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[TN] Dinner with the Hoares
Today, Ian and Jacquie Hoare arrived in Christchurch fresh from a trip
to Thailand and accepted our offer of a room for the night. To celebrate, I made a paella Valenciana (or as close to it as I could come) and we opened a few local wines: NV Quartz Reef "Methode Traditionelle" (Central Otago) n: green apples, minerals p: crisp, fairly rich, fine mousse, fairly dry Ian said that this wine had a lot of Pinot Noir character, but later confessed that he'd known from the label what to expect. Quite a pleasant wine, but nothing profound. 2009 Wild Earth Pinot Noir (Central Otago) n: dark fruit, spice p: decent acidity, medium body, soft texture I had purchased this wine on the recommendation of a local retailer who thought that it would comport with my tastes in Pinot Noir, and I opened it tonight to see if the winery would be worth visiting with Ian and Jacquie next week. While it was a bit darker complected and bigger than is my wont, it still bears more investigation ;-) With some cherries after dinner: 2010 Clearwater "Sea View" (Hawke's Bay) n: cherries, stones p: off dry, balancing acidity, slightly tannic, clean finish Ian and Jacquie had brought this from their travels up North in NZ and quite a curiosity it proved to be! A late harvest Merlot with residual sugar, it was only moderately sweet and not at all Port-like, but quite good with the cherries and positively brilliant with some dark chocolate. Ian likened it to a vin doux naturelle from Rasteau. All is all, a very fun night was had of food, wine and great company. Mark Lipton |
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On Feb 10, 2:42*am, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> Today, Ian and Jacquie Hoare arrived in Christchurch fresh from a trip > to Thailand and accepted our offer of a room for the night. *To > celebrate, I made a paella Valenciana (or as close to it as I could > come) and we opened a few local wines: > > NV Quartz Reef "Methode Traditionelle" (Central Otago) > n: green apples, minerals > p: crisp, fairly rich, fine mousse, fairly dry > > Ian said that this wine had a lot of Pinot Noir character, but later > confessed that he'd known from the label what to expect. *Quite a > pleasant wine, but nothing profound. > > 2009 Wild Earth Pinot Noir (Central Otago) > n: dark fruit, spice > p: decent acidity, medium body, soft texture > > I had purchased this wine on the recommendation of a local retailer who > thought that it would comport with my tastes in Pinot Noir, and I opened > it tonight to see if the winery would be worth visiting with Ian and > Jacquie next week. *While it was a bit darker complected and bigger than > is my wont, it still bears more investigation ;-) > > With some cherries after dinner: > > 2010 Clearwater "Sea View" (Hawke's Bay) > n: cherries, stones > p: off dry, balancing acidity, slightly tannic, clean finish > > Ian and Jacquie had brought this from their travels up North in NZ and > quite a curiosity it proved to be! *A late harvest Merlot with residual > sugar, it was only moderately sweet and not at all Port-like, but quite > good with the cherries and positively brilliant with some dark > chocolate. *Ian likened it to a vin doux naturelle from Rasteau. > > All is all, a very fun night was had of food, wine and great company. > > Mark Lipton So are you in New Zealand for a while? |
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[TN] Dinner with the Hoares
On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:42:07 -0500, Mark Lipton >
wrote: >Today, Ian and Jacquie Hoare arrived in Christchurch fresh from a trip >to Thailand and accepted our offer of a room for the night. To >celebrate, I made a paella Valenciana (or as close to it as I could >come) and we opened a few local wines: > >NV Quartz Reef "Methode Traditionelle" (Central Otago) >n: green apples, minerals >p: crisp, fairly rich, fine mousse, fairly dry > > >Ian said that this wine had a lot of Pinot Noir character, but later >confessed that he'd known from the label what to expect. Quite a >pleasant wine, but nothing profound. > > >2009 Wild Earth Pinot Noir (Central Otago) >n: dark fruit, spice >p: decent acidity, medium body, soft texture > >I had purchased this wine on the recommendation of a local retailer who >thought that it would comport with my tastes in Pinot Noir, and I opened >it tonight to see if the winery would be worth visiting with Ian and >Jacquie next week. While it was a bit darker complected and bigger than >is my wont, it still bears more investigation ;-) > >With some cherries after dinner: > >2010 Clearwater "Sea View" (Hawke's Bay) >n: cherries, stones >p: off dry, balancing acidity, slightly tannic, clean finish > >Ian and Jacquie had brought this from their travels up North in NZ and >quite a curiosity it proved to be! A late harvest Merlot with residual >sugar, it was only moderately sweet and not at all Port-like, but quite >good with the cherries and positively brilliant with some dark >chocolate. Ian likened it to a vin doux naturelle from Rasteau. > >All is all, a very fun night was had of food, wine and great company. > >Mark Lipton OK we offically envy you. and Hello to the Hoare's. . . . Hope things are quiet in Christchurch during your stay. Do try to get to Dunedin during your stay. marvelous place. Queenstown is nice but you may find Wanaka to be quieter. (The drive between the two on the mountain road is absolutely inspiring.) |
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lleichtman wrote:
> So are you in New Zealand for a while? Until mid-April, Larry. I'll be filing periodic reports on the wines we drink and wineries we visit while we're out here. Mark Lipton |
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[TN] Dinner with the Hoares
Joseph Coulter wrote:
> OK we offically envy you. and Hello to the Hoare's. . . . Hope things > are quiet in Christchurch during your stay. Do try to get to Dunedin > during your stay. marvelous place. Queenstown is nice but you may find > Wanaka to be quieter. (The drive between the two on the mountain road > is absolutely inspiring.) Ian, Jacquie and I will rendezvous in Q'town next Sunday for two days of tasting in Wanaka, Cromwell/Bannockburn and Gibbston Valley. Report to be duly filed. Jean, Andrew and I took in Dunedin (loved it, and the Otago Peninsula) as well as Mt. Cook and Invercargill. Still to come: Milford Sound, Franz Josef and fly fishing somewhere in Canterbury ;-) Oh, and the N Island, too ;-) Mark Lipton |
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