Lees
Posted: May 10th, 2021, 11:33 pm
by UncleEbenezer
Just finished a South African Cabernet Sauvignon. Proclaims itself Organic and Fairtrade. Not a wine I'll be rushing out to buy more of, but quite nice with today's meal.
Lots (and I mean lots) of sediment in the bottle, and it strikes me, we hardly ever see lees these days. Indeed, I think this may be the first time I've seen any of it in a screwtop bottle. I thought they were mostly associated with very traditional Old World (usually French) wines, not the New World!
Ho, hum.
Re: Lees
Posted: May 10th, 2021, 11:50 pm
by AsleepInYorkshire
UncleEbenezer wrote:Just finished a South African Cabernet Sauvignon. Proclaims itself Organic and Fairtrade. Not a wine I'll be rushing out to buy more of, but quite nice with today's meal.
Lots (and I mean lots) of sediment in the bottle, and it strikes me, we hardly ever see lees these days. Indeed, I think this may be the first time I've seen any of it in a screwtop bottle. I thought they were mostly associated with very traditional Old World (usually French) wines, not the New World!
Ho, hum.
If you don't survive the night we'll ask them to stand well clear as I reckon you've probably drunk novichock
But Fairtrade always has to be a winner ... I wonder if it really is a home produced resource ... pips and all
AiY
Re: Lees
Posted: May 11th, 2021, 3:41 pm
by simoan
UncleEbenezer wrote:Just finished a South African Cabernet Sauvignon. Proclaims itself Organic and Fairtrade. Not a wine I'll be rushing out to buy more of, but quite nice with today's meal.
Lots (and I mean lots) of sediment in the bottle, and it strikes me, we hardly ever see lees these days. Indeed, I think this may be the first time I've seen any of it in a screwtop bottle. I thought they were mostly associated with very traditional Old World (usually French) wines, not the New World!
Ho, hum.
The fact the wine has sediment has nothing to do with the closure. I agree it's unusual in a supermarket wine these days because of the type of wines the sell i.e. "factory made" ready for drinking wines, and not old vintages for laying down. If the wine is not old then the only reason for the sediment is that the winemaker took the decision not to filter the wine before bottling. That's fine, but in that case they should clearly state the wine is "unfiltered" on the label, although there is nothing to force them to do so.
All the best, Si