TN: Italian winner, Italian loser
Monday we had lemon chicken, in a recipe where the potatoes are roasted then
spend last 15 minutes in which the chicken's lemony broth. Good match with the 2002 Bruno Giacosa Roero Arneis. Fresh clean white fruit with a lemony zing, balanced acidity and a nice clean fruit finish. B+ Betsy is truly a great wife. Though she had a rehearsal and a performance Tuesday and wouldn't be home for dinner, she made David & I an absolutely delicious slow-cooked veal Bolognese sauce, which I served on pasta along with braised escarole and salad. I opened the 1999 Villa Puccini Toscana Rosso. In a word, yuck. 90% Sangiovese/10% Merlot. Sweet red plum fruit totally overpowered by heavily-toasted oak flavors. Short finish. Low -acid, I can't get past the over-oaking. Other generic Toscano reds like Monte Antico or Antinori Santa Christina offer better value in the $8 range. C 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. Dale Dale Williams Drop "damnspam" to reply |
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