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TN: 4 good QPR wines
Saturday I was alone with leftover pasta with marinara sauce, and the
2002 Trimbach Riesling (from 375). Nicely crisp, pleasantly austere, green apple and peach fruit, some mineral on the finish. B/B+ Sunday with grilled shrimp in a white wine/red pepper marinade, the wine used for the marinade, the 2004 Cairnbrae "The Stones" Sauvignon Blanc. Some chile pepper and floral scents on nose, lots of grapefruit and a bit of currant leaf. Nicely balanced acidity and fruit, nice wine (and screwcapped!). B+/B Monday was Halloween, and I gave out approximately 2,500 pieces of candy at my office (my little town closes down the business district,and the kids trick or treat the businesses before prizes are awarded for costumes) before heading home exhausted. Betsy had a cold, so main course was a chicken magiritsa soup (a Greek chicken soup with a avgolemono -lemon egg- sauce). I opened another half-bottle, the 2004 Pieropan Soave Classico. Nutty almond and white flower nose, crisp acidity but with a rather broad texture on the palate. Apple and honeydew fruit, but far more minerally/nut/floral than fruity. Nice wine, enjoyed with frequent interruptions from cute (and polite) neighborhood kids seeking candy. B+ Lastly, over several nights, the 2004 Iche "Les Heretiques" (Vin de Pays de l'Hérault) Ripe easy fruit (black cherry, plum, and berry), a little smokey-herby quality, clean finish. Enough acidic structure to keep it from being just a fleshy fruity wine, excellent QPR at $7-8. B 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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DaleW wrote:
> Saturday I was alone with leftover pasta with marinara sauce, and the > 2002 Trimbach Riesling (from 375). Nicely crisp, pleasantly austere, > green apple and peach fruit, some mineral on the finish. B/B+ Coincidentall, we recently opened a bottle of this and found it very similar to your description: varietally correct and decent QPR. > > Lastly, over several nights, the 2004 Iche "Les Heretiques" (Vin de > Pays de l'Hérault) > Ripe easy fruit (black cherry, plum, and berry), a little smokey-herby > quality, clean finish. Enough acidic structure to keep it from being > just a fleshy fruity wine, excellent QPR at $7-8. B #&*#^$*#&^*&%^%!!!!! CSW ran out of this just in time for my order. Grrrr.... (I had to substitute the '04 D'Oupia for it ;-)) Mark Lipton |
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I always enjoy your Notes, Dale, but "currant leaf"?
DaleW wrote: > Saturday I was alone with leftover pasta with marinara sauce, and the > 2002 Trimbach Riesling (from 375). Nicely crisp, pleasantly austere, > green apple and peach fruit, some mineral on the finish. B/B+ > > Sunday with grilled shrimp in a white wine/red pepper marinade, the > wine used for the marinade, the 2004 Cairnbrae "The Stones" Sauvignon > Blanc. Some chile pepper and floral scents on nose, lots of grapefruit > and a bit of currant leaf. Nicely balanced acidity and fruit, nice wine > (and screwcapped!). B+/B > > Monday was Halloween, and I gave out approximately 2,500 pieces of > candy at my office (my little town closes down the business > district,and the kids trick or treat the businesses before prizes are > awarded for costumes) before heading home exhausted. Betsy had a cold, > so main course was a chicken magiritsa soup (a Greek chicken soup with > a avgolemono -lemon egg- sauce). I opened another half-bottle, the 2004 > Pieropan Soave Classico. Nutty almond and white flower nose, crisp > acidity but with a rather broad texture on the palate. Apple and > honeydew fruit, but far more minerally/nut/floral than fruity. Nice > wine, enjoyed with frequent interruptions from cute (and polite) > neighborhood kids seeking candy. B+ > > Lastly, over several nights, the 2004 Iche "Les Heretiques" (Vin de > Pays de l'Hérault) > Ripe easy fruit (black cherry, plum, and berry), a little smokey-herby > quality, clean finish. Enough acidic structure to keep it from being > just a fleshy fruity wine, excellent QPR at $7-8. B > > Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent > wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't > drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no > promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of > consistency. |
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"Mark Lipton" > skrev i melding news:_qdaf.534704$xm3.68314@attbi_s21... > DaleW wrote: >> Saturday I was alone with leftover pasta with marinara sauce, and the >> 2002 Trimbach Riesling (from 375). Nicely crisp, pleasantly austere, >> green apple and peach fruit, some mineral on the finish. B/B+ > > Coincidentall, we recently opened a bottle of this and found it very > similar to your description: varietally correct and decent QPR. > >> Now, did you? I had that on Saturday myself... Good, but not overly exciting - went well with sole. But yesterday's wine, Bacharacher Posten Riesling Spätlese halbtrocken 2003 from Ratzenberger was completely wow! Apples and peaches, lively acidity and slatey minerality and good length and body - very good for 8 Euro... Should you see it (and I know he sold to the US and Japan) grab it! It will keep to 2008 at the least. (87points at wein-plus.de) Anders |
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"AyTee" > skrev i melding oups.com... I always enjoy your Notes, Dale, but "currant leaf"? Black currant is a note some times found in Sauvignon Blanc, I've heard. Anders |
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"currant leaf"
It's pretty widely available, at least in US, as a herbal tea/ health supplement. Aroma is a bit pungent - more in the gooseberry/cat pee family. We all have our frames of reference! |
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