This time of year I spend ost of my time at my farm so we invited a few hunting buddies and their wives for the weekend. Dinner was prepped by all. Started with a light seafood soup with Bay scallops, shrmp and Cod. I opened a 2007 Hanzell Sonoma Chardonnay. Nicely balanced, good ripe fruit with nice minerality. A bit of honeysuckle on the nose with clean citrus and stones on the palate. I bought this wine at a deep discount for $38. A solid "B"
With wild mushroom risotto garnished with duck confit I opened a 2004 Perrot Minot Chambertin VV. Nice nose of blueberry and spicebox. Plenty of black cherry on the palate and not over extracted. No green meanies and fairly plush tannins. Needs a few more years to come together. "B+"
WIth grilled espresso dusted beef tenderloin with I opened a 2000 Chateau Pavie. Deep and plush showing it's right bank roots and new age maker. Very rich, ripe black fruits, blackberry, blueberry, cassis and black coffee. A hint of sage. "A"