What did you drink tonight?

originally posted by kirk wallace:
nice Ian. i have loved this wine every time i've had it. It reminds me of SFJoe.
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Aye, Joe. He persuaded me to try my first Foillard, among other things.

I haven't loved this wine at every stage, but right now, it's gorgeous.

Tonight: Ponsot Mont Luisants 2004 from Magnum. The Ponsot site used to have imbedded fiches that said to hold this wine until something crazy-sounding, like 2016 (or later). I bought three cheap magnums from the now-despised Premier Cru and have held them all until now.

This wine is a 20/80% Chardonnay-Aligote blend, per Ponsot - or was, until 2004, when it the Chardonnay vines were pulled out. Out of the bottle it is diamond dry, inviting oxidation panic; but with a bit of air time, you realize that the Aligoté is just damn tart with acidity. It evolves to a perfectly fresh, tart, intense, medium-bodied white, very clean on the palate, delightful to drink. Not a ton of fruit, a bit lemony, in keeping with the acidity theme. Not a great wine, but a good one with really decent finesse; and the freshness is striking.
 
Love this thread. My oldest son is in town for a couple of days and we had a nice evening with him.

Riecine Chianti Classico 2006 was in a sweet spot with grilled NY strips and some kind of fancy sweet potato murasaki? that my wife said was flying off the shelves at TJs. We are not far from the Canadian border (which may come in handy in November) and the good citizens of British Columbia love Traders Joes here for some reason. You can spot them easily because they wear the nicer shoes.

The Riecine is a solid value, I think under $20, light but also chewy CC, with an anise spiked finish. Aging well, but should hold. Great steak wine.

We opened a second bottle, JB Brun '14 Bourgogne. Love his Pinot. Juicy pinot fruit with orange rinds, nice framing tannin.

A pleasure to drink.
 
Caparzo 1999 Brunello di Montalcino "Vigna La Casa" - raised part in botti, part in barrique, it's lovely now: youthfully dark all the way to the rim, mixed berry compote with just a twinge of spirits, happy wine in a good place.

On the table with some rare leg of lamb (off my charcoal grill) and spanokopita from the local baker (called "Damascus").

It's OK to boast, yes?
 
2006 Lafouge Auxey-Duresses Chapelle, last bottle. Drinking very nicely now. The last couple of bottles I opened were dry and tough, like lean beef. In this bottle, charming acidity and secondary fruit seep out under the wall of tannins and create and excellent counterpoise. A real pleasure.

I wonder if this bottle can be taken as a proxy for 2006 1ers generally; that is, are the reds from this vintage starting to come open up. I had a Bize Vergelesses a few months ago that showed a bit of promise (finally).
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:
originally posted by Marc D:
My co worker who is a big Seahawks fan bought two tickets (5K for the pair, ouch) to the game.
She is staying in Jersey City via a vrbo rental.

Any restaurants I should direct her to?

They like wine but are not geeked out over it, so maybe more for food then drinks.
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Best food is Thirty Acres on Jersey Avenue. Best pizza is Razza ($35 corkage for the table, nice small list) on Grove. Second best food/Best French is Madame Claude on the corner of Newark, Fourth and Brunswick (BYO only). Grand Sichuan on Grove St. for Sichuan Chinese (avoid the American Chinese dishes such asGeneral Tsos and get the Gui Zhou Spicy chicken, soup dumplings and tea smoked duck), New Thanh Hoai on Erie for Vietnamese (they have a parking lot). For basic American Lighthorse Tavern is good though they are better for lunch than dinner. Roman Nose has decent pastas and panini. Abbondanza Trattoria for good solid red sauce Italian. Bistro La Source is good but not as good as Madame Claude.

If they want great diner pancakes for breakfast go to The Brownstone on Jersey and Grand. Don't order any non-breakfast food there though.

Whatever you do don't let them be tempted by the very attractive restaurant called The Bistro At Grove Square. Great location, great space, lousy food.

Where in Jersey City are they staying? If they're closer to Journal Square then there are a bunch of Indian and Filipino places. If they're in the Heights there a new high end place that opened which is a pain for me to get to but is supposed to be really good.

originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by Jay Miller:
fireworks.
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Heard those, but couldn't see them.

Was there a sporting event?
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From what Marc says there's apparently some sort of falconry event occurring. I guess I owe Arnold an apology.

So that's why my chiropractor asked me if I had rented out my condo for the weekend.
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I must put in a plug for the VIP Diner pancakes. Classic fare done right. And the waitress is a jovial lady who will almost assuredly call you "Hun."
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Caparzo 1999 Brunello di Montalcino "Vigna La Casa" - raised part in botti, part in barrique, it's lovely now: youthfully dark all the way to the rim, mixed berry compote with just a twinge of spirits, happy wine in a good place.

