On May 5, 12:43*pm, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> Saturday night's dinner consisted of scallops and Patagonian Toothfish
> pan-seared and served with a mango-papaya-avocado salsa of the non-spicy
> variety. *With this, we opened:
>
> 2006 Domäne Wachau Grüner Veltliner Federspiel ($11.99)
> nose: intense minerality, green pea
> palate: crisp acidity, wet stones, a bit of white peach underneath a
> vivid green element, light body
>
> This opened for a Grüner-loving friend of ours (no winegeek she, but GV
> has now totally eclipsed NZ SB in her world... at least until the $
> takes another hard slide against the €) following another bottle of the
> current-release Foreau Vouvray Brut (toastier than previous bottles,
> still yummy). *This wine is the product of the local grower's
> co-operative (Freie Weingärtner Wachau) and is one of the great QPR
> wines of the moment. *Purchased at Whole Foods on a recent excursion to
> Chicago.
>
> Mark Lipton
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I got this at Zachys last week. I wrote this up - maybe I remembered
your notes, but very similar:
Betsy was working Sunday, I had dinner ready soon after she got home.
Grilled sage pork chops, cauliflower with pimenton, and leftover red
cabbage slaw (she made a bunch!). Recipe called for PN as a match for
the chops, but I worried re the pimenton, and went with white. I
opened the 2006 Domane Wachau "Terrassen" Gruner Veltliner
Federspiel . This has more weight than the 2004, though it is a
sprightly wine. Ripe apple and white pit fruit with a little green
lentil and pepper. Good acidity, nice finish for the level, I get some
wet rock minerality after a while (didn't come through the fruit at
first). Good wine, and a great value at $11.99. B/B+