Saturday with some mushroom-stuffed baked quail and some kale, the
2004 Drouhin Cote de Beaune Villages. I found this a little simpler than a previous bottle. Somewhat foursquare Burg with good red fruit and a little earth, but not especially deep. Still, lively cherry/ raspberry fruit in a nicely balanced package, decent QPR. BToday Betsy was preparing a Beef Bourguignon for our mini-x-country ski trip this week, she used up the Drouhin and most of a bottle of the 2004 Iche "Les Heretiques" Vin de Pays d'Herault. One of the best $7 bottlings of the last few years, not complex but not intended to be, a good ringer for a CdR lineup. Nice warm soft fruit with a bit of underbrush and herb, B but at the price a real value.
Tonight's actual dinner was a ragu made with a lone lamb shank, Betsy said it was a Tuscan recipe so I opened a 375 of the 2001 Felsina Chianti Classico. Once again, I really like this wine. Lots of body for a straight CC, big black cherry fruit with little hints of leather and damp earth. B+/A-
Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. 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.