St Allie
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have stuck this question here..as the most suitable forum for it.
Commercial Pinot Noir carbonated ? this isn't usual surely? It's the first time I have ever come across it and thought the winery may have had a problem degassing the batch.
I bought a bottle of "Devil's Staircase pinot noir 2008" from "Rockburn Winery NZ"
On opening it , there was a definite Co2 problem.. Have emailed the company and they refer to it as 'spritziness'. And go on to defend it by stating
' The Devil's Staircase Pinot Noir form 2008 naturally has a relatively high level of dissolved CO2, it is not suffering from any microbial growth or other fault, and perception of the spritzyness varies a lot from customer to customer, often having a lot to do with the storage of the bottle prior to opening it. Suffice to say it has proved very popular on Air New Zealand international flights, where you might expect it to be most obvious!'
There's nothing on the bottle to indicate 'spritziness" and it was definately unpleasant to my palate. I have tipped the rest of the bottle down the sink anyway.
Allie
Commercial Pinot Noir carbonated ? this isn't usual surely? It's the first time I have ever come across it and thought the winery may have had a problem degassing the batch.
I bought a bottle of "Devil's Staircase pinot noir 2008" from "Rockburn Winery NZ"
On opening it , there was a definite Co2 problem.. Have emailed the company and they refer to it as 'spritziness'. And go on to defend it by stating
' The Devil's Staircase Pinot Noir form 2008 naturally has a relatively high level of dissolved CO2, it is not suffering from any microbial growth or other fault, and perception of the spritzyness varies a lot from customer to customer, often having a lot to do with the storage of the bottle prior to opening it. Suffice to say it has proved very popular on Air New Zealand international flights, where you might expect it to be most obvious!'
There's nothing on the bottle to indicate 'spritziness" and it was definately unpleasant to my palate. I have tipped the rest of the bottle down the sink anyway.
Allie