DaleW wrote:
> Ok -nay, good-
> Burg, but I like the good to excellent 2004 Meursault Bourgogne AC at
> least as much as this Meursault. B

Is the name of the producer Meursault, Dale, or is this a typo? I
wouldn't think that EU law would allow a producer to take the name of a
region that the wine wasn't entitled to, but what do I know?

>
> Dinner was a pork and bean stew with orange zest , served with brown
> rice and broccoli. The recipe was from NYT :
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/31/di...tml?ref=dining
> as a pairing for Portugese wine. If I had known, I would have told
> Betsy to use the Quinta de Cabriz, but she had grabbed a bottle of the
> 2005 Borsao (Campo De Borja, this is the one with dark label with
> beige/yellow accents) as cooking wine. We served the remaining couple
> of glasses with dinner. A winner again, at $7. Medium-bodied, cherry
> and red plum fruit, a hint of tobacco and earth. Not a lot of length,
> but tasty for price. B

In my Sam's spree, I picked up two bottles of the '04 Borsao, still on
their shelves along with the Tres Picos, but for $10.44

> This would probably sink into oblivion in a lineup with more
> "serious" Bordeaux, but I'm happy to have 5 more for Tuesday dinners
> with my wife (actually, maybe I should contemplate telling Marc it
> never came in- he hasn't paid me for his six yet- nah, no deal is
> worth being an #$%hole). B++

Lo, how those '97 prices have fallen! As if you needed another
incentive to cough up Marc's share of the case, this wine doesn't sound
quite attractive enough to warrant a whole case purchase anyway (at
least, if you don't factor in the price).

Thanks for the interesting notes,
Mark Lipton
--
alt.food.wine FAQ: http://winefaq.hostexcellence.com