After finishing up studying economics at UCT in 2007, Simon has joined his family wine farm, Backsberg. When he is not trying to figure out what marketing wine means, he is authoring his blog, Back Chat. .

http://www.marquee.com/ Christopher Cribb

Wine of the Tasting Was ???

Simon Back

Hi Chris, good question! I think my wine of the tasting was a Chardonnay from 2003. This Chardonnay was matured in 100% new French oak, and was still in perfect balance, with a wonderful golden colour, fresh, bright acidity, and a long finish. This style of Chardonnay is perhaps not as popular today, but for me a big chardonnay, done well, can still be a winner. SB

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