Hook nose, nebulously
named band, some spin,
and nested parentheses.

I stared at the label in
puzzlement as I moved this
wine from the cooler to the
fridge.

This is where I started
in order to get my bearings…

https://www.elixirwinegroup.com/chile-wines/garage-wine-co-2015-pais

I normally don’t read about
a wine BEFORE I start drinking it.

This is going to be INTERESTING.

My only concern is the oak
treatment.

Hopefully the barrels were
REALLY BIG and REALLY “NEUTRAL”.

The comparison to Beaujolais is
a bit “suspect”, but I won’t mind
being surprised.

Now I wait for lunch to happen.

………

I made it.

So PALE in the glass.
(The wine)

SUBTLE, but lovely perfume.
(MY dog after rolling
on the petrified rabbits.)

TANNINS???
(Qat, in season. Can we get
this (the shrub) on Amazon?)

I was hoping the “neutral”
oak would yield some tannins
and I think I got my wish.

This wine is a bullseye.

I’m NOT having fun trying
to get educated on the
Secano Interior DO.

I found a few things to read
but I’m not finding anything
“satisfying”. I can’t find
a map.

After a couple of open face,
broiled, spicy chicken, soft corn
tortilla TACOs???, I declare the
wine to be more like a Romanian
PN than anything else I HAVE
DRUNK.

And that (the Romanian stuff)
MAY BE my favorite WINE thing.

(Obviously, the OTWN is opining
a wee bit hyperbolically here.)

(For want of an accurate and
comprehensive “spell checker”
the nation was lost.)

(Oh, wait a minute, (as if that’s
how long it took to remember that)
there’s Burgundy, Beaujolais, Barolo,
Barbaresco, Rioja, Bordeaux
(in season AND FROM THE RIGHT
PLACES), and so on and so forth.
I get confused.)

So obviously, I’M REALLY
ENJOYING THIS WINE.

Every wine has a distinct
character that has to be
appreciated at the right
place and time.

I’m reminded of this character…

Gee, when IS IT a good time
to watch Jimmy Durante???

But, but, but, what
about the wine?

It’s like drinking INNOCENCE.

Purposeful ambiguity of implication intended.

I can’t imagine what it’s
like to ACTUALLY PRODUCE A WINE
THAT TASTES THIS GOOD.

Obviously, it’s…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSR6ZzjDZ94

…

I looked out this morning and the sun was gone
Picked out a wine to start my day
I lost myself in the familiar smell
I closed my eyes and I slipped away

It’s more than a feeling (more than a feeling)
When I taste that old blend they used to make (more than a feeling)
I begin dreaming (more than a feeling)
’till I see Marianne (the wine maker) walk away
I see my Marianne walkin’ away

…

Wake up! Wake up!

It’s ONLY a nightmare.

She’s right here.

We’re going to bottle it
tomorrow and the whole
vintage is sold out.

Thank God. What’s for lunch?

Who cares?

But, but, but, what about
the wine?

If the vineyards didn’t
burn up, this one is a
MUST TRY AGAIN IF THE
OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF
AND I CAN REMEMBER THAT
I LOVED THIS WINE.

Hang in there.