No wines Mon (steak salad) or Tuesday (homemade pappardelle with anchovy/radicchio sauce), so I was happy to pack a couple bottles as we headed to park for concert last night. Lovely night (70s, low humidity, sunshine) by the Hudson, nice band, good friends. We started with some light stuff (smoked salmon, stuffed olives, spicy dried anchovies, fish cakes, fiacco) and then proceeded to Betsy’s duck/purslane/grape salad and potato salad.
2015 Luneau-Papin “Clos des Allees” Muscadet
Dang this is good. Citrus, seashell, tangy. Full with acidic backbone, long, tasty. Supposed to be a tough year for Muscadet but this is really good. A-/B+
2002 Coste-Caumartin “Clos des Boucherottes” Pommard 1er
Red fruits, nice balance of fruit and acid, light tannin, a little earth, pleasant and straightforward. Nice but without a lot of complexity, didn’t really drink like a 1er from a good year. B
Wines from others
2014 Jane and Sylvain Bourgogne Passetoutgrains
High acid, raspberry and cranberry with just a touch of an herbal geranium note, not enough to detract for me. Some citrus peel, autumn leaves. Interesting- Fred says 90% PN/10% Gamay,
B
2016 Stobi Rose (Macedonia)
Fred says 50% Rkatsiteli and 50% another indigneous grape I didn’t recognize. Bright strawberry, citrus zest, some rose petal. Good acids, fun. B/B+
2016 Avinyo 'Petillant'
From Spain, unsure region. Very light, just a hint of petillance -more spritzy than bubbly, peach and apple, a little saline note.. Reminds me a bit of a Vinho Verde. Fun. B/B-
2014 Buissonnier Bourgogne Cote Chalonnaise blanc Chardonnay
Somewhat dilute, short, juicebox apple flavors, C+/C
Nice night, stayed till sun was down.
No wine Thursday with Judy Rodgers’ chicken with figs.
Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a good wine, C drinkable. 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.