Live Qualitarian: Eat Well
Tasting Notes for bottles of wine
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, from Toscana Med body Color: Dark ruby High alcohol 14.5 Smell: berry, grass meadow, sweet chocolate Taste: cake Menu pairing: cheeseburger made to with left over queso, and some mild green chilis, Served bun-less with some left over pizza, thus the Italian.
Winner in our judgement is the ExNovo, after that the far left beer, the Steel Bender. The Santa Fe Brewing’s offering was far too sweet. The ExNovo had a complex taste pallette that isn’t always depending on sweetness.
2021 – from Tasmania. The May 2023 Wine Club White. From Susan’s Fine Wine: Cool-climate wine, minimal intervention. Devil’s Corner is a treacherous bend in the Tamar River. The 100% Chardonnay of this wine is from this, the Tamar River, valley. Juice harvested with minimal contact with the skins. Fermented
Terret Noir Tasting Notes: Color: dark ruby Body: light Smell: tart currant, cherry Acidity: middle to bright Taste: dry light tannins, cherry From Wikipedia: Terret noir is a dark-skinned French wine grape variety grown primarily in the Rhône valley region of France. It is a mutation of the old
September 1, 2022 Steak, baked potato and panzanella The steak was a rib-eye – about 3/4 of a pound – that we split. Simply grilled on the barbecue this was the epicenter of this meal so the side and our wine selection was made to co-ordinate with it. We bought
from Alain de la Treille Smell: mineral, pear, dust & ice (or maybe it’s springtime in Summit County, Colorado, when the sides of the roads look like ice weeds). Medium to light body, gold color. Acidity: bright and medium high. Taste: cold sliced pear with a squeeze of meyer
This AOC has become a new favorite for us, and so we ordered a half dozen from the Garagiste. Here’s our first taste: Look: straw, viscosity medium Smell: pear, one of us said orange and another lemon, so Meyer Lemon is our second smell, and for non-fruit: butter, leaves, not
La Tonnelle, a winery direct wine, as they say and discount if you buy six from Total Wine. We paid less than $15 before the discount. Tasting Notes Look: (hue, intensity and thickness:) dark ruby, thick Smell: (try for 3 fruit, 3 other, (earth or oak)) a) plum, sweet strawberries,
La Fleur Poitou An relatively inexpensive Bordeaux – right bank, St. Emilion – from Total $22. It’s from vintage 2018, so not really old enough to drink. Here’s our first taste: Look: ruby medium, viscosity medium; Smell: blackberries, sweet even if not ripe, and a little tart, raspberries, smoke, gravel;
Smell: Taste: Tasting a Burgundy with Ham & Eggs – April 2022 – This Faiveley 2019 Burgundy (Pinot Noir) is one of Susan’s Fine Wines’ Wine Club wine of the month. We’ve selected it for a dinner of the French style ham and cheese sandwich, dipped in beaten egg