Let’s picture that scene: It
is nearly the end of September and the day is mostly gone, but what’s most
important is that summer will be there soon. You are about to eat a plate of
juicy meat steak with a great mushroom sauce and next to you is a glass of red
wine chilled for about fifteen minutes. This wine has got nothing special, not
even its price, but the moment you sip, swirl, smell, it becomes one of the
best wine you had ever tasted. I am sure you would give it a full marks if ever
you are asked to rate it.
However, for me, as a matter
of fact, I always drink a glass of Coral Reef Merlot 2011, when I eat a meat
steak. Why this wine? Because one of the waited of La Balise Restaurant gave me
the bottle as gift and for the time being, this is the only wine bottle that I
do have.
“While there are perfect
situations for specific wines, can you really say a wine is perfect?” (Lyons,
2015)
Well, this statement can be
related to the taste, which can be very subjective.
Let’s see, if you take a
glass of wine after a day full of work or better, while watching a sunset at
Tamarin Bay, it is obvious that the taste would be different or better in
whatever situation you can be at.
In the article posted by Will
Lyons, in The WallStreet Journal, it can be read that there is always a
constant debate about wine scoring amongst wine critics. However, for someone
who is in lack of a discerning palate and is highly indecisive in choosing his
or her wine would probably look at the price according to their budget and then
choose the one with the name that seems more appealing. We should not forget
that here in Mauritius wine is a lux for the Mauritian society because not
every one can afford to buy a bottle of wine at Rs400 and above. But this is my
point of view because at times it turns out to be my way of choosing a wine.
Lyons, W. (2015). What’s
the Point of Scoring Wines?. WSJ. Retrieved 16 October 2015, from http://www.wsj.com/articles/whats-the-point-of-scoring- wines-1441359906
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