Dassen View 2007 Chenin Blanc
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Peter May suggested that I get off my Pinot Noir high horse and start thinking seriously about Chenin Blanc. But this is like asking me to trade in Brigitte Bardot for Barbra Streisand. Whilst the latter is an interesting multi-faceted personality, a highly talented actress, and capable of singing almost any song, you just wouldn’t would you?
Meanwhile the Bardot of grapes is unreliable, sulky, difficult to master, but if you woke up next to her you would reach for your mobile and ring in sick (well in her prime, anyway, which sort of proves my point).
But perhaps I am missing Peter’s point. The intellectual challenge of giving a winemaker a blank canvas like Chenin Blanc could create a satisfying long term relationship, rather than a one night stand with some Pinot Noir or other, that leaves one feeling, frankly, used. Sex delivers the shortest high of all drugs, love perhaps the longest.
Stumble It!