I tasted the 2008 Heritiers du Comte Lafon "Les Maranches" Macon-
Uchizy at Zachys from their machine, got a few. Mineral, good balance
of ripeness and verve, good deal at $20. While delivering joint buy
wine to a friend, the 2009 Breton "Trinch!" Bourgueil was quite tasty,
black raspberries spiced with pepper, easy to drink.

After a long day culminating in a board meeting Thursday, I had some
takeout Chinese with the 2009 Donnhoff Oberhauser Leistenberg
Kabinett Riesling. Nice, on bulky/sweet side for Kabinett, but with a
clear nervy acidic core, great fruit, mineral note. Over next two
nights it holds well. B+/A-

With sockeye in a honey mustard sauce, sautéed spinach, & miso soup,
the 2006 Arcadian "Dierberg Vineyard " Pinot Noir (Santa Maria).
Pretty ripe, I don't think this is a Burgundy ringer, but a solid core
of acids, and some light tannins give it structure and a lively edge.
Black cherries, a little bacon, earth. B/B+

Saturday with cod baked/braised with carrots, parsnips, and potatoes,
the 2007 Texier Macon-Bussieres. This paired wonderfully with the
food, but it was delicious by itself too. I drank the whole bottle,
over 5 hours, it changed a bit throughout evening but never varied
from "yum." Full-bodied, lovely fruit that seemed to change pitch from
pear to peach to citrus, classy mineral notes, just a hint of spice
and vanilla. I spend evening kicking myself I didn't buy more of this.
A-

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 2/20/11 1:55 PM, DaleW wrote:

>
> With sockeye in a honey mustard sauce, sautéed spinach,& miso soup,
> the 2006 Arcadian "Dierberg Vineyard " Pinot Noir (Santa Maria).
> Pretty ripe, I don't think this is a Burgundy ringer, but a solid core
> of acids, and some light tannins give it structure and a lively edge.
> Black cherries, a little bacon, earth. B/B+

Interesting, Dale. I've had Dierberg's version of that wine, but not
Arcadian's. Have you had any other of their wines? I've heard good
stuff about them but am eternally distrustful of CA Pinot Noir producers.

Nice selection of wines!
Mark Lipton


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