Community Tasting Note
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NPWolfe wrote: 82 points
January 18, 2009 - Some of my friends know that I have a wine cellar and suffer some intimidation when their paths, wine and my presence cross. I don’t know why this should be so as I never talk wine to those who are not committed afficionados. Really I am not a wine snob. You would never catch me saying something like, “This reminds me of the 2001 Kongsgaard Chardonnay, except brighter”, even if I thought it. One of the worst afflicted by my approval of the wine served at their house came up with a practical if flawed solution, serve what I serve. Which is how I ended up drinking Evolution 12th Edition, a wine that I had panned earlier after serving it at an impromptu potluck.
My earlier comments stand. In trying to make a wine pleasant, they ended up making a wine bland. This wine is one where the whole is less than the sum of its parts. Pleasant and sweet nose that has Riesling and Gewurztraminer flavors, but pleasant and sweet in the same way as some car fresheners. Light bodied and the Riesling flavors are lost in the taste. Some residual sugar and not enough acid to provide a distinctive counterpoint. Once again this is not a bad wine. Most everyone enjoyed a glass. Evolution just strikes me as the wine equivalent of Muzak.3,094 views