No wine Mon (hot honey chicken and collards) or Tuesday (lobster/corn/tomato salad.
Wednesday was lovely, and we made it to the riverfront concert. Grilled salmon over soba and vegetables, yellow watermelon with feta
2018 Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt Riesling Josephshofer Kabinett Feinherb.
This shows more 2018 than it does feinherb, sweet and a little heavy, though there is a bit of acidic cut on backend and it has a good finish. Peaches and pears, a little gingery spice. B-
2023 Sirio Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo
Cranberry juice color, flavors of strawberry and watermelon with a light touch of herb. Refreshing, but not the depth of say Tiberio (much less Pepe). B/B-
Thursday chuck blade steaks (in Jenise’s Yosemite marinade), pasta with cherry tomatoes and basil, yellow wax beans, and salad
2002 Leoville-Poyferre
Still plenty of tannic structure, some cassis and tobacco, but oak notes and a glossiness that doesn’t hark back to the great Poyferres of yore. B-
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.