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I had picked up some smoked pork chops, Betsy decided to give me an
early Christmas present by making choucroute. Kraut, Riesling, chops,
weiners, brats combined into a wonderful dish. A couple of Alsace
Rieslings:

1996 Schoffit "Cuvee Prestige"
I gave some of this to Betsy for the recipe, somehow I was out of
basic Trimbach. The remainder showed petrol, yelloruits, some residual
sugar, a bit of smoke. A slightly oily texture. This was certainly
alive, but I never truly warmed to it, seemed like it was striving for
Zind-Humbrechtism and falling short. B-

2001 Boxler Sommerberg (L31E)
This was however quite lovely. Young, crisp, tense, total infanticide,
though I managed to enjoy.
Big, acidic backbone, just a hint of sugar, great concentration and
length. A-

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.
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On Dec 24, 11:40�am, DaleW > wrote:
> I had picked up some smoked pork chops, Betsy decided to give me an
> early Christmas present by making choucroute. Kraut, Riesling, chops,
> weiners, brats combined into a wonderful dish. A couple of Alsace
> Rieslings:
>
> 1996 Schoffit "Cuvee Prestige"
> I gave some of this to Betsy for the recipe, somehow I was out of
> basic Trimbach. The remainder showed petrol, yelloruits, some residual
> sugar, a bit of smoke. A slightly oily texture. This was certainly
> alive, but I never truly warmed to it, seemed like it was striving for
> Zind-Humbrechtism and falling short. B-
>
> 2001 Boxler Sommerberg (L31E)
> This was however quite lovely. Young, crisp, tense, total infanticide,
> though I managed to enjoy.
> Big, acidic backbone, �just a hint of sugar, great concentration and
> length. A-
>
> 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.
> �


What the hell are "yelloruits"? :-)
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On Dec 24, 12:51�pm, "Bi!!" > wrote:
> On Dec 24, 11:40 am, DaleW > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I had picked up some smoked pork chops, Betsy decided to give me an
> > early Christmas present by making choucroute. Kraut, Riesling, chops,
> > weiners, brats combined into a wonderful dish. A couple of Alsace
> > Rieslings:

>
> > 1996 Schoffit "Cuvee Prestige"
> > I gave some of this to Betsy for the recipe, somehow I was out of
> > basic Trimbach. The remainder showed petrol, yelloruits, some residual
> > sugar, a bit of smoke. A slightly oily texture. This was certainly
> > alive, but I never truly warmed to it, seemed like it was striving for
> > Zind-Humbrechtism and falling short. B-

>
> > 2001 Boxler Sommerberg (L31E)
> > This was however quite lovely. Young, crisp, tense, total infanticide,
> > though I managed to enjoy.
> > Big, acidic backbone, just a hint of sugar, great concentration and
> > length. A-

>
> > 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.
> >

>
> What the hell are "yelloruits"? �:-)- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


At one point I found a spare "t f" between paragraphs and deleted, now
I know where they came from!
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