What happened to my taste?

[jareese]

Well. Interesting dilemma goin on here..
I started drinking wine a few months ago, I could smell and taste all the "fruits" and other flavors of several/most wines I tried. Now, for some reason, with most red wines (beaujolais, merlot, pino noir, etc.) all I smell and taste is WOOD. Tastes and smells like a wood crate or the like. What happened? Can anyone give some advice? I'd like to be able to smell and taste the wine again..... HELP!!

[robr]

That depends on the wines you are drinking, if you are drinking them alone or with food, on your mental and physical well-being, and a host of other factors.

When I eat beef or cheese with an oakey red I can barely taste the wood (unless it is really over-oaked, like Kendell-Jackson), when I am tired, either mentally or physically, wine tastes different. When I am sick, I lose my taste for wine, and drink very little if any. It just doesn't taste right.

[wineguruchgo]

Hello jareese,

Your tastebuds actually have memories which allows you to taste and remember what things taste like...or should taste like. You are obviously very conscious of wood and if a wine (red or white) is over-oaked it's apparent to you.

My advice to you is to jump out of your box for a few bottles. Maybe buy a nice Alsacian White, Un-oaked Chardonnay or a Sauvignon Blanc.

This will confuse your palate and might give you a fresh start. What I'm trying to accomplish here is to get the wood out of your mouth for a little while.

Hope that helps

[winoweenie]

Would help iffn' youse quit chewin' on the matches afore drinkin' the Kendall-J. WW [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img]