ndian carrots and chickpea/spinach over saffron rice
2019 Edmunds St John Bone Jolly Rose Strawberries and raspberry, strawberry leaves, good acids. B+2015 Martin Mullen Trarbacher Huhnerberg Riesling Kabinett Trocken (Mosel). Tangy citrus, tons of acid, good with food, hard without. B
On a friend?s deck Friday. We had gotten a couple of boxes from Blue Hill SB (seafood and garde manger) so brought appetizers from those: Oysters on half shell, ham on amakaze bread with carrot romesco, mussels escabeche Ron made sausage and meatballs on spaghetti, Nancy salad.
NV Franco Nero Rustico Prosecco A bit of RS, apple fruit, citrus blossoms. B-
2008 Francois Cotat ?Culs de Beaujeau? Sancerre White pit fruits, fresh and young, very stony. Long minerally finish. A-2010 La Colombina Brunello Di Montalcino Big and ripe., sagging at edges, not a lot of elegance here. B-/C+
2006 Fontodi Chianti Classico This is big too, but more refined, black cherry and mocha with a bit of leather. B+Our turn to host a couple of friends, for dinner and then an outdoor showing of ?Aede of the Ocean and Land? a play by Noor Inayat Khan that was set to music (musicians/actors across 10 time zones, including Betsy?s quartet).
Distanced dining setup:
Groundcherry salsa, fennel sausage Fluke tartare with wild arugula (BHSB box) Halibut en papillote, (BHSB) Grilled pork chops, lamb merguez, zucchini grape/giner/goat cheese mousse, chocolate cookies (both BHSB)
NV Puech Redon ?Pour de Vrai? Petillant Nat from Cinsualt, cloudy, lightlyu sweet, but with a bitter note that reminds me of lambic beer. Different and fun. B/B-
2008 Pascal Cotat ?Les Monts Damnes? Sancerre Unlike the 08 F Cotat CdB, this seems fully mature. Grapefruit and apple cider, some light oxidative notes, from this bottle at least drink up. Others LOVED. B2010 F. Carillon ?Les Perrieres? Puligny-Montrachet 1er Full, balanced, takes a while to open, light hazelnut notes over a solid pear and citrus base. B+/A-
1982 Ch. La Dominique Recent acquisition, when I touched cork with screw of Durand it slid into bottle. But decanted this turns out just fine. Soft and ready, moderate acids, resolved tannins. Black plum, a little mocha, plenty of cedar. Drinking very well right now. B+/A-Sunday Bluefush dijonais, couscous, Burrata caprese, watercress salad
2018 Leeuwin Artists Series Riesling (Margaret River). Dry, crisp, citrusy (lime).BGrade 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.