TN: Birthday in Tribeca- Calon-Segur, Guigal, and DRC (well, it's a cake)

I'm with you! I've had feijoada in Rio de Janeiro and it was wonderful. I've also had it in a couple of restaurants in NY, but it was a pale imitation of what I had in Rio. If your friend is Brazilian and did it himself, it was probably much better than the NY restaurants.

Clear case of random oxidation from a defective cork.

M.

"your friend is Brazilian and did it himself, it was probably much better than the NY restaurants. "

He is Brazilian, and hired a Brazilian woman who caters to homesick Brazilians to do the cooking. Good stuff!

"It's been years since I've had a Guigal B&B. Would say that it was recognizably a Cote-Rotie? I'm not sure that I could say that about the ones I had from the '80s" Well, bacon and smoke seem Cote-Rotish to me.:)

Despite glowing WS scores, Guigal's Hermitage and CdP don't usually sing to me. But the regular Cote-Rotie seems to be decent and well-priced for C-R. Probably more typical than the La Las, actually.