How natural wine killed the tasting note

Has natural wine killed the tasting note? An army of internet warriors wants us to believe it is so!

I was on the Internet the other day, on a forum.

(Bear with me.)

Specifically, a thread on a Facebook group that turned into an argument about whether tasting notes have a place in natural wine. It got fairly heated.

Now, I know people are wrong on the Internet all the time; that one shouldn’t take them too seriously. And I know, don't read the comments, but I just couldn't figure out who'd come up with this stuff. Luckily an army of keyboard warriors were on duty, itching to set anyone with a different opinion straight. "Hell" they said, "I won't do (or taste) what you tell me."

Think about it. The tasting note. The audacity of it. So obviously a relic of the past - back from when the power rested not with influencers, but with the few. Of course it's dead.

[perfectpullquote align="right" bordertop="false" cite="" link="" color="" class="" size="26"]The tasting note. The audacity of it. So obviously a relic of the past.[/perfectpullquote]

I admit, they were knowledgeable those few. Proper…