{"id":2585,"date":"2011-04-13T22:30:23","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T22:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=2585"},"modified":"2011-04-13T22:30:23","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T22:30:23","slug":"day-3-of-the-iwc-another-good-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/uncategorized\/day-3-of-the-iwc-another-good-one","title":{"rendered":"Day 3 of the IWC – another good one"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So, day 3 of the International Wine Challenge has come and gone. Today, the panel I was part of tasted 109 wines, which was a comfortable number. It’s important that you don’t taste so many that your palate becomes physically fatigued: this can happen. 109 wines, tasting from 9.45 to 4.15 pm with an hour for lunch, is not too many for tasters with some experience – as long as you don’t do too many repours, and aren’t just tasting tannic reds.<\/p>\n

Our panel today was another really good one. Poor old Ben Campbell-Johnston had me as his panel chair again for the second day in a row. He’s great to taste with. I was also delighted to taste with the other two panellists: Kenichi Ohashi from Japan, who is a regular participant at the IWC, and Emma Roberts, one of the UK’s top wine PRs. Once again, we had some quality banter, which helps make the day more fun.<\/p>\n

Ben has an unusual physical attribute which helps make him a sort of human canary-in-a-cage for a particular wine attribute: volatile acidity. When he tastes wine with high volatile acidity, his face sweats. This is remarkable. I tasted a wine today and wrote down the term ‘volatile acidity’. Then I glanced across to Ben, who was tasting the same bottle. Lo and behold, drops of sweat were glistening under his eyes and on his nose.<\/p>\n

One of the highlights of our tasting today was a flight of 11 Argentine Syrahs. I wasn’t expecting too much, but we medalled 10 and commended one other. It was really impressive: very well made, delicious wines. Not too showy or over-ripe, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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