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TN: Wine with friends- Piedmont, CdP, Bdx, Chablis, Kremstal
With my lack of kitchen and Betsy away, friends invited me for dinner.
Marinated shrimp, artichokes Prosecco Extra Dry that I wrote down as Franco di Rao, but cant find any records of anything close to that on CT or Winesearcher.Doesn't matter- It was forgettable wine. Rigtatoni with meat sauce (fennel sausage and ground pork) 2001 Sella Lessona Really in a nice place, red cherry, tar, and flowers, resolved tannins, balanced acid. B+/A- 2005 Valfieri Barolo Midbodied, fairly open, some tannin, black cherry. B/B- 1996 Talbot (375 ml) Pretty classic claret- cassis, cigarbox, leather. Fully mature from half. B+ Saturday I grilled some sausage & squash, reheated some quinoa, made salad. 1993 Salomon Undhof Kogl Library Release Riesling Released about a dozen years ago, hasnt progressed much since then.. Grapefruit, ginger, light honey note (though pretty dry). Modest finish, competent if unexciting. B- Betsy came home from a concert in Pocantico Hills bearing lobster. Didnt think the Riesling was best match, 2013 Fevre €śles Clos€ť Chablis Grand Cru. Really young, pit fruits, great mineral finish, taut. A-/B+ Betsy, Ruby, and I walked over hill for a dinner party Sunday night. As folks gathered, some excellent crudite as well as other snacks, and the NV Evohe X Cava Brut Nature. Brut Nature? Seems pretty sweet to me. Appley, not too attractive. C+/B- With chateaubriand, €śParty potatoes€ť (sour cream and cream cheese), salad, and asparagus 1986 Meyney This caught me a little by surprise, delicious as always, but I think of this as a cassis driven wine and this seemed more red fruited. Cherry and rich raspberry, leather, tobacco. Balanced and with a nice finish. Tasty mature claret. B+ 2000 Lava Cap €śGranite Hill Reserve€ť Petite Sirah This was tannic in youth and I put away, but didnt really plan on this long. It actually has held up ok, just not improved. Less tannic, but a bit hot and jammy. Others liked much more than I did. B-/C+ 2004 Pierre Usseglio Chateauneuf-du-Pape Kirsch and strawberry, quite herbal, midbodied, some forest floor and mushroom. Nicely balanced, ready to go. B+/B 2010 La Rioja Alta €śAlberdi€ť Rioja Reserva Popped and poured at end of night, think this would have benefited from air.. Vanillin oak and red fruit, stern. Only had a quick sip, would like to explore another time Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a good wine, C drinkable. 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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TN: Wine with friends- Piedmont, CdP, Bdx, Chablis, Kremstal
On 4/9/18 3:53 PM, DaleW wrote:
> 2001 Sella Lessona > Really in a nice place, red cherry, tar, and flowers, resolved tannins, balanced acid. B+/A- I love those Sella wines, but I haven't read much about recent vintages. Has there been a change in winemaking there? > Betsy, Ruby, and I walked over hill for a dinner party Sunday night. Ruby? Is she a new dog around the house? I feel like I may have missed something. If so, apologies. > 1986 Meyney > This caught me a little by surprise, delicious as always, but I think of this as a cassis driven wine and this seemed more red fruited. Cherry and rich raspberry, leather, tobacco. Balanced and with a nice finish. Tasty mature claret. B+ Sounds great. I think that I have a bottle of '86 Gruaud-Larose still in the cellar (it'll probably outlive me). As always, thanks for the notes, Dale. Mark Lipton -- alt.food.wine FAQ: http://winefaq.cwdjr.net |
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TN: Wine with friends- Piedmont, CdP, Bdx, Chablis, Kremstal
On Monday, April 9, 2018 at 4:12:13 PM UTC-4, Mark Lipton wrote:
