Last week I found some French onion soup bowls at a good price (had
been looking, only seen the Le Creuset that were a bit expensive for
something we'd probably use twice a year). So Sunday Betsy spent most
of day slow cooking onions. For dinner we had onion soup gratinee,
roast chicken, and brussels sprouts. I thought of white for the soup,
but decided a light red would be a good bridge between the soup and
the bird. The 2005 Paul Pernot Bourgogne Rouge was a marked
improvement over the 2004 of the same. Lighter styled Pinot Noir, but
with pretty good depth. Red and black cherry fruit, some earth, a
little woodsmoke. Nothing earthshattering, but perfect bistro Burg for
some bistro food. B


Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent
wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't
drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no
promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.

On Apr 7, 11:25�am, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> DaleW wrote:
> > Last week I found some French onion soup bowls at a good price (had
> > been looking, only seen the Le Creuset that were a bit expensive for
> > something we'd probably use twice a year). So Sunday Betsy spent most
> > of day slow cooking onions. For dinner we had onion soup gratinee,
> > roast chicken, and brussels sprouts. I thought of white for the soup,
> > but decided a light red would be a good bridge between the soup and
> > the bird. �The 2005 Paul Pernot Bourgogne Rouge was a marked
> > improvement over the 2004 of the same. Lighter styled Pinot Noir, but
> > with pretty good depth. Red and black cherry fruit, some earth, a
> > little woodsmoke. Nothing earthshattering, but perfect bistro Burg for
> > some bistro food. B
>
> That sounds very good, Dale. �We don't see Pernot often around these
> parts (maybe an importer problem), but I'll have to seek it out. �QPR
> Burgs from '05 are few and far between...
>
> Mark Lipton
>
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I think this was $15 from CSW. But long sold out, I should have gotten
more. I do have a Pernot Beaune 1er that was also reasonable.

DaleW wrote:
> Last week I found some French onion soup bowls at a good price (had
> been looking, only seen the Le Creuset that were a bit expensive for
> something we'd probably use twice a year). So Sunday Betsy spent most
> of day slow cooking onions. For dinner we had onion soup gratinee,
> roast chicken, and brussels sprouts. I thought of white for the soup,
> but decided a light red would be a good bridge between the soup and
> the bird. The 2005 Paul Pernot Bourgogne Rouge was a marked
> improvement over the 2004 of the same. Lighter styled Pinot Noir, but
> with pretty good depth. Red and black cherry fruit, some earth, a
> little woodsmoke. Nothing earthshattering, but perfect bistro Burg for
> some bistro food. B

That sounds very good, Dale. We don't see Pernot often around these
parts (maybe an importer problem), but I'll have to seek it out. QPR
Burgs from '05 are few and far between...

Mark Lipton

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