DaleW wrote:
> Betsy went to Maine for a chamber concert this weekend, and Wednesday I
> was eating alone. A quick marinade of a salmon steak in a soy/mirin
> combo, then the fish on the grill with a couple ears of corn (a little
> early for corn, but I'm impatient). The wine was the 2001 Michel
> Lafarge Bourgogne, a wine that has consistently shown well despite
> being a tough year for Volnay ( I believe most of these vines are just
> outside Volnay proper). A little acidic and even slightly tannic when
> opened, a half-hour in glass lets out a pure clean wine. Cherry and
> black cherry fruit with some clean damp earth and light spice aromas.
> This is wine that makes me happy. A-
> PS Wine went well with the fish, but funnily not the corn! Something
> about the (reasonably sweet for early June) corn made the wine taste
> thinner and sharper.
>
> Thursday I had thawed a piece of Alaskan halibut, then found out David
> would be eating with me. As he hasn't recently been eating cooked fish,
> I also grabbed a couple pork chops. Both the fish and chops were
> brushed with a bit of vermouth/evoo, and grilled along with some summer
> squash. To bridge the pork/halibut divide, I chose the 2002 Johann
> Donabaum Loibergarten Grüner Veltliner Smaragd. Great GruVe typicity-
> not so much lentil as sweet petit pois, with a clear and present
> overlay of white pepper. Besides the pea there's green plum and a bit
> of tropical fruit, and the finish has some clear mineral, if not the
> pure wet stone of say Nigl. Very nice wine, A-/B+

Dale,
I well remember (as does Mr. Google) this wine from the Winemonger
tasting at VinoVenue earlier this year -- it was probably my favorite of
the night. I can't say that I got any petit pois in it, but de gustibus.
That reminds me that I think I have a bottle of it, but I'll have to
retrieve the cases I shipped back from CA to see for sure...