15% is just a crazy level of alcohol for a Pinot Blanc. Pinot Blanc makes wines which are all about accessible fruitiness and ease of drinking. I agree entirely with Torsten's comments in the main article that Pinot Blanc is a wine you should be able to drink glass after glass of without feeling over-whelmed; a five-year-old 15% wine is unlikely to fit that ideal.
I can see that, as Torsten commented, this would make a good curiosity wine but not, oh no definitely not, for everyday, uncomplicated drinking pleasure. Julian is perhaps a little more extreme than me in his rejection of booze-monsters, but I certainly agree that there are perilously few 14+% wines I want to drink on a regular basis. Elegance, harmony and beauty are facets to be applauded in wine; just because it is possible to bake Pinot Blanc into a 15% beast does not mean that is a clever thing to be doing.
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15% is just a crazy level of alcohol for a Pinot Blanc. Pinot Blanc makes wines which are all about accessible fruitiness and ease of drinking. I agree entirely with Torsten's comments in the main article that Pinot Blanc is a wine you should be able to drink glass after glass of without feeling over-whelmed; a five-year-old 15% wine is unlikely to fit that ideal.
I can see that, as Torsten commented, this would make a good curiosity wine but not, oh no definitely not, for everyday, uncomplicated drinking pleasure. Julian is perhaps a little more extreme than me in his rejection of booze-monsters, but I certainly agree that there are perilously few 14+% wines I want to drink on a regular basis. Elegance, harmony and beauty are facets to be applauded in wine; just because it is possible to bake Pinot Blanc into a 15% beast does not mean that is a clever thing to be doing.
Cheers,
David.