On Mar 12, 4:36*pm, DaleW > wrote:
> On Mar 12, 4:02*pm, Mark Lipton > wrote:
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> > On 3/12/10 3:51 PM, DaleW wrote:
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> > > So last night Betsy made salmon steamed with chard and onions, along
> > > with brown rice. Unlike grilled salmon, I don't think PN works with
> > > this, so decided to go white. Here's an opportunity for a
> > > idiosyncratic wine.
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> > > 1997 Kalin Cellar Semillon (Livermore Valley)
> > > This is actually the current release I believe, and I wasn't concerned
> > > by the deep gold color. However, the cork was a sponge meets sawdust
> > > mess, and once wine hit air it darkened even further. Nuts meets
> > > sherry oxidative notes, apple pie, citrus rind, lemon pledge.
> > > Interesting but not fun, and I'll assume a substandard cork. C+, but
> > > hopefully not a representative bottle.
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> > > 2007 *Michel Lafarge “Raisins d’Orees” Bourgogne Aligote
> > > As the Kalin was more interesting than good, I decided to go to the
> > > backup. Now this is a lovely bottle of Aligote- sweet pear and apple
> > > fruit with a squirt of lemon, wet stones on the finish, very good
> > > length for its level. I don't drink much Aligote, but this is
> > > generally my favorite, and this vintage is quite good. Nicely
> > > balanced, holds one's interest. B+
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> > Thanks for the interesting notes, Dale. *I wonder whether that Kalin
> > Semillon is atypical or not. *The biggest fan of that wine I know of is
> > Joe Perry, who is also nuts for Sherry and very oxidative Spanish
> > whites, so draw what conclusions you wish from that. *I'll keep in mind
> > your recommendation of the Lafarge Aligoté, as I have pretty much
> > written off the grape as not interesting enough to warrant further
> > attention ("charmless" is what I actually had to say about my last one)..
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> > Mark Lipton
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> I've had Kalin Chard before, blind my guess was skin-contact white a
> la Gravner or Radikon.
> Most Aligote (even more than most wine) is terrible, best suited for
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I prefer my Aligote with a dash of cassis otherwise I find it a bit
acidic and charmless. I don't really see much on the shelves here in
Columbus these days.