Dinner at Maureens was quite a pleasure. Cole and Mary, Bob, and Gesche (my wife) came out to join the crowd.
While milling around and eventually eating pizza we drank the 1998 Dnnhoff Niederhuser Hermannshhle Riesling Sptlese which was a fine feathered thread of slightly herbal-ing riesling although still with plenty of juicy body to support it. Nice relaxed way to begin the evening, although with the main course we switched to two Trimbachs.
Some preferred the 1994 Trimbach Riesling Clos Ste. Hune for the spicy rich complexity although I slightly preferred the 1990 Trimbach Riesling Cuve Frdric Emile for the firm grip and direct refreshing length (one quote was that length is overrated but I cant really agree). That said, both were offering lots of pleasure and we were all thankful that we didnt have to choose.
With cheese came a blind bottle of red wine which was the 1990 Henri Gouges Nuits St. Georges Les St. Georges and despite some funky smells that we never quite identified I liked this wine a lot. Sure it was still waiting for primetime but not at all in the stereotypical tannic Gouges way. It was long and dark and firm and maybe ever-so-slightly chunky but if you swallowed correctly it was also a long thread of silk. I guess one just has to wait for it to all come together!
To end the show and guzzle with dessert the 2001 Muller-Catoir Riesling Auslese Mussbacher Eselshaut was a creamy rich Auslese with juicy botrytis and a fresh structure and nothing at all to complain about so this didnt last very long
Nice times!
While milling around and eventually eating pizza we drank the 1998 Dnnhoff Niederhuser Hermannshhle Riesling Sptlese which was a fine feathered thread of slightly herbal-ing riesling although still with plenty of juicy body to support it. Nice relaxed way to begin the evening, although with the main course we switched to two Trimbachs.
Some preferred the 1994 Trimbach Riesling Clos Ste. Hune for the spicy rich complexity although I slightly preferred the 1990 Trimbach Riesling Cuve Frdric Emile for the firm grip and direct refreshing length (one quote was that length is overrated but I cant really agree). That said, both were offering lots of pleasure and we were all thankful that we didnt have to choose.
With cheese came a blind bottle of red wine which was the 1990 Henri Gouges Nuits St. Georges Les St. Georges and despite some funky smells that we never quite identified I liked this wine a lot. Sure it was still waiting for primetime but not at all in the stereotypical tannic Gouges way. It was long and dark and firm and maybe ever-so-slightly chunky but if you swallowed correctly it was also a long thread of silk. I guess one just has to wait for it to all come together!
To end the show and guzzle with dessert the 2001 Muller-Catoir Riesling Auslese Mussbacher Eselshaut was a creamy rich Auslese with juicy botrytis and a fresh structure and nothing at all to complain about so this didnt last very long
Nice times!