tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post4290573903460407849..comments2024-03-18T04:47:16.199-07:00Comments on The Gray Report: Will the market notice if Robert Parker's palate declines?W. Blake Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-54631110795037035372015-03-02T17:49:35.957-08:002015-03-02T17:49:35.957-08:00One does not usually hit a wall in the gradual los...One does not usually hit a wall in the gradual loss of some sensitivity. If sixty-something critics have lost a bit of aromatic acuity, they have generally lost very little of their palatal judgments. See the new Decanter for a long essay on how older critics adjust. <br /><br />I doubt that Mr. Parker is a very different person than he was ten years ago. He always had a tolerance for potency in Charlie Olkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513782687786106137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-90656932405306070782015-02-27T20:28:34.556-08:002015-02-27T20:28:34.556-08:00I beg to differ. Sometime after 65 or so (odds inc...I beg to differ. Sometime after 65 or so (odds increase every year), humans have suffer a major sensory loss of smell. This is why you see senior citizens using huge amounts of salt or other spices and condiments; trying to get flavor. It's why there are no great 80+ year old wine tasting critics. <br /><br />There's a study online explaining this in detail.Jack Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147956932551396362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-62007709326639462452015-02-27T10:01:19.678-08:002015-02-27T10:01:19.678-08:00As an older palate myself, I'll cop to a confl...As an older palate myself, I'll cop to a conflict on this subject, but I'll bring in a noted olfactory expert to back me up. Alexandre Schmidt former perfumer and current wine olfaction guru was asked about ageing and acuity of wine tasting at one of the seminars I attended. His response was that we taste with our brains and not with our tongues so as long as we are still in command of Larry Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195993743153519181noreply@blogger.com