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Saturday Betsy made veal chops with sage from Marcella Hazan, along with
Marcella's asparagus/proscuitto bundles,and fettucine with a cream/parmesan sauce. Actually any of the three would have been a nice main course. In honor of the Italian orientation of the meal, I brought up an Arneis, which was corked. %$*(A%**(% Next try, the 2002 Bründlmayer Langenloiser Grüner Veltliner (Kamptaler Terrassen). Very flowery nose. Moderately acidic, peach fruit with a hint of granny smith apple. There's just a hint of GV white pepper on the finish. Nice wine, just not up to the GV standards of the Nigl Privat. B+ Sunday was Mother's Day, and David and I made Betsy's breakfast,. I offered to cook dinner, too, but she demurred- cooking is something she finds joyful. Our Basset hound had given Betsy a D'Artagnan cookbook for Mother's Day, she (Betsy, not Lucy the hound)decided to make a duck dish from there. The breast is seared then poached. Served over asparagus and lettuce, with a sauce of asparagus, green peppercorns, tarragon, walnut oil, and raspberry vinegar. Then topped with blackberries. How's THAT for non-wine friendly? As this was basically a "drink water then have wine" dish, I didn't worry too much re a match. Just opened a wine I felt like opening, the 1996 La Louvière (Pessac-Léognan). While Betsy was cooking, we sipped a glass of the Bründlamyer, its floral characteristics even more pronounced now. I periodically checked on the Pessac rouge, it started a little tight but was quickly giving its all. Nose of earth and crushed blackberries (or am I smelling the ones on my plate?); palate of blackcurrant fruit. Some tobacco and mineral/gravel emerge with time. Nice, surprisingly mature. I don't really have a clear view of '96 in Graves, they don't seem as hard as the Right Bankers or as supple as the Médocs. I don't think this is going to improve much, 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. Dale Dale Williams Drop "damnspam" to reply |
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>That's a little unfair, to compare Willi Bründlmayer's basic >offering (retailing around 7 Euros here) with Martin Nigl's top >notch Grüner (which is more like 15 to 17 Euros). Sorry Michael, you're right- it's just that I had just posted a note on the Nigl (I seldom have Austrian wines 2 nights apart!). I actually own more Brundlmayers and Knolls now than I do Nigls. But that might change -I thought the Privat might be the best GV I've ever had- the minerality and definition were astounding, even drinking "too young." A toast to you, the primary influence in getting me to drink more Austrian wine! Dale Dale Williams Drop "damnspam" to reply |
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Dale Williams wrote:
>>That's a little unfair, to compare Willi Bründlmayer's basic >>offering (retailing around 7 Euros here) with Martin Nigl's top >>notch Grüner (which is more like 15 to 17 Euros). > > > Sorry Michael, you're right- it's just that I had just posted a note on the > Nigl (I seldom have Austrian wines 2 nights apart!). > > I actually own more Brundlmayers and Knolls now than I do Nigls. But that might > change -I thought the Privat might be the best GV I've ever had- the minerality > and definition were astounding, even drinking "too young." But what about Pichler (FX of course)? Surely you won't deprive yourself of his wonderful wines, Dale? > > A toast to you, the primary influence in getting me to drink more Austrian > wine! Hear, hear! A cheer for GruVe Michael! Mark Lipton |
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>But what about Pichler (FX of course)? Surely you won't deprive
>yourself of his wonderful wines, I think my wallet deprives me of his wines- I can find Nigl's Privat (Riesling or GV) for $30 or less, don't remember seeing any wine from FX Pichler for less than $45. While I'll occasionally will spend $50 or even $100 on a red I like, for some reason $35-40 seems to be my ceiling for dry whites (a couple of Niellon 1ers is one of the few exceptions I can think of). So like Clos St. Hune or Beaucastel Rousanne VV, FX Pichler wines I mostly taste by hanging around those who do collect them (in a somewhat leechlike manner). Dale Dale Williams Drop "damnspam" to reply |
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Mark Lipton > wrote:
>> A toast to you, the primary influence in getting me to drink >> more Austrian wine! > Hear, hear! A cheer for GruVe Michael! Thank you, you're most welcome, of course. Wednesday & Thursday will see me in heavy tasting labour, working ourselves through 434 GVs and Rieslings 2003 with an upper alcohol limit of 12.5%. (We will do those above 12.5% in autumn.) I can just repeat my invitation: If any regular from this group passes Vienna, I'll be glad to formally share a glass or two. (Informally that would mean a bottle ot two or three.) M. |
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Michael Pronay > wrote in message news:
> > Perhaps M. Pronay would add his two cents about their [Lagler & > > Högl] quality? > > Both very good producers to look for, although Högl is getting > slightly pricey these days. > I know what you mean, but we plan to offer his Steinfeder and Federspiel G.V.'s for around $10.00 here in the States, which seems a reasonable way for folks to give it a go. E. |
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