With sheetpan Kielbasa cabbage and white beans with a dill-mustard sauce
2015 Forjas del Salnes Finca Genoveva (Vinos Atlanticos) Bright, cranberry and raspberry, a bright peppery note.quite a fun wine. I?m thinking I should buy more (don?t remember where I got), but when I look find that this is $60ish, a bit out of my Galician comfort zone. B+Roast chicken, asparagus and the 2008 Aurelien Verdet Nuits st. George More Chambolle than NSG, bright abd light, just a touch of wood, fragrant and elegant, Not super long but satisfying B+/B
Miso glazed Salmon on green beans and broccolini, with a pair of roses (winter be damned)
NV Gosset Grand Rose Champagne Sweet red fruit, balanced, bread and orange zest, very enjoyable. B+
2020 Baudry Chinon Rose Light, crisp, long, and food friendly. B+Longevity noodles with shrimp and mushrooms, chicken wings
2015 Prum Graacher Himmelreich Kabinett I thought I had grabbed a 2008, while I think this will be a very good wine in time, it?s pretty closed right now. Some sweetness, pretty orchard fruit lurking underneath, but a door needs to open.I had some Flannery strips, we decided to invite friends, I suggested we do typical steakhouse sides, said we could call it Betsy?s Dale Steakhouse, then Betsy ran with the idea. Set up a podium, put on elaborate costume, greeted our friends as hostess/coat check (including vaccination check)
Smoked fish appetizers, and a classic iceberg wedge Then dry-aged strips, baked potatoes, sauteed spinach.
2014 Hervieux-Dumez Special Club Champagne Toasty round, not that special a club. B-2000 Sarget de Gruaud Larose This wasn?t an intentional save, but it turned out quite well for a 20+ year second wine. Red berry fruit, some ferric notes, good acids, resolved tannins, fragrant, I think I?d have guessed Marguax before St Julien. In a good place. B/B+
2005 Potensac Still pretty tannic, a bit stolid, plenty of ripe fruit. This might turn out pretty well, but rather boring now B-/BBetsy made a vegetarian Kimchi Soondubu Jjigae. I opened the NV Patrice Colin ?Les Perles d?Anne Sophie? Brut, a Loire bubbly (75% Chenin Blanc, 25% Chardonnay). It actually did a pretty serviceable job with a difficult match (great dish though). But I can?t say that as a wine it is really is a hit. Soft, appley, a little too squishy sweet. C+
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 party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.