Lean vs Big

[Drew]

You know, I don't like the term "lean" as you compare to the overblown. We're not talking opposites but balance and good structure eg.(fruit, flavor, nose, acidity, use of oak, tannins, finish etc. are in balance and compliment each other). This would be the model wine. Now a wine with some of these components that are overdone, not across the board, would throw it out of balance aka, overblown. Reduce some or all of the components and the wine would appear "lean". And remember, it's how YOU experience the wine. In a post of Marquis-Phillips wines, in the Australia thread, eskinnyc writes that he enjoyed the shiraz and didn't find it to be overblown, but I did so who's right...we both are. Now, you want a challange to understand some terms...ask WW to describe the difference between a 4 1/2 and a 5 lapper wine. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

Drew