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#388949 - 08-06-2018 13:05:56 Smelling barolo in the woods
fraser Offline
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Registered: 02-25-2004 00:27:03
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Went for a hike yesterday in the mountains in a rather dry forest (for here). Twice I had the experience of a very distinct smell that transported me somewhere else - I had this intense vision all at once of porcini mushrooms, mushrooms dishes I make to accompany barolo dinners and the unmistakable smell of barolo itself - the forest floor / mushroom component that barolo has. It was so distinct that I thought I had a glass on the trail with me. It was amazing how fast it came on and how concrete the vision of the three product were. I've smelled the woods in wine but never wine in the woods. Really interesting.

Thanks
Fraser


Edited by fraser (08-06-2018 13:15:59)

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#388954 - 08-08-2018 10:25:23 Re: Smelling barolo in the woods [Re: fraser]
Dave Cuneo Offline
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"I've smelled the woods in wine but never wine in the woods."

Good one fraser! Can I steal it? smile

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#388958 - 08-09-2018 12:37:02 Re: Smelling barolo in the woods [Re: Dave Cuneo]
fraser Offline
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My pleasure, Dave!

Amazing how vivid it was.....invoking memory, taste and smell! Like I packed it in with me!

It was a dry slope, two days after it rained and it was very humid on the lower slopes with mushrooms beginning to pop-up from the rain. There were some porchini-like mushrooms that were fading and some Sparassis mushrooms (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparassis) just coming up. Maybe we smelled the mushroom crop still underground that was about to break through the dirt from the rain two days before.


Fraser

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