Betsy made chicken with couscous and Moroccan spices (kind of tagine-ish)
2014 Clos de Roilette (Coudert) Fleurie Red berries, coffee, some structure here , this is not the Tardive but could use some time. Tasted again on night 3, actually better. B with real potentialI made a sheet pan dinner of salmon Brussels sprouts and broccoli
2011 Knoll Pfaffenberg Steiner Riesling. Crisp and stony, put fruit with ginger and orange zest. Wet rockiness abounds. B+Pork chops and vegetables in Japanese curry, somen, salad
2005 Potel Hauts Jarrons Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Young, black cherry and sandalwood, still some prominent tannin, I thought this would be ready but I expect better in a few years. B/B+ for now,Just me, with black sea bass, cacio e pepe ravioli, asparagus
2019 Pierre Martin ?Monts Damnes? Sancerre Chalk and seashells, citrus,bright. B+/BLots of admire about Coach K but very happy how his last game turned out.
Betsy came back from a special reunion weekend (and great concert), we started with a oyster comparison (Fat Baby from Long Island Sound vs Savage Blonde fromPEI) and leftover pork curry. Leftover Sancerre with oysters, and then the 2014 Lapierre N (Sans Soufre) Morgon These days I buy more Foillard than Lapierre, generally find more value, but maybe I should reconsider, at least with the no sulfur version. Pretty, juicy red and black cherry, oregano, roast gamebird notes.There were a couple of others in box, hope they are N as well. B++
Monday Indian takeout (pakora, papadum, palek paneer, lamb roganjosh) before a wondrous 1st half of basketball (followed by a horrible 2nd half)
2012 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spatlese #10 This should be a stunner, but wasn?t. The cork started slipped into bottle when I was opening, and the wine was more advanced than it should be. Good fruit (peach and melon), but petrol is very high, and it?s got a honied/apricot note and a bit of VA. Blind I might have thought this was a mid-90s Rheingau Auslese. Tasty, but not what is should be. B on taste, C+ for meeting expectations. Hopefully just a poor cork2016 Gérard Villet "Cuvee Tradition" Arbois blanc It?s like dry vin jaune, but worse.:( Old apples, with a touch of cleaning fluid and rubbing alcohol. I am sure there are fans of this style who would rate highly, but for me this is a D.
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.