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WTN: NZ SB, Burg blanc

by Dale Williams » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:27 pm

Couple of nights of dinners that weren't totally wine friendly, so a couple of basic wines:

With pasta with spinach, mushrooms, lemon, and marsala, the 2007 Villa Maria " Private Bin" Sauvignon Blanc (Marlborough). Citrus, sharp, a little herb. Decent acidity, but there are a lot of better NZ SBs out there. B-/C+

With nile perch meuniere, leftover pasta w/shrooms/lemon/spinach, and asparagus vinaigrette, the 2006 Matrot (Thierry and Pascale, but they're all the same) Bourgogne blanc. Pear and apple fruit with a squirt of lemon, but a bigger style than most previous vintages of this. Riper/fatter than my absolute preference, but good fruit and a bit of mineral. Would be a good "transition wine" if you were trying to woo someone from CalChard to white Burg (or vice versa). B

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.

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