Saturday, September 11, 2010

Is modern style valid anymore?

I'm drinking this Chateau Berrye 2003, a Saumur rouge made from cabernet franc, and my short tasting note would read out like this: A ruby red of medium intensity, very intense nose of wooden spices and red berries, palate has lot's of wooden tannins with medium high acidity as well as alcohol and a fruit forward style wine.  A structured wine with interplay with fruit. A Modern Wine. Le vin moderne shortened to vin merde.

Is this valid anymore? Modern has been modern for ages. Should we move to post-modern wines which I would suggest the natural movement to be or define modernity again?

Speaking of which. I find going back to the roots like going back hundreds of years very modern in contemporary thinking about wine, food and life.
 

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