Tonight, Jean, Andrew and I went out for a belated Valentine's Day dinner to one of the better child-friendly restaurants in the area. I had decided on their special of seared, sesame-encrusted yellowfin tuna and Jean was leaning toward a ribeye steak, so we decided to try a 2002 Domaine Serene Evenstad Pinot Noir as a compromise, but alas they were sold out of it. As a backup, Jean switched her order to scampi and we went with a bottle of:
2005 Pierre Sparr Gewurztraminer nose: classic lychee, a bit simple palate: dry, medium body, decent acidity, modest fruit, short finishA nice if unremarkable bottle of wine which went tolerably well with Jean's shrimp and very well with my tuna, which had been marinated in soy sauce before cooking. Sparr's wines were a fixture during grad school, but we don't see them much any more. After years of Trimbach, Sparr seems a bit simple, but still decent.
Mark Lipton