I'm posting again, in my own thread, because I think it's important that we have at least five or 6 Thanksgiving Day blogs going on every wine board, on the whole Internet, at the same time, throughout the season. And I had expresso.
Some nice wine and good food all locally sourced from friends and our own garden. A lot to be thankful for and my sister even made the drive!
A singleton from the cellar: 1994 Chateau Pape Clement, Graves opens with a rush of earthy fruit. Still tannic but delicate and kind of elegant, actually, ready to drink up with dinner.
2008 Homemade cabernet sauvignon is lean, purple-weedy with shale and goes out swinging. Sincere adoration all around.
1998 Clos Rougeard Chace, Saumur has been giving me the stink eye for a month now. Fine. Last bottle, I'll drink it. Anyone, and I mean any one of you, would dismiss this as nasty oak juice. And for two days that's all there really is. Eventually though, tonight, it is a soft, leesy, perfumed wine with a rainwater texture and long, long finish, frankly it's a pretty heady experience. Have to admit that if I didn't see the label I might not have stuck around to see this wine through.
Anyway, if you don't have three days to wait the 2008 Domaine de la Pepiere, Muscadet offers the same leesy, rainwater texture but with gobs of delicious fruit and none of the Draper cologne. Wonderful and available locally from Jersey City, NJ to Callicoon, NY.
Best,
Kay