> > I love those Sella wines, but I haven't read much about recent vintages. > Has there been a change in winemaking there? > No idea, I always bought at Chambers, but haven't noticed them offered in recent vintages > > > Betsy, Ruby, and I walked over hill for a dinner party Sunday night. > > Ruby? Is she a new dog around the house? I feel like I may have missed > something. If so, apologies. > Yes, sadly Lucy had to be put down early last year. She was happy and chipper even at 14, but then got pancreatitis. We were going to take a break from dog for a while, and maybe not do Bassets, plan lasted about 2 weeks till I came home to find Betsy watching Basset puppy videos. A bit of searching, 2 months after Lucy we rescued Ruby, she was 5 1/2 months (someone got puppy from breeder as Christms present for small kids, then discovered what that was like). She;s 1.5 years now, very happy dog. If you come to NY and visit again, she'd like to meet you (we can open an ESJ Bassetti) > > Sounds great. I think that I have a bottle of '86 Gruaud-Larose still > in the cellar (it'll probably outlive me). > The whole Cordier stable (Meyney, Gruaud, Talbot) did so great that year. The Gruaud especially, though all offered great value (Gruaud 86 is getting expensive now) |
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TN: Wine with friends- Piedmont, CdP, Bdx, Chablis, Kremstal
On 4/9/18 9:43 PM, DaleW wrote:
> Yes, sadly Lucy had to be put down early last year. She was happy and chipper even at 14, but then got pancreatitis. We were going to take a break from dog for a while, and maybe not do Bassets, plan lasted about 2 weeks till I came home to find Betsy watching Basset puppy videos. A bit of searching, 2 months after Lucy we rescued Ruby, she was 5 1/2 months (someone got puppy from breeder as Christms present for small kids, then discovered what that was like). She;s 1.5 years now, very happy dog. If you come to NY and visit again, she'd like to meet you (we can open an ESJ Bassetti) I dimly recall your posting about Lucy, but I somehow missed the adoption. Congrats to you all, Dale. I'm sure that Ruby will have a great life with you and Betsy (and hopefully Betsy can lay off the bassett videos for another decade or two -- very touching story) > The whole Cordier stable (Meyney, Gruaud, Talbot) did so great that year. The Gruaud especially, though all offered great value (Gruaud 86 is getting expensive now) > This was a bottle I bought on release at North Berkeley Wines while a penurious postdoc at Berkeley. I believe the price paid was $35. Since we don't drink as much claret as we used to (less red meat in the diet) no problem hanging onto this and other bottles. Mark Lipton -- alt.food.wine FAQ: http://winefaq.cwdjr.net |
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TN: Wine with friends- Piedmont, CdP, Bdx, Chablis, Kremstal
On 4/9/18 7:43 PM, DaleW wrote:
> On Monday, April 9, 2018 at 4:12:13 PM UTC-4, Mark Lipton wrote: >> >> I love those Sella wines, but I haven't read much about recent vintages. >> Has there been a change in winemaking there? >> > No idea, I always bought at Chambers, but haven't noticed them offered in recent vintages >> >>> Betsy, Ruby, and I walked over hill for a dinner party Sunday night. >> >> Ruby? Is she a new dog around the house? I feel like I may have missed >> something. If so, apologies. >> > Yes, sadly Lucy had to be put down early last year. She was happy and chipper even at 14, but then got pancreatitis. We were going to take a break from dog for a while, and maybe not do Bassets, plan lasted about 2 weeks till I came home to find Betsy watching Basset puppy videos. A bit of searching, 2 months after Lucy we rescued Ruby, she was 5 1/2 months (someone got puppy from breeder as Christms present for small kids, then discovered what that was like). She;s 1.5 years now, very happy dog. If you come to NY and visit again, she'd like to meet you (we can open an ESJ Bassetti) >> >> Sounds great. I think that I have a bottle of '86 Gruaud-Larose still >> in the cellar (it'll probably outlive me). >> > The whole Cordier stable (Meyney, Gruaud, Talbot) did so great that year. The Gruaud especially, though all offered great value (Gruaud 86 is getting expensive now) > Thanks to Mark for asking the question before I did. sorry to hear about Lucy but a Basset puppy is fun. Enjoy your new friend with great wine. |
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