I prepared dinner Saturday while Betsy played matinee, flounder with a caper sauce, slivered snow peas, and leftover cauliflower. Wine was the 2006 Matrot "Perrieres" Meursault 1er. Wow,. this comes across as ripe with tropical fruit when first opened. Pineapple juice and mango, some floral notes, not what I think of as white Burg characteristics. With time and air it seemed to settle down and show a bit more typically, if on the big side of Burgundy (this is labelled as 13%, I'd have guessed more). The Perrieres minerality takes a while to come out, but it shows after a couple of hours, but this is still a rather fat Meursault. I enjoy most at the end, which might be an argument for aging (and certainly for decanting!), but I'm nervous re fat Chards, not to mention premOx. B/B+
Sunday I grilled chicken breast that had spent several hours in a soy/chile/mint marinade, with a soba/broccoli/pepper dish, salad, and the 2008 Zuazo Gaston Rioja. Some Spanish spice, medium bodied, cherry fruit. Good acidity. Holds well overnight. Not complex, but tasty enough. B/B-
Tonight kebabs of marinated tenderloin, mushrooms, and tomato, plus spinach salad and the 2005 Genot-Boulanger "Les Saumonts" Mercurey 1er. Red fruit, on tart side, ok for non-CdO Burg, but nothing to seek out. B/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.