I'm not a gooseberry. Sure, I'm ocassionally known to be spunky, but I'm way too sweet to be anything like the little green sour gooseberry ball that exlodes like an unripe plum in your mouth. Did I say they taste like unripe plums? I meant unripe plum SKINS.
What is a gooseberry and why am I talking about it?
Other than being a bush-grown berry commonly found in Europe (especially Britian), Asia and ocassionally in the Eastern United States, it is a fruit that the elusive wine writers often refer to when describing the flavors of Sauvignon Blanc.
Example:
"the sauvignon blanc is crisp, grapefruit scented and bursting with gooseberry nuances."
What does a gooseberry taste and smell like?
It's good to know this so that you'll have an idea of what a wine writer means when they're describing a Sauvingon Blanc with "gooseberry characteristics" Because, lets's be honest, the wine writer probably won't tell you what they mean.
Beyond what I described above, the little green gems taste spicey. Maybe even cinnamoney and peppery, but just a touch. They smell like grapferuit and lemons and everything spunky and fresh.
Do Sauvignon Blancs really smell like gooseberries?
Some do. Most people also exude a light gooseberry smell when provoked.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gooseberry
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I had the pleasure of trying one of those gooseberries pictured, before accidentally dumping them on your kitchen floor... and they definitely are sour and plum like. I did like them. They reminded me of eating unripe plums off trees when I was a kid. :)
I could handle them with tons of sugar, like in a pie or compote, but not by the little kid handful. Where you one of those kids, like my husband's twin nephews pictured eating a strawberry in the picnic post, who ate lemons whole?
I'm all for sugaring it up.
um, maybeh.. hehe. i do like sour stuff, but I'm all for sugary sweets as well!
This was really helpful with my thinking about the taste within the most famous 'Nu Zild' wine varietal when I don't think I've ever seen/eaten a gooseberry. Drinking the Alan McCorkindale Sav (which you may not see in the States) and it's apparently there.
Now all is clear, I thank for the help in this question.
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