the new what did u drink tonite thread
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[/quote] they have been available on and off in the us at least (https://www.superglou.com/dolde -- not sure what the current state play is), but i'm not sure any made it north of teh baltic. though i stand to be corrected.
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Pavel Tchichikov
Pavel Tchichikov
the bulb is high in fructans, the green stalks much less so.
Yeah. Customs needs tons of paperwork as well as ransoming your firstborn child. A visit would be great - and oddly, there is a loophole for tourists and returning locals bringing wine in through ports of entry: 6 bottles duty free per person! (and minimal charges for anything over that).
For reasons unknown, Jean bought a couple of strip steaks this weekend. Tonight, after a long day of proposaling (amid wondering if we’re witnessing the end of scientific research in the US), we cooked them up (mesquite grilling outdoors) along with mashed spud, grilled onions and a shi’itake-shallot sauté and opened a bottle of 2014 Baudry Grezeaux, which was all about raspberries and cedar, with resolved tannins and ripping good acidity. The match with the umami-rich steak was superb and the bottle disappeared all too quickly.
Mark Lipton
Mark Lipton
Pavel Tchichikov
Pavel Tchichikov
I opened a '14 "domaine" bottling within the past year. Two things that struck me were how excellent the wine is in general, and how neither here nor there it is right now, for my twisted taste.
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Nice report, M'k!
Jayson Cohen
Jayson Cohen
I haven’t been great about posting. Maybe a few of us in that boat.
2022 Extradimensional Wine Co. Yeah! Figure-Ground. (12.8% ABV) 40% Old Vine Contra Costa Mourvèdre. 30% Dry Creek Zin. 10-10-10% Old Vine Contra Costa Carignane-Brousseau Chardonnay-Shake Ridge Ranch Rosé of Primativo. Lovely red-purple-orange color. Savory. Fennel seed. Petrichor. Juicy. Rhubarb. Just a hint of underripe blackberry.
Perfect pizza wine?
2022 Extradimensional Wine Co. Yeah! Figure-Ground. (12.8% ABV) 40% Old Vine Contra Costa Mourvèdre. 30% Dry Creek Zin. 10-10-10% Old Vine Contra Costa Carignane-Brousseau Chardonnay-Shake Ridge Ranch Rosé of Primativo. Lovely red-purple-orange color. Savory. Fennel seed. Petrichor. Juicy. Rhubarb. Just a hint of underripe blackberry.
Perfect pizza wine?
Pavel Tchichikov
Pavel Tchichikov
that's because you are too busy posting to the secret .sasha board, just to annoy kane
given your expertise on the subject, i assume that's a rhetorical question
I had high hopes for this as a pizza wine tonight, as I generally find Beaujolais to be in the same exuberant delicious mode as most of my pizzas. (Tonight it was several cheeses, tomato sauce, roasted oyster mushroom, a dash of roasted spring onion and celery leaf herbs)
Jayson Cohen
Jayson Cohen
This was from the relatively new Upside Pizza, which my youngest son really likes. But we are even more closely bounded by Mama’s Too and the even newer Super Nice Pizza, and Upside is not at that level.
'22 Pierre Bise Anjou Blanc Haut de la Garde
Damn, this is good, actually great, maybe even better. A ton of character in a uniquely downriver sort of way...quince, hung meat, quinine, fennel root,pine needles, evolving with air...a dry white made by a sweet white specialist...
I don't think I talked much about our Saumur stay a couple years back but we had a lot of highlights, one being visiting Pierre Bise. Really solid wines across the board, I would say classicists with a natural nod.
All the terroirs along the Loire are quite special and unique - it was a lot of fun spending time there and deepening our sense and understanding of the area. The dry Anjous of the Layon though I think are definitely underappreciated.
Damn, this is good, actually great, maybe even better. A ton of character in a uniquely downriver sort of way...quince, hung meat, quinine, fennel root,pine needles, evolving with air...a dry white made by a sweet white specialist...
I don't think I talked much about our Saumur stay a couple years back but we had a lot of highlights, one being visiting Pierre Bise. Really solid wines across the board, I would say classicists with a natural nod.
All the terroirs along the Loire are quite special and unique - it was a lot of fun spending time there and deepening our sense and understanding of the area. The dry Anjous of the Layon though I think are definitely underappreciated.
Interesting, nice to hear, I suppose. So René is in full control now? Going for some funky character? (Not sure how to interpret some of those descriptors!)
I used to like Haut de la Garde for the broad brawny angles, but then Claude was going for 'optimum ripeness' and the wines seemed to have all the edges smoothed over, maybe more 'elegant', but losing character to my tastes. I didn't follow all the vintages, but this seems like yet another direction.