To celebrate my birthday last night, we traveled down to Indianapolis to
dine at Oakley's Bistro, a restaurant that we had only visited once
before, shortly after its opening. With a very nice dinner (I had
seared scallops as a starter followed by an assortment of vegetable
dishes: veggie "lasagne" consisting of grilled eggplant between layeys
of grilled polenta with a tomato confit on top, a morel souffle that was
the highpoint of the meal, an artichoke chili relleno and cold sesame
noodles; Jean had a shrimp bisque followed by a grilled halibut with
olives, capers and sundried tomato) we had the following wines:

NV Zardetto Prosecco
nose: light, slightly floral
palate: crisp, clean, floral and melon notes, light

2001 Dom. Ramonet Bourgogne Blanc
c: deep yellow
n: initially, very oaky, blowing off to show lemons
p: rounded, midweight, nice acidity, lemons, slight minerality, clean finish

2006 Torres "de Casta" Rosado DO Catalyuna
c: almost hot pink
n: bright strawberry
p: light, bright, strawberries, dry finish

One lovely thing about the wine service was that we were able to get the
Prosecco by the glass and the other two wines by the "quartino," a
container holding 187 ml, enough for about three decent pours. That
enabled us to have a leisurely two hour meal and have no qualms about
the 60 mile drive back home. Of the three wines, the Ramonet was the
most interesting, but the Torres Rosado was a fun little quaffer for a
summertime dinner out of doors.

Mark Lipton

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