Tonight with a light dinner at our favorite local kid-friendly
restaurant, I found that the wine list had Husch Chenin Blanc on it.
Having heard good things about it here, and having a desire for a
food-friendly white, we decided to get it.

2005 Husch Chenin Blanc
nose: powerful tropical fruit, pineapple
palate: medium weight, off dry, grapefruit, pineapple and a hint of
tropical fruit; finishes cleanly with decent acidity

All in all, a very pleasant wine. No oak that I could detect and enough
acidity to pair with my shrimp/spinach salad. Still, not much
resemblance to a Loire Chenin, but then again why should it have much?
Vive la terroir! $23 at the restaurant, so probably $12-15 retail (low
markups -- another reason that this restaurant is one of our favorites)

Mark Lipton
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