On Sun, 5 Jun 2011 10:41:41 -0700 (PDT), DaleW >
wrote:

>Mostly me cooking this week, Betsy has been playing a ballet gig where
>rehearsals end at 7, so we've had late dinners, on the patio in the lovely cool weather.
>
>With broiled lemon sole, cauliflower with pimenton, snow peas and salad, the
>2008 Drouhin Vaudon (Joseph Drouhin) Chablis 1er Cru.
>This is a generic 1er, a combination of Mont de Tonnerre, Mont Milieu,
>and 2 vineyards I'd never heard of. Crisp, steely, a bit austere at first
>but opens up. Classy, minerally, very good. B+
>
>With grilled tofu 2 ways (one in a kecap manis sauce, other in a lemon marinade),
>corn, asparagus, and pizza Margherita, the NV Pinon Touraine Rose
>and the X bottling of the Marcel Lapierre Raisins Gaulois.
>
>The NV Pinon is the newest release,the 2007 version. Sweet red fruit
>with an attractive bitter streak, very nice wine but I think I liked the
>previous version a tad better (heretic!). B
>
>NV (2010) Lapierre "X" Raisins Gaulois. Joy juice! UNcomplicated, fresh,
>friendly, fun. Bright berry and black cherry fruit, good acids, holds well
> overnight, at least as good as the IX for me. B+
>
>With grilled lemon/basil chicken, potato salad, and hot & sour coleslaw,
>the 2008 Fourrier Bourgogne Blanc. At first pour I think Craig has oversold
> this to me- it seems austere and tight. But with food this showed quite
>nicely- intense citrus fruit, no apparent oak but plenty of apparent
>structure, lovely wine. I think I might hold these and concentrate on
>drinking my 09 Pernots, which seem more forward. Great suggestion
>from Craig. B+/A-
>
>Dave prefers red, so there was also the 2009 G. Descombes Morgon.
> He drinks a glass, I take a small pour after dinner- muted, not showing
>much at all. I assume it is closed down, but when I sample the folllowing
> day, the real issue is apparent- it's corked. Apparently just below my
>sensory threshold for TCA on day 1, just "fruit scalping" but the damp
>cardboard is there in background on day 2. NR
>
>With pork tenderloin in a mustard/soy/tamarind sauce (I admit it,
> loosely based on a Paula Deen recipe- the horror!), whole wheat pearl
> couscous, and leftover slaw, the 2009 JJ Christoffel Erben
> "Urziger Wurzgarten" Riesling Kabinett. Big, sweet, could easily be Spatlese,
> but has truly zippy acidity. Peaches, cherries, good length, very nice wine. B+/A-
>
Arrgghhh! Based on your positives I went searching for "Raisins
Galois" (which unfortunately sounds like a red wine gone bad with a
strong cigarette floating in it), and found the only dealers on
wine-searcher.com which have it don't ship to Texas. I hate you! (Not
really, but occasionally there are pangs of incredible envy.)