2001 Allegrini Volpolicella Classico

[stevebody]

"Lack the capacity to see another point of view"? Hey, I see the other point of view - I just don't agree with it and said so. Is that what set off this long and tedious debate? I see clearly the need, virtue, and, in fact, the inescapable reality of regions, zonas, microclimates, single-vineyards, and on and on. I buy and enjoy wines for those differences. What ANNOYS me, and always will, is the rigidity of assumptions made about what wines from those areas SHOULD taste like. If you can't detect and appreciate the regional characteristics in a bottle of wine such as the Allegrinis make without trying to impose a template on the flavor profile, drink something that fits your bill. This all began as, believe it or not, an honest attempt on my part to get Foodie to cough up his idea of what a Chianti is supposed to taste like, which still, in the midst of his umbrage at supposedly being patronized, hasn't happened. I DO get tired of that particular gremlin popping up in discussions both in the actual world and here; the notion that, because things are done a certain way in a certain place, anything that is new and different is suddenly suspect. In fact, the Allegrinis label Pallazo della Torre and La Grola as Red Table Wine Veronese. Tuscans mingled with French varietals are just called Toscano. But wines madeby the legal definition of Chianti, Valpo, etc., are entitled to be called that and the decision of what they'll ultimately tate like does and should rest with the makers, even if we don't like it.

Sheesh...