Wine described as 'round,' or devoid of rough edges, is losing favor in a world that now prefers angularity in taste and texture (via punch_drink)
Robert Parker has long been the wine world’s favorite villain—a critic who used his unprecedented power to flatten wine into an alcoholic, fruity mass of sameness. But “Parkerization” was always much bigger than one man.body
Beverly Crandon, a Toronto-based sommelier, can’t help but laugh incredulously at this kind of wine writing: “What is this, a Harlequin romance novel?” For Crandon, roundness is more a certain stage of maturity being expressed. “If I’m using ‘round’ as a descriptor, I’m talking about a wine where nothing is out of balance,” she says. “Nothing jumps out at you on the palate. So everything is copacetic; it’s very cohesive.
In an era where rough edges in a wine or spirit are often sought after as character virtues rather than character flaws, it’s fair to wonder if “round” still holds the weight it did two decades ago—back when a bold Napa Valley zinfandel could be crudely described as “voluptuous but not blowsy.” “Angularity”
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