A Brilliant Riesling; A Great Pinot Noir; A Note on Notes
Great wines possess a kind of intensity that flatters the nose and palate, as well as the imagination, with a comprehensive scope of sensation and character without burdening our faculties with any quality of the flamboyant or egotistical; they burn with a hard, gem-like flame -- as Walter Pater bade us live -- rather than self-immolating in the baroque…
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