On Friday, November 23, 2012 3:35:55 PM UTC-5, Mark Lipton wrote:
> This year, for a change, we decided to stay home and cook a Thanksgiving
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> dinner. Not being particular fans of turkey, we decided to roast a
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> goose and splurged on a D'Artagnan organic goose. With the goose, we
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> had a corn bread-smoked andouille stuffing for my gluten-free spouse,
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> cranberry chutney and goose gravy. The wines we opened we
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> 2012 Navarro Gewurztraminer Brut was a fun wine to start with. A touch
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> of RS added some richness but it had the acidity to match and kept the
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> aromatics well in check. I haven't had enough Cremant d'Alsace to know
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> if it's an apt comparison. It went surprisingly well with the sides.
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> 1995 Michel Gaunoux Pommard 1er was a fairly recent purchase from
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> Envoyer. It started off quite young despite my having given it a hard
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> decant, but showed fairly deep red fruit in the raspberry-cranberry side
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> of the spectrum. The goose overwhelmed it, alas. After a couple of
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> hours, this had really fleshed out and taken on a pronounced earthy
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> character and it went far better with the goose.
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> 1990 Ch. Beaucastel was initially a tad jammy but had the blueberry
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> notes I associate with the high-Mourvedre cepage and took on increasing
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> amounts of horseblanket character as time went on. Not as overtly
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> Bretty as some people's have been, but certainly too Brett-inflected for
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> a couple of friends more attuned to New World wines.
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> 1989 Ch. Lynch-Bages didn't scream Bordeaux to me at any point, but
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> could almost have been a quality CalCab. Very cedary with pencil lead
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> and cassis, it really didn't move either Jean or me, sad to say. The
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> cork on this wine was as pristine as could be, looking for all
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> appearances to be brand new, which was a nice testament to our passively
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> cooled cellar where it had lain for the past 22 years.
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> It was a very fun evening in our unseasonably warm November, with a few
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> friends who needed to blow off steam after their rather drama-filled
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> Thanksgivings. Our son Andrew had a blast gorging himself on the roast
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> goose and trying all of the various wines. He even began to shed his
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> picky eater status by trying (and liking) the cranberry chutney and some
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> berry pie for dessert. I still had no luck trying to get him to try
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> stuffing (which I know he would love).
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> Happy Thanksgiving to all at afw who celebrate it!
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> Mark Lipton

Nice lineup, and nice dinner (and Andrew having a blast is of course best part).
The Navarro sounds intriguing.
The M. Gaunoux wines seem to demand time.
I've always really liked the '89 LB, thaough 89 is a riper vintage.
thanks for notes