Happy 2020 Thanksgiving

[Nicklasss]

To my friends in the USA. Enjoy your holiday, and don't forget to open a good wine, with your turkey meal (and report here on BWE of course)!

Nic

[Comte Flaneