On Mar 31, 10:57*pm, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> 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
>
> Funny thing, we brought a bottle of the regular Pinon Vouvray Brut to a
> dinner Sat. night. *Lovely stuff in the typical sparkling Vouvray idiom..
> *How does the non-dosé compare in price to the regular version?
>
> Mark Lipton
>
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Couple dollars more than the NV, no drastic difference.