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So a taster recently described a flaw in a wine I love. They cited a ‘bug’ which made the wine taste more ‘old world’ despite being a new world syrah. Any ideas which ‘bug’ he might be thinking of?
that’d be brettanomyces – also known as the “b-bomb” in California. It’s just plain evil this side of the prime meridian, but can add some complexity on the other side.
here’s a theory: old world “terroir” is more driven by microbial activity via lack of sanitation in wine production than it is by… well anything else. Still, this doesn’t stop the romanticist in me from believing and fully supporting the concept, not to mention drinking these wines, even when they have a little brett in them.
Fun Fact, while brettanomyces may be the bane of new world wines it is actually used as the primary fermentation yeast in some Belgian beers.