UC wrote:
> Anders Tørneskog wrote:
>> "UC" > skrev i melding
>> oups.com...
>>> I know what volatile acidity means, but 'cedar'? 'High-toned'? WTF is
>>> that? This where I begin to suspect a high level of BS.
>>>
>> cedar=cigar box. A quite common thing in Bordeaux.
>> Anders
>
> I have not experienced that aroma in Italian wine, to my knowledge.
>

I've got cedar notes in some older Chianti riservas and the few
"super-Tuscans" that I've tried. For a reference, have you ever smelled
the wood of a newly-sharpened pencil? That's red cedar you're smelling.
As for your earlier questions, "high toned" refers to the nearly-sharp
smells I was getting, not quite volatile acidity to me, but still
produces that feeling in the corner of the jaw. You can detect all the
BS that you want, but I calls 'em like I smells 'em.

Mark Lipton

Mark Lipton