"Graphite, violets and pencil shavings linger on the close."This blog has noted some over-the-top beer writing before, but the above is nonsense and part of a longer review of a $50 bottle of wine. I can't imagine writing a similar sentence: "I was impressed with the saison's initial complementary, yet nuanced, tastes of chome and hydrangea, which segued into Crayola crayon box, which lingered through the finish." I'd be laughed off my own blog.
A literal read of the review shows how ridiculous it is. What does graphite taste like? All I can think of is a graphite golf club, but who has ever tasted a golf club on purpose? And violet, what does violet taste like? Purple? But what does purple taste like? I've no clue. I know what pencil shavings smell like, but their taste? Does the wine taste like pencil shavings smell? I'm not dropping fifty bucks for anything that tastes like pencil shavings smell.
I know it's hard to think of new and unique ways to describe how similar beers and wines taste, but making up flavors turns a review irrelevant, and in the case above into a parody of bad food writing.
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