With LI flounder, grilled squash and eggplant, and tomato salad, the 2009 Clos Roche Blanche Sauvignon Blanc #2 (Touraine), Bigger styled than usual, grapefruit with a hint of pit fruit, full, but good acidity. There's a nice herbal note, this could stand toe to toe with 99% of single vineyard Sancerres. A-/B+
With smoked lamb and rosemary sausage (from Mountain Smokehouse in Lagrangeville), the 1995 Muga "Prado Enea" Rioja Gran Reserva. Red berries, dill, vanilla. I've heard the Prado Enea compared to CdP (apparently lots of Grenache as well as Tempranillo), and I can see that here. But fairly old school CdP- big but not overripe, good acidity, citrus peel notes. So I guess Rioja that resembles old school CdP is mid-modern Rioja?
Medium bodied, I quite liked, but on day 2 it totally fell apart. But for 1-3 hours after opening, B+
As a snack with some Ouray (a cheese from Sprout Creek Farm), the 2008 Schafer-Frohlich "Medium Dry" Riesling (Nahe). It actually says medium dry, not halbtrocken. Just a faint hint of sugar, this is functionally dry. Light to medium body, nice length, refreshing. Peaches and lime, very nice, and a good value at about $17. Holds well overnight. B/B+
With leftover beef, wheatberry salad, and green salad, the 1997 Jadot Nuits-St-Georges. This was a "whattheheck" buy recently at $15. Round, ripe, plenty of red cherry/kirsch fruit, light tannins. It could use a bit more acid and sense of place, but it's a perfectly tasty bottle of Pinot Noir, and I'd say an achievement for a village wine to do this well in a vintage I'm not so fond of. 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.