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1998 Ducru Becaillou for father's day
Decided to open for Father's day, double decanted, with grilled steak, pota toes and green beans (all perfect barbecue food for me). Slight funk in the nose, resolved to cedar, cocoa, and dark fruit....
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TN: Spring wines- RB Bdx, Etna, Burg, Loire, Chile
Tuesday I grilled sausages and fennel, warmed up some kabocha/chickpea mixt ure, and opened the 2003 La Vieille Cure (Fronsac). Modern, fleshy, some mo cha, initially I'm thinking not bad for the...
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1997 Louis Latour Corton Charlemagne
Still opening old bottles. I still have a couple of older Corton Charlemag nes so I grabbed a 1997 Latour Corton Charlemagne and grilled some swordfis h with a corn and yellow pepper salsa. The wine...
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TN: Mostly Riesling with Wine Media Guild on UES, NYC
esterday I took a train to Harlem and then jumped subway to Upper East Side . A quick walk over to the Evergreen Cafe, where Mark had put together a ta ble for the annual dinner for the Wine Media...
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Couple of oldies Burg and Luna
In keeping with my goal to drink up everything old in my cellar I opened a couple of bottles yesterday with a lightly smoked slow cooked brisket. 1990 Chateau de Pommard. I bought this bottle at the...
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TN: 1 Oz, 3 Old World
With grilled teriyaki salmon, broccoli salad, and arugula, the 2011 Cherme tte/Vissoux "Les Trois Roches" Moulin a Vent. Nice showing, there's a tiny hint of geranium but not dominant or offputting,...
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2 WE successes
We had 2 very good bottles this WE, I was going to post about the first, but the second deserves a mention also. Ch. St Jean, Cinq Cepages 1995. With salt crusted roast chicken, coco beans in olive...
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TN: Germans, Burg, Languedoc, Bdx
With masoor dal with spinach and some curried cauliflower, the Falkenstein "Niedermenniger Sonnenberg" Riesling Spatlese Feinherb, Just a whisper of sweetness, floral on the nose, apple and ginger on...
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Bad terroir
Is there such a thing?
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TN: 2004 Red Burgs- some green, some mean, some lean, some I like
We had a nice little group get together at La Mangeoire on 2nd Avenue on a warm and rainy night. A nice charucterie plate (pate, mousse, sausage, duck breast, cornichons, celeriac remoulade) was a...
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TN: Lots of wines with porcelet and more
With scallops with a mango salsa, the 2007 Pepiere Granite de Clisson Musca det. . I had this on deck Monday but it never got called up,. Full, richer styled Muscadet, saline and citrus, very good...
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TN: Memorial Day wines
Memorial Day was warm and sunny, and a nice crowd of people showed up at ou r house. Betsy had made a broccoli salad and many skewers of chicken yakito ri. I made flank steak bulgogi, spare ribs,...
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TN: 1999 Brunello
Sunday Betsy had a concert in Pennsylvania, she alerted me when she and pia nist were leaving. I took the train to the subway and met them in front of Marija's building on Upper West Side. Her husband...
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TN: Multiple Madirans, 1 El Dorado, 1 Chassagne
Dinner Friday was steamed lobster with a sorrel sauce; wine was the 2012 Ed munds St John "Heart of Gold." Rich, slightly oily, pears and flowers, good length. I shared with friends who arrived later...
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couple of good low end Rieslings
Since the subject of reasonably priced white came up recently, I thought I'd pass along a couple of our "go to" wines, both around 8€ "départ cave" and both biodynamic. Both also have a new...
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