Christmas Wine

[James Roscoe]

What is everybody opening tomorrow? Being "stuck" in an apartment in Paris rather than at home, I have to make do with a 2005 Gevery-Chambrtin from Francios Martenot. I found it at the local shop for 18 Euro. I am very pleased with the prices here although the top houses are still WAY over priced. We plan to pair it with some beef. It should be a nice afternoon with a walk by the Seine thrown in. EVeryone have a MERRY CHRISTMAS or whatever other holiday you are choosing to celebrate! Cheers!

We'd love to be stuck in an apartment in Paris, but here's what others are doing:

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[James Roscoe]

We'd love to be stuck in an apartment in Paris, but here's what others are doing:

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I've been enjoying myself so much in Paris, I missed the thread and it fell off the front page!

Christmas day: Mitchell Sparkling Peppertree shiraz, NV (Clare Valley, South Australia)
Fermented in the bottle in which it was sold; disgorged June 07.
Black fruits, mushroom-earthy notes, a hint of licorice. Flavours well integrated and satisfying without any challenges or surprises. Small bead. Unfortunately, though, the bead was not as persistent as I would have liked, and the wine was losing its fizz by the time we poured the last of it. I think the failure of the fizz was a bottle variation: I've had better persistence from previous bottles of this wine.

Anyway, it complemented the roast chicken with fruity stuffing fairly well, and was a welcome refresher on a muggy evening.

Merry Christmas to all.

Matilda

[Robin Garr]

Nothing but communion wine for us last night and this morning, and we've got a trek out to the city's most popular Vietnamese eatery on the horizon for late lunch today.

Tonight, though, we're thinking of pulling out an aged Barolo or Barbaresco to go with locally produced natural rib eyes (and to help round out the month of Wine Focus.)

Nothing but communion wine for us last night and this morning, and we've got a trek out to the city's most popular Vietnamese eatery on the horizon for late lunch today.

Tonight, though, we're thinking of pulling out an aged Barolo or Barbaresco to go with locally produced natural rib eyes (and to help round out the month of Wine Focus.)

Robin, would you either post the name of the Vietnamese restaurant here, or pm me with the name and location? with Gasoline at a buck 50 I might could talk my wife into driving over. Thanks.

Well it was all New York wines this year. For Christmas Eve it was the previously advertised Salmon Run Pinot Noir with ham. For Christmas we went with Knapp Merlot with the Beef Wellington. All went well together.

Christmas MkII - Boxing Day lunch with my partner's adult children and their partners. It was to be a salad based buffet lunch, to which all would contribute something. We're in disgrace because, having made a green bean and chick pea salad, we then left it in our fridge at home.

Wines included:

Pre-lunch drinks under the big umbrella in the garden
Seppelts Silverband Grampians sparkling shiraz, multiple vintage - 2007 release (Victoria, Australia) Red fruits, mushroom/earth, quince jelly. Rapid, persistent bead.
Seppelts Original sparkling shiraz (Victoria, Australia) Black cherry, cinnamon. Darker and 'cooler' in flavour than the Silverband.

At the table
Preece sauvignon blanc 2007 (Victoria, Australia) - bright citrus and passionfruit; clean almost savoury finish. Went well with the prawns.
Yalumba The Menzies cabernet sauvignon 2004 (Coonawarra, Australia) Remarkably soft for a wine only 4 years old. Full, rounded dark plum and violet, a hint of black olive and dried herbs. A friendly drink. Matched with char-grilled Turkish-style kofta.

Matilda