TN: This week's wines

Aug 16, 2006 3 Replies
M

Here's a summary of various bottles consumed with dinners this week:


2005 Drylands Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc ($15) nose: complex, herbal, grassy, grapefruit palate: crisp, decently complex, with an herbaceous finish

Quite nice with a paella dinner


2004 Dom de la Terres Dorées (J-P Brun) Fleurie ($15) n: bright red berry fruit, slight mineral note p: light, bright, fruity, lovely

A beautiful wine, and even better with the paella (which was a bit meat-heavy) than the SB.


2004 Dr. Loosen "Dr. L" Riesling QbA ($14) n: petrol, lemons, slightly floral p: crisp entry, light body, lemons and petrol, clean finish

While I really liked this QPR winner, Jean found it too "Riesling-like" to appeal to her newfound appreciation for the grape. Oh, well.


2005 Babich Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc ($11) n: grapefruit, grapefruit and more grapefruit p: guess what? crisp and clean

After the Drylands, this came across as a bit simple, but then it sold for substantially less, too.


2005 Banfi "Rosa Regale" Brachetto D'Acqui n: simple, confected cherry, little Muscat character p: cloying, soft, sweet

A gift from an appreciative former student to Jean. Bleechh!


1999 Dom. de la Tourade Vacqueyras n: meat, black cherries, tar p: acidic entry, slightly tannic, black cherries beneath a gamey, meaty flavor, short finish

Opened as a backup to the Brachetto, this wine was nice, if a bit fruit-shy. It went very well with BBQ pork ribs, though.



Mark Lipton


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M

Oh, yeah, I forgot one other:

2002 Trimbach Gewürztraminer n: restrained, spicy, lychees p: full bodied, off-dry, lychees and a bit more

Not as impressive as this bottling has been in some other years, but still a good example of Gewürztraminer

Mark Lipton

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That Fleurie is such a pretty wine. Why didn't I get more before CSW sold out?

As to the Brachetto, I think it can actually be a good simple wine in right situation (as dessert on a hot day on porch- some think it great with chocolate). But it's overpriced- I'd pay $10, not $20

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You and me both, Dale. That was my only bottle, opened on FL Jim's enthusiastic recommendation. If you find more, drop me a line but I expect that we'll both have to wait for the '05 version to arrive.

I doubt that the Banfi was a particularly inspired example, though you may feel differently. I was a bit disappointed with the lack of discernable Muscat character on either the nose or palate. I'll stick to Prosecco, I think (though Jean dislikes it, so maybe not)

Mark Lipton

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