tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789758153770792359.post388979371564806478..comments2023-07-01T05:12:00.395-04:00Comments on Fringe Wine: Favorita and DNA Microsatellite Analysis - La Morra, Piemonte, ItalyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842826321707777829noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789758153770792359.post-55829534664224292362012-07-18T19:23:23.942-04:002012-07-18T19:23:23.942-04:00Hi, I really enjoyed this account and the explanat...Hi, I really enjoyed this account and the explanations of the DNA stuff. We had our first taste of Favorita yesterday and today and have found it so refreshingly different to anything else. I have been puzzling over the bouquet - which I thought was citrusy-ginger but thnk might be more realistically citrusy-pear. Will definitely try again. <br /><br />Terroir definitely affects the vine and hence the wine so it is quite easy to see how the same gentic organism might produce wines of completely different character. If clonal variations are superimposed upon that then it is easy to see how a clonal variety might take on a more distinct identity when it grows in a different terroir. <br /><br />Fascinating stuff!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789758153770792359.post-29544637069829957742012-04-30T03:54:28.333-04:002012-04-30T03:54:28.333-04:00Fascinating information on ampelography and DNA an...Fascinating information on ampelography and DNA analysis - thank you! I've always wondered what it meant to say that two grape varieties are "the same".<br /><br />2009 Galgiardo Fallegro is an old vintage for that wine. Current vintage probably is 2011. I suspect that's why it tasted so flat. It's a fun, spritzy, uncomplicated wine. One could quibble over the price - it's arguably the kind of wine that should be glugged down at an osteria near where it's produced - but I've enjoyed it and sold it at Paul Marcus Wines in Oakland. I don't recall seeing other exported versions of Favorita, although I suspect that there may be one or two.Mark Middlebrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08063134463839547068noreply@blogger.com