I am putting Seth Rosenberg’s TN to the test tonight

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maureen

maureen nelson
A few friends are coming over this evening to dine and watch a movie. Yesterday, at the Arlington farmers’ market, I found that my favorite farmer already had English peas and they were sweet. So I decided I had to make my (delicious and justifiably well-regarded) minted pea soup to serve before dinner. I went into CT to view others’ notes on my wines, sorted to Germany and by vintage, and started looking for young Mosels characterized as “minty.” I found more than one note that said the 2021 Falkenstein kabinett “Gisela” shows notes of mint, but Seth’s recent note sealed the deal - besides the usual accolades for this wine (which I have bought in several vintages but have not yet tried 😱), Seth said, “Kaffir lime and tangerine, rock candy and mint and green peas.” Sounds like i should work well, no? I will let you know.
 
on, sorry. The wine is delicious and proved to pair well with the soup but I cannot claim it tasted of mint and peas when consumed on its own.

But I am not a person who names flavors in wine. More about structure and balance. And yums.
 
originally posted by maureen:
on, sorry. The wine is delicious and proved to pair well with the soup but I cannot claim it tasted of mint and peas when consumed on its own.

But I am not a person who names flavors in wine. More about structure and balance. And yums.
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Wait. You started looking for "young Mosels characterized as “minty,” yet you cannot call a wine minty. In any case, I've never had a Falkenstein kabinett that leans in that direction. Veltliner can be minty, and would have been my choice for a fresh pea soup, but the sweetness of peas generally does not work with rieslings that have RS because peas are not that sweet.
 
originally posted by mark e:
In any case, I've never had a Falkenstein kabinett that leans in that direction.
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So, maybe what's missing from their holdings is a large stand of eucalyptus. Where do you think it would be best to plant it: towards the river or in the woods to the Northeast?
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
originally posted by mark e:
In any case, I've never had a Falkenstein kabinett that leans in that direction.
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So, maybe what's missing from their holdings is a large stand of eucalyptus. Where do you think it would be best to plant it: towards the river or in the woods to the Northeast?
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rather, isn't the question in which direction the eucalyptus is leaning?
 
originally posted by Pavel Tchichikov:
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
originally posted by mark e:
In any case, I've never had a Falkenstein kabinett that leans in that direction.
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So, maybe what's missing from their holdings is a large stand of eucalyptus. Where do you think it would be best to plant it: towards the river or in the woods to the Northeast?
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rather, isn't the question in which direction the eucalyptus is leaning?
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Like so much of the world these days, they lean to the right.
 
why not turn the tables and describe and say a lentil and sorrel salad has lovely gruner veltliner complexities? or describing cherries as having enchanting gamay fruit nuances? etc., etc.
 
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