402: When Do Wine Tasting Notes Become So Over-The-Top That They Stop Meaning Anything? How To Sound Wine Smart with Marisol de la Fuente

How do our personal memories shape the aromas we recognize in wine? What incredible Argentine wines are people missing when they focus only on Malbec? Why do food and wines from the same region often pair beautifully even when they break the usual rules?

In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm chatting with Marisol de la Fuente.

You can find the wines we discussed at https://www.nataliemaclean.com/winepicks.

Highlights

How did a student's memory of his grandmother help Marisol explain aroma in wine tasting?

Why might an old wine remind someone of sushi?

Why does Torrontés pair unexpectedly well with Argentine empanadas?

How can molecular pairing create surprising matches like white chocolate with caviar?

Why does Marisol say wine changes with age rather than automatically improving?

What is the biggest misconception people have about aging wine?

Why does Marisol believe Argentina is known too narrowly for Malbec?

What does Argentina need to do better to show the world its full range of wines?