Thursday, January 1, 2009

New Year's Wine!

This thread is a great suggestion from Luke: what was / is your New Year's wine - either the wine you celebrated New Year's with, or your first bottle of the new year.
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  1. CMacdonaldJanuary 1, 2009 at 8:58 PM

    Luke,

    Our New Year wine was the Chateau Fuissé Pouilly-Fuissé "Les Brulés" 2006. A bit outside our normal snack bracket at $54.29 but the lobster was cheap.

    Clear, clean and mildly golden appearance. Reltively intense nose for a Burgundy with a mix of ripe apples, melon and mild cumin? It became more tropical as it opened up.
    Very tasty and enjoyable. Med-bodied, good fruit/acid balance with a long finish.

    Price: $54.29
    Value: 3/5
    Score: 88
    Region: Macon, Burgundy
    Alcohol: 13.5%

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2009 at 10:41 AM

    Last night we had the Arrowood Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon, 2004. Blended with merlot, petit verdot, and malbec, this meritage was deep purple in color and at 15.2% it stuck to the sides of the glass.

    The nose was packed with dark, ripe fruit, as well as cedar, vanilla, and black licorice. The palate was similar, and had good tannin and acidity which should allow this wine to age nicely.

    We had this wine with striploin and shitake demi. It was nice, but due to the alcohol the finish became a bit hot with the food, so I sipped one glass with dinner and we had the rest of the bottle after. The mouthfeel was fantastic and the long finish could be enjoyed more on its own.

    Price: $49.98 (liquidation)
    Value: 4/5
    Score: 91
    Alchool: 15.2%
    UPC: 009385205017

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  3. MichelleJanuary 6, 2009 at 9:01 PM

    I went on the cheap side...well cheaply priced not a cheap tasting wine since my evening included sweat pants :-)We opened the Smoking Loon Pinot Noir. Their Shiraz is available at ANBL but not the Pinot (or their Cab..which is also good...hint hint). I paired..if you could call it that...with my greek chicken pizza (homemade multigrain crust topped with black olives, feta, spinach, red peppers, onions). Simply smashing with the Pinot. The wine is nothing to particularly write home about. Ruby in the glass and earthy on the nose. Nice smooth finish.
    It was a steal of a deal at NH Liquor for $7.99!!

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