![]() ![]() ![]() What matters more, aside from what can be said, is what can be shown. ![]() But those words are not, I think, what matters most here. Partly, also, I feel a preference for "show, don't tell" about these wines because my attention is focused more on the context and the circumstances of these wines’ production than it is, perhaps, on the wine itself.Ĭan I describe the flavor, aroma, texture and palate? Sure, and it's interesting for tasters to know how these wines compare and contrast to other wines they're more used to. The Metissage Blanc is made from a grape called Réselle, which is a hybrid of Sauvingon Blanc, Riesling and wild vines, while the Metissage Rouge is made from Cabernet Jura, whose parents are Cabernet Sauvingon and wild vines.The word "metissage" itself translates from the French to "breeding," in the context of the history of grape vines.As viticulturalists, and mindful of the environmental impact of wine as an agricultural product, the Ducourt family decided to plant disease-resistant varieties, made by crossing traditional Bordeaux grapes with more robust wild vines.Partly that’s because these wines shouldn’t be spoken (or written) about the way that we’re used to writing about wine, because they themselves are something different than what we’re used to. “What can be shown, cannot be said,” Wittgenstein wrote. The author, a Norwegian adventurer and philosopher named Erling Kagge, quotes Ludwig Wittgenstein’s assertion that we can show what we are unable to find words for. Wouldn't it be interesting to give it a try?Īt the same time that I tasted the Metissage wines this past week, I was reading a small, lovely book called Silence in the Age of Noise. ![]()
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