Showing posts with label Marine Descombe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marine Descombe. Show all posts

Friday, November 12, 2021

2020 Marine Descombe Beaujolais-Villages

Hrmm. OK, so I tried this in its 2018(?) edition, and it was weird. I didn't expect 2 years to make an actual difference, but it really did. I guess that's wine for ya! This time around, it tasted sweet, like sweet concord grape juice. It was odd, and not what I was expecting, given the dank dirty taste of the older one! Definitely better in 2020, unlike literally everything else. 

I also made a turkey meal with this (though not an entire smoked turkey), and that was nice too. 

Overall
Cost: 5/10 [18$]
Taste: 5/10

Monday, May 17, 2021

2018 Marine Descombe Beaujolais-Villages

Ah, Mary Taylor! My wine-finding queen who says there are no nuts! This was a gamay, and unfortunately, it was a little bit gamEy for my taste. Or, something was weird about it, anyway. My first instinct was that it was oddly thick, almost creamy, which seems fine enough. But it also tasted peppery! Or did I have a dirty cup, I wondered. Nevertheless, it had a weird mouthfeel and a weird aftertaste -- almost onion-beer-breath-y. Do I dare say I like it? At first I wasn't sure, but on cold-next-day drinking, it made me feel even worse, and not want to finish the bottle, which is very very rare for me. I poured the last cup down the sink. I'm sorry, Mary T! This wine was not for me, though I can't even say exactly why.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 5/10?