On Jun 5, 4:24*pm, Ed Rasimus > wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Jun 2011 10:41:41 -0700 (PDT), DaleW >
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> >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. *
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> >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+
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> >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.
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> >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
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> >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+
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> >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-
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> >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
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> >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-
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> 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.)- Hide quoted text -
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Someone posted this recently on another forum:
http://www.tabc.state.tx.us/home/pre...1/20110603.asp

Sorry!