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gerald
 
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Sem Sav comes in many flavors. CA Sem-Savs come in a lot of flavors,
form dry dry to pure grass.

the pure grassy of Mondavi to the steely of france, and the very
oily, full, and smooth of OZ.

The OZ wine is a great with any strong white food, as it adds body.

Never had Woodward Canyon, so could not guess.

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 06:19:38 GMT, Roy >
wrote:

>I just had a '98 Woodward Canyon "Charbonneau" that was a blend of 95%
>Semillon and 5% Sauvignon Blanc. Very strong Semillon character and
>rather a bit on the oaky side. (Sure wish it'd been botrytis-affected -
>would have given a good Sauternes a run for its money.) We had it with
>crab cakes, but I don't think that was the best match. (I think a NZ
>Sauvignon Blanc would have been better.)
>
>Anyway, the question arose: "What would be a 'good' accompaniment for
>this wine?" Thoughts?