90 Kalin Cellars Sauv Blanc Livermore Valley - My first Kalin, quite a good wine. Released about 3 years ago, as per the formula at Kalin. Very lovely nose, evolved, honey gold color. Very tasty, balanced with fine apply acidity. Excellent match to my creme of chestnut soup w/ foie gras and truffled creme fraiche.
2006 Clendenen Family Riesling SB County - Crisp, old-school Alsace-styled. Very dry, but fruity. Big hit as an aperitif.
2005 Perrot-Minot Bourgogne - Discovered earlier this year as a BTG selection at l'Atelier du Joel Robuchon at MGM Grand LV. Light-weight, smooth, balanced and restrained on the fruit. A lovely food wine, and pretty good with the diverse Turkey and side dishes.
2000 Araujo Cab - Showing really young, still (my second or thid bottle). Primary, plummy fruit, well-integrated tannin, but still kind of chunky. Needs another 6-8 years. After 4 hours in decanter, the wine began to mellow a bit and went pretty good with rack of lamb. Who serves rack of lamb at T-Day? I turn the questions around: Who objects to rack of lamb anytime red wine is being poured?
94 Dow Porto (375 ml) - Approachable, starting to evolve in bottle, drinking like a top LBV now, with a bit more stuffing, but could use a few more years. Quite a nice after dinner drink.
