After the big Magdelaine lunch, I had a small simple dinner Saturday, oven baked grey sole, salad, and sliced tomato
2012 Gouges Perriere Nuits St George Blanc
Lemon and peach, a touch of hay and almond. Medium bodied, medium acid, good long finish. I usually serve this blind (Pinot Noir/Pinot Gouges is not usually people’s first thought when guessing white wines), it’s still got some life, but if I’m going to blind people I should do over next couple years, not quite as fresh as a couple years ago. B
Some friends over for dinner Sunday. Smoked mussels, smoked/peppered salmon on green apple, then lamb shanks with mustard and basil sauce, polenta, broccoli. Dave and Lenore brought great sauteed squash blossoms .
2013 Enrico Serafino Alta Langa Brut
Appley, some lemon curd, a little brioche. Good acids, but mousse is a bit coarse. Still pretty good, better than previous bottle. B
2012 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco
Cherry and strawberry, a little tobacco and spice, a little bit of chewy tannin but overall nice in a lighter mode. Maybe not one for the ages but no hurry. B/B+
1985 Ch.Pichon Lalande (375)
Figured I needed to serve a claret if Dave’s at dinner. Last and best of a bunch of halves. Fully mature but not at all tired, Lovely nose of black fruits, cassis and leather. On the palate cassis and a little green herb, velvety texture, long finish with a ferric touch. A-
No wine Monday with turkey-stuffed poblanos (picking up Betsy at airport late) or Tuesday (takeout Chinese with my board)
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 the only choice. Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.
