Tonight marked the return of wild caught Alaskan salmon to our market, so we purchased a side of wild caught sockeye and gave it a light smoking on the grill. With this wine, we had:
2009 Berger Grüner Veltliner Niederösterreich (1 L) nose: green peas and minerals palate: crisp, clean and mineral
A recent purchase, this was a 1 litre bottle sealed with a crown cap. Not terribly deep or complex but very tasty and drinkable, especially in light of its $15 price tag.
2009 Do Ferreiro Albariño "Cepas Vellas" Rias Baixas nose: pineapple, citrus, minerals palate: intense, lean profile, deep flavors
This was a bit of a mistaken purchase, as I thought that I was getting the normal cuvée of the Do Ferreiro Albariño at CSW when I was recently in NYC only to later discover that I'd bought the Cepas Vellas. This was a truly profound example of Albariño, though, and very much lived up to the hype of 200 year old, pre-phylloxera vines.
Mark Lipton