2006 Baron d'Avelin Bourgogne
Simple, sweet, straightforward, fine for cooking. B-/C+
2006 Borsao Tres Picos Garnacha
Jammy, thick, red fruit with a little tree bark. Saved half a bottle for dinner, others liked it more. B-
They arrived, bearing homemade potato chips and guacamole. So we opened
NV Pinon Vouvray Brut
Light, lithe, clean. Yeasty in a sourdough meets biscuit way, gala apple fruit, some chalk/minerial. Nice fine mousse. Fun wine. B+/B
2000 La Magia Brunello di Montalcino
I opened this because Joe had loved a bottle before. Decent acids, dried cherries and black cherries, a little leather and spice. Modest length, not a big Brunello, seems pretty close to maturity. B/B-
2006 McManis Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon (California)
This puts the goop in goopy. Sweet syrupy black and blue berry fruit, some oaky vanillaness (no, make that vanillality). Definitely a wine from fruit bomb lovers. Not a style I go for, but this is probably a pretty good value for fans of the style. But for me, C
Good night with good friends. Dave stopped by with some friends to make pie dough to carry to Brooklyn, nice his friends are now old enough to legally offer wine. We'll try again for simple tonight.
Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.
