TN: Great Rieslings, mixed showing of others

Wednesday I had to speak at a panel at a college in the city, Betsy had din ner before I got back but saved me a plate- skirt steak , broccoli, and mus hrooms. I'm a Domaine Bart fan, but the 2011 Bart Fixin didn't impress me a s much as the Marsannays and upper end bottlings always have. Black cherrie s, a bit clunky, not flawed but lacking in charm. B-/C+

Thursday she made seafood with cioppino-esque flavors, we opened the 2013 B audry Chinon rose. Oops, is this my last of these? Lovely crisp minerally w ine, that works well with a variety of foods, I need to make sure not just to buy "enough for summer picnics", need this year round. B++

Friday we went to a Thai restaurant in Scarsdale with friends. Salad, larb, calamari, & mixed seafood in a panang curry , I carried along the 2002 Zil liken (Formeister Geltz) Saarburger Rausch Spatlese. Vibrant, a pointe, lim e and slate. Good length, fresh, but with some complexity from age. B+/A-

Cooking wine Saturday was the 2013 La Vieille Ferme blanc (Cotes du Luberon ). I don't gravitate towards Rhone-ish whites, but this always is a dependa ble inexpensive white. Moderate acids, apricot and peach, some nut and sali ne notes. B/B-

Betsy picked her mom up in Newark, dinner was Daniel Boulud's tagine with c hicken, preserved lemons,and cauliflower with a side of king trumpets & col lards. I went downstairs for a Rhone, came back with a Piedmont. I liked th e 2010 Pasquale Pelissero "Bricco San Giuliano' Barbaresco as a $20 wine, s o very happy as a $12 Barbaresco. Structured, with firm but balanced tannin s and acids. Black cherry, floral, moderate length. B

Sunday Betsy had a concert at Tenri Center in city while I was speaking at an interfaith service in Bedford. I was home first, in the unseasonal warmt h I grilled a spiced pork tenderloin and vegetables (squash, peppers, eggpl ant). Her mom was with us, and the wine was the 2011 Schafer-Frohlich Felse neck Grosses Gewachs, Lovely full bottle of drier Riesling, citrus and pit fruits, vibrant acids, excellent length. Gets better and better. Firm, youn g, gingery, minerally. Knockout! A-

Some old friends of Betsy's from CA joined us for dinner Monday. Some tomat o/basil bruschetta, starter was the NV Janisson-Baradon Brut Selection. A b it high in dosage for my tastes, sweet apples and candied fruits, not very complex, but works as an apertif. B-

First course was roasted cauliflower with pea sheets, a pea pesto,. and a f eta/cauliflower cream. Wine was the 2007 Pinson "Les Clos" Chablis Grand Cr u. I wouldn't call this premoxed, but I would call it totally mature (which is shocking for 7 year old GC). Full, apples and nuts, big and somewhat ro unded. B

Main was roasted salmon with rice and salad. A couple of Pinots

1996 Montille Volnay 1er

Pretty, crisp raspberry and cranberry fruit, a bit of tannin, some light mu shroom aromas. B+/A-

2008 Kistler "Cuvee Elizabeth" Pinot Noir

Good news is there's surprising acids. But that can't make up (for my taste s) for that jammy sweet fruit profile. Big, in your face. I can find apprec iation of the Kistler Chardonnays, but this is just not for me. C

No wine Tuesday as we made it to Georgia ahead of Wed's nor'easter.

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 p arty where it was only choice.Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivi ty, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.

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