DaleW wrote:
> Monday was the Zuni cafe roast chicken with bread salad recipe (still
> my all time favorite chicken dish), with beet salad and cauliflower.
> She suggests Pinot Noir, I opened the 2004 Catherine et Claude
> Maréchal "Cuvée Gravel " Bourgogne. Red and black cherry fruit, some
> earth and a little pepper. Structured and nicely ripe, I can't see any
> trace of the green some keep finding in 2004s (though I've mostly been
> sampling wines from Cotes du Beaune). B+
>
> Tuesday I was in charge, dinner was leftover cassoulet, preceded with
> some Tennessee proscuitto and accompanied by green beans in a mustard
> sauce (only I would pair beans and beans). I had done some digging to
> get out the 1995 Ch,. du Cayrou Cahors. Dark fruit, still a bit tannic
> though not the tannic monster of some Cahors. Sweeter blackberry fruit
> notes, some clay-ey earth and leather. A little low-acid for my
> tastes, but good wine and good match. 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.
>

Cassoulet and Haricots Vertes? Mr. Dale, I've begun to question your
palate.