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Mark Lipton
Pierre Moncuit Blanc de Blanc was surprisingly rich, with plenty of yeast autolysis character and red apple fruit. It was a tad deficient in acid for our tastes, but made for a decent apero.

2014 Commanderie de Peyrassole Rosé was filled with strawberry fruit and stony minerality in a dry fished package. It proved to be a true crowd pleaser with turkey, stuffing and other sides.

2014 Nigl Grüner Veltliner Freiheit was zippy and packed with green, herbal goodness. We brought the remaining half bottle home us for further "evaluation."

Your intrepid reporter,
Mark Lipton
 
2006 Copain "les Voisins" we bought at the winery and had high hopes at the time. Those were not fulfilled today. While not a complete train wreck this was too ripe, too alcoholic and lacked freshness and structure. I guess we will braise some meat this weekend.

2007 Battenfeld-Spanier "Kirchenstück" Grosses Gewächs was the same in white. Kawumm. Tastes like botrytis grapes were included. Not my cup of tea in any way.

Usually we argue about who will get the rest of the red while finishing the main course. Today we have easily 1 liter of wine left. So at least we are sober. Happy thanksgiving!
 
1993 La Pousse d'Or Volnay 1er Cru Clos des 60 Ouvrées - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru (11/26/2015)
From a 375 ml bottle purchased from North Berkeley Wine in winter of 1996 for the then-ungodly price of $24. Really quite lovely. Red-fruited and rather precise for Volnay (altho not for Potel-era Pousse d'Or). Tannins resolved and acidity gives the wine appropriate structue. A very good drop and worth the wait. Perfect with a farmers' market pork chop brined with rosemary, garlic and fennel seed, seared and finished in the oven to a light and juicy pink. Great combination.
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Family in town requested my stuff. We drank it all and they asked for more. Then they asked for more and we drank it all.
So far, so good . . .
Best, Jim
 
Brun FRV100, a glass of Harry & David's Southern Oregon Chardonnay (yes, it was the cooking wine), and Scherrer 2007 Syrah "Sasha".

ETA: Thanksgiving Redux tonight, with another bottle Brun FRV100, the rest of the Scherrer (which really never delivered on its perceived potential), and Dom. de la Pinardiere 2014 Muscadet.
 
originally posted by Florida Jim:
Family in town requested my stuff. We drank it all and they asked for more. Then they asked for more and we drank it all.
So far, so good . . .
Best, Jim
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wish I'd been there!
 
Magnums each of:

2005 Pepiere Briords: Best bottle of this wine I've had in a couple of years: smooth, integreated, delivering a nuanced, tangy salt-acid broth. Impressive.

2004 Fevre Chablis Bougrot Bouguerots: Fresh and p'ox-free, GC weight and viscoscity; sour Chablis tang, rather fine and elegant flavors, contrasting with its big-boned texture. A really nice bottle, my WOTN.

2011 Vissoux Cuvée Traditionelle: Cheerful fruit, effusive, more gluggable than usual for this bottling; a good light-weight, high-acid red before and during the meal. Could have served it a bit cooler.

2005 JP Magnien Chambolle Musigny Faconnieres: Good not great showing: decent density of tannins, acid backbone in place, with cherry fruit present but dialed back. Might have shown better with an earlier decant, but good for the meal and setting.

This mix of lighter wines and more substantial ones proved to be pretty serviceable for this group: everyone found something that was right for them, and the inquisitive enjoyed progressing from light to heavy and from white to red.

I dallied with the Pepiere - which was so drinkable - at length before the meal, before moving on step-wise through glasses of the others.
 
Dang, open 2 bottles and only a 1/4 of it gets drunk! At least Father-in-law liked the Jura Poulsdard enough to want it left there.
 
Mags of 2013 and 2014 Pepiere Briords with Island Creek oysters. Everything was briney, minerally and delicious.

With traditional Thanksgiving dinner, we had Mags from 2013 of Lambrays Puligny Caillerets and Hudelot Chambolle. Both were very young, the Puligny a bit oaky.

Regular bottles of 2013 Bachelet-Monnot Puligny Folatieres and 2012 de Montille Puligny Caillerets. The Bachelet was broader but also deeper while still remaining well proportioned. I'm really impressed with these wines. The de Montille was stern, mineral and regal.

We finished the evening with Capellano Chinato and various brown liquors. Good times all around.
 
Stein 2013 Mosel St. Aldegunder Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett Feinherb - delicious, zesty, shows mostly dry, for me this worked the best with the meal

Dashe 2012 Zinfandel Louvau - old vine Dry Creek valley fruit, a classic

Ceritas 2012 Heintz Chardonnay - I think this is my favorite vineyard for Ceritas Chard, this was classy, restrained, pear going to apricot fruit, balanced, lovely

Bruno Debize 2010 Beaujolais L'homme à la veste - earthy, slight funk, red fruit and spices, good acidity, delish

Baudry 2014 Chinon Rose - big hit with my nieces, this bottle was the first one emptied

Amara Amaro D'Arancia - blood oranges over the herbs, a great amaro if you like orange flavored digestifs
 
My brother-in-law brought 2014 Bordelet Poiré Granit. It went great with the strong cheeses we ate as a mid-afternoon snack.

I remember a thread here, maybe last Thanksgiving, about cooking turkey. We dry-brined, then cooked our 10lb heritage at 400-425 degrees in just 1 hour 45 minutes, stuffing herb and garlic butter between the breast and skin and next to the thighs. A very crispy and succulent result! A magnum of 2005 Savoye Morgon Cote du Py VV, opened ahead in the morning, was popular with everyone.

Then Louis Roque Vieille Prune with the pecan pie.
 
Care to elaborate on the '05 Savoye VV? Had the '07 recently and the barrel notes surprised me, tasting more like the Fut du Chen from years past.
 
No barrel notes at all that I noticed on the 2005. Like a previous magnum, this one did open a little tough and heavy but it had freshened up by dinnertime. The glass I poured out in the morning also evolved calmly over the day so I would guess there was a lot of life left from magnum.
 
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