On the table with some rare leg of lamb (off my charcoal grill) and spanokopita from the local baker (called "Damascus").

It's OK to boast, yes?
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great wine, rare leg of lamb, spanikopita, boast brother, boast...
 
Arbois Cuvee des Poetes 2012, Ligier - light clear brassy color; straw, macon-like apple fruit with a touch of fino; medium body, ok acid, green apple skin with straw and Marsannish flavor and body; slight tannin in persistent walnut-fino-fruity finish; distinctly different but in a modern idiom; 100% Savagnin but no flor or deliberate oxidation.

Rose' of Barbera Amador 2015, St. Amant - lively aroma with plenty fruit with a nice herbal-tomato leaf tone; medium body, good acidity, significant Tavelish weight and mild tannin, lots of flavor extracted, touch of RS on finish. Mostly Barbera w/48 hours skin contact and a bit of Verdelho. Just the thing for the last ultra-ripe tomatoes of summer (sorry to make you jealous, east-coasters).
 
This starts off full of red currant & cranberry flavors ... definitely "crunchy" or "high pitched". A bit of earthy flavors in the background. As the bottle was disappearing the bits of remaining wine were gaining weight, which was most interesting, but I was loving the currant and cranberry profile at the start.

This made for a great Friday night with Volnay and Pizza at home.
 
2008 Ganevat Cuvée Julien was just as beautiful tonight as when I first had it at an ill-fated get-together with Jeff, Sasha and SFJoe at Ten Bells. Definite bricking going on (low SO2?) but gorgeous raspberry fruit framed in a silken, light package ("like more acidic Burgundy," said Jean, meaning it as a compliment). It went well with roast chicken... but then again, what doesnt?

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
2008 Ganevat Cuvée Julien was just as beautiful tonight as when I first had it at an ill-fated get-together with Jeff, Sasha and SFJoe at Ten Bells. Definite bricking going on (low SO2?) but gorgeous raspberry fruit framed in a silken, light package...
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Lucky you that you kept some. Mine have been gone a long time already. (And I defy you to determine whether he's making it anymore.)
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by MLipton:
...an ill-fated get-together
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Why ill-fated, out of curiosity?
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We chose the night that the chef quit. The night was only rescued by SFJoe's late arrival, as he sweet-talked some more food out of them.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by MLipton:
...an ill-fated get-together
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Why ill-fated, out of curiosity?
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We chose the night that the chef quit. The night was only rescued by SFJoe's late arrival, as he sweet-talked some more food out of them.
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Somewhat more like "food" than food but any ballast in a storm.
 
Easy to forget that they make a great white as well. Graceful intensity on the palate, a veritable theatre of flavours. Outstanding.
 
originally posted by Yixin:
2015 Quintarelli Secco Ca' del MerloEasy to forget that they make a great white as well. Graceful intensity on the palate, a veritable theatre of flavours. Outstanding.
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I might have this with lunch today!
 
originally posted by Kay Bixler:
What did you drink tonight?So dead here, it's either this or a cooling unit discussion. Please use this thread to commemorate your nightly tipple. No elaborate tasting note required, just tell us what you're drinking.

Us? 2010 Mongeared-Mugneret Vosne-Romanée, easy drinking Burgundy that covers all the bases. Sometimes it's leafy and high-toned, sometimes it's spicy and warm. Lovely wine but tough to justify at $45 USD.

Also open: 2010 Chateau du Hureau Saumur-Champigny "Tuffe" is a lean, herbal scented cabernet franc. Tremendous match with lamb and white bean chili. Raspberry fruit, beautiful stem tannin.
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We had our neighbors over for dinner last night. Great people, and they love wine, but not the same stuff my wife and I usually drink. He loves modern WA state Cabernet blends which are typically glossy fruit and heavy toasted oak with pretty significant alcohol. Last night he brought over a bottle of 2013 Mongeared Mugneret Vosnee Romanee because he thought it would be something I would like. It was pretty darn good. More blue fruit then red but also some spice and nice balance. I opened a bottle of 2002 Leoville Barton which is in a very nice spot to drink now. Some primary fruit still and a mix of tobacco leaf cigar box things. Very good for a supposedly weak vintage. My neighbor loved it and I think a light went off, he said he wants to drink more of this then his typical WA state red blend. It was a fun night. We drank a bottle of the 2012 Pepiere Chateau Thebaud to start and it was pretty fantastic too.

Anyway I remembered the M M Vosnee Romanee was the very first wine to start this thread so I decided to post this here.

Cheers.
 
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