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devogue 11th January 2012, 10:18 AM For me, and many others who like to imbibe grapy loveliness, there is one big thing to look for when judging a wine - balance. By balance I mean the level of fruitiness versus the level of acidity in the wine. Of course, there are important factors like oak levels, sweetness, tannin and the little tricks of the trade employed by a skillful winemaker, but nothing quite takes the breath away like a finely poised wine - imagine intensely pure, deep pools of gorgeous fruit sitting on a knife edge of spine tingling acidity... We've all had "vinegary" wines, with enamel-stripping levels of acid, butt-fucking tinny fruit that cries "ride me daddy". We've also endured grossly sweet and plump fruit bombs, Jabba-esque monstrosities with all the charm of flat cherry coke because there is no racy acidity coursing through its veins *incidentally, those are the sort of wines that get gold medals in wine competitions; great big k...

devogue 11th January 2012, 10:18 AM For me, and many others who like to imbibe grapy loveliness, there is one big thing to look for when judging a wine - balance. By balance I mean the level of fruitiness versus the level of acidity in the wine. Of course, there are important factors like oak levels, sweetness, tannin and the little tricks of the trade employed by a skillful winemaker, but nothing quite takes the breath away like a finely poised wine - imagine intensely pure, deep pools of gorgeous fruit sitting on a knife edge of spine tingling acidity... We've all had "vinegary" wines, with enamel-stripping levels of acid, butt-fucking tinny fruit that cries "ride me daddy". We've also endured grossly sweet and plump fruit bombs, Jabba-esque monstrosities with all the charm of flat cherry coke because there is no racy acidity coursing through its veins *incidentally, those are the sort of wines that get gold medals in wine competitions; great big k...

devogue 11th January 2012, 10:18 AM For me, and many others who like to imbibe grapy loveliness, there is one big thing to look for when judging a wine - balance. By balance I mean the level of fruitiness versus the level of acidity in the wine. Of course, there are important factors like oak levels, sweetness, tannin and the little tricks of the trade employed by a skillful winemaker, but nothing quite takes the breath away like a finely poised wine - imagine intensely pure, deep pools of gorgeous fruit sitting on a knife edge of spine tingling acidity... We've all had "vinegary" wines, with enamel-stripping levels of acid, butt-fucking tinny fruit that cries "ride me daddy". We've also endured grossly sweet and plump fruit bombs, Jabba-esque monstrosities with all the charm of flat cherry coke because there is no racy acidity coursing through its veins *incidentally, those are the sort of wines that get gold medals in wine competitions; great big k...