Not a heavyweight in sight
1999 Salomon Pfaffenberg: Clean. Better than a previous bottle I mused about once. Ent-draught. Maybe Goldberry. Scent of a distant wood over a dewy prairie. Opened when the bottle of 98 Hirsch Gaisberg proved a bit long-in-the-tooth.
1998 Rainoldi Prugnolo: Dances with wolves. Well..., maybe Whippets. Lean, lithe, light on its feet. Yet, no pansy. Fabian Cancellara sans batteries. Too light at first (pop and pour). A robust example of Maureen's dictum "It needs air time!!".
1995 Wagner Rausch Spatlese: This is splendid. My held-too-long concerns are eviscerated. Cirque du Soleil in a glass. All playful elegance. I can hear the music.
2008 Degani Valpolicella: What Robert meant a while back when he said to me that Valpolicella should be a RED wine. He was bemoaning a Speri cuvee as I recall. Too purple. This borders on eccentric. I want to say in a class with the 2005 Rouge Gourge. Perhaps a bit of a stretch. Not an earthworm in sight. But the memory synapses are firing. (Ahh.. madeleines.)
1999 Salomon Pfaffenberg: Clean. Better than a previous bottle I mused about once. Ent-draught. Maybe Goldberry. Scent of a distant wood over a dewy prairie. Opened when the bottle of 98 Hirsch Gaisberg proved a bit long-in-the-tooth.
1998 Rainoldi Prugnolo: Dances with wolves. Well..., maybe Whippets. Lean, lithe, light on its feet. Yet, no pansy. Fabian Cancellara sans batteries. Too light at first (pop and pour). A robust example of Maureen's dictum "It needs air time!!".
1995 Wagner Rausch Spatlese: This is splendid. My held-too-long concerns are eviscerated. Cirque du Soleil in a glass. All playful elegance. I can hear the music.
2008 Degani Valpolicella: What Robert meant a while back when he said to me that Valpolicella should be a RED wine. He was bemoaning a Speri cuvee as I recall. Too purple. This borders on eccentric. I want to say in a class with the 2005 Rouge Gourge. Perhaps a bit of a stretch. Not an earthworm in sight. But the memory synapses are firing. (Ahh.. madeleines.)
