Saturday was a no wine night, I picked up Betsy at JFK and then went back to office to take care of a problem. Sunday AM got CSA and did a speech at a synagogue, and then got ready for Ruby’s Birthday Tea. The Basset hound had turned One Th, but we waited for Betsy’s return to have the party.
Guests included 2 English Labs, a Cairn terrier mix, a Lhasa-poo, a cockapoo, a Lhasapoo, 2 Yorkies, and a Beagle Mix. There were dog treats, apples, cheese, iced and hot tea. And of course wines:
2013 Laurent Cognard “les Bassets” Montagny 1er. Full bodied, good acids, lots of oak that could use some time to integrate, but refreshing with clean white orchard fruit. B
2013 Mulderbosch Faithful Hound. Ripe cassis and black plum, some coffee mocha, easy to drink. B-
2005 Edmunds St John Bassetti Syrah
Lovely, black plum and berry, smoke and coffee. Balanced, structured, young. With time at dinner than night (sausage and meatballs over pasta), there’s a smoked meat note. Good!!!!
A-
The hound didn’t care about wine, but had a ball with friends.
Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a good wine, C drinkable. 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.