Ok...I've been reading your posts for over a year now and would like
to know when I can come over for dinner.
Steve

On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:50:54 -0700 (PDT), DaleW >
wrote:

>So after hearing me comment that chicken and dumplings was a comfort
>food of my youth, Betsy determined to make some. It was truly
>delicious, though it bore little resemblence to my childhood Southern
>food. Pretty sure Mom didn't use turmeric, shallots, or leeks, and the
>dumplings of my youth were gooey bits of dough, not nice crusty
>biscuits of flour and cornmeal.
>
>Wine was the 2006 Pinon "Non Dose" Vouvray Brut. Nose of applesauce
>and flowers, light petillance, higher acids. On palate there's apples
>and Chenin wooliness, pretty decent length. This is a good wine, but I
>have to say that I like the dosed versions better. On the plus side,
>this is more obviously Chenin, and is quite precise. But the acidity
>is a little shrill/austere, and a little softening would be welcome. I
>know a lot of folks think that non-dosage bubblies "rule", but while I
>tend not to like high dosage a lot, I find wines that are reported as
>low-middling doses seem to appeal to me the most. Not bad by any
>stretch, I enjoy, but maybe not as much as the other Pinon petillants.
>B
>
>
>Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent
>wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't
>drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no
>promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.
>*