Thursday was no wine (salmon and leftovers for dnner), Frday I steamed a co uple of lobsters. Served over a rice/quinoa/spinach salad, with grilled fen nel on the side, and with the 2004 Jadot (Duc de Magenta) “Clos de la Garenne” Puligny-Montrachet 1er. I had a backup bottle on hand - Jadot doesn’t have best record on premOx, I had thought I had drun k this a while back, recently discovered still had one. But when I opened i t poured with a nice light color, and a fresh nose. So then I carried the d ishes out to patio, and poured for Betsy. Hmmm, color seems a bit darker, a nd now there is just a hint of oxidative notes. I wondered if I’d n eed to fetch the backup. But the oxidative notes stayed just a hint, this s eems mature but not truly advanced. Pears, citrus zest, honeysuckle. Good l ength, some stony notes on finish. I quite liked, but would have preferred not spending quite as much time worrying about the pox. :) B+ \ 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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7 years ago