A bit of delay in SLC, but made it back to NY Thursday night. Dinner mostly from freezer - chicken sausage and dal, plus delicata squash.
1996 Ch. Troplong Mondot Some browning on rim, slight maderized note, tacky tannins, no fun. Well s tored but maybe heat before acquisition .Clean cork with not a lot of stain ing. This bottle C2015 AJ Adam “"im Pfarrgarten” Feinherb Riesling Peach and mango with lime accents, good acids, Kabinett weight, long. B+/B
Friday dinner was swordfish and a kohlrabi salad, with the 2016 Pepiere ? ??Clos des Briords” Muscadet. Maybe not as snappy and elegant a s the ‘12 or ‘16, but a bit more verve than the ‘15 . But all Briords are Fantastic QPR- saline, vigorous, bright. B++
, Saturday was our anniversary, I picked up Betsy at JFK and went home for a nice dinner. I had planned on oysters to start, but fishmonger at farmers m arket didn’t have, so starters were smoked salmon and sherried chor izo instead, with a glass of NV Pierre Peters Cuvee de Reserve Blanc de Bla ncs. Apple and pears, yeasty dough, floral. Nice acidic lift, elegant mouss e B+
Rack of lamb over wilted arugula, couscous, grilled leeks, green beans (goo se fat)
2001 Ch. Sociando-Mallet Nice showing with some air. Cassis, black cherry, some green notes but more leafy than green peppery. Some spice, ferric notes. Still some tannin. Fre sh, good acids. B+/A-Sunday we had a friend over, started with repeat of chorizo and salmon with leftover Champagne (still fine). Then gingered cod stirfry with kale and broccoli rabe, and a green salad with delicata and watermelon radish.
2013 Knoll Loibner Riesling Smaragd Citrus and tonic water, light for Smaragd (12.5 abv), tasty and quickly fin ished. B+2017 La Tour Bon Bandol rose Pale, perky, pretty. B+
No wine Monday with Japanese hot pot (udon, maitake, spinach) or Tues (salm on, rice, greens)
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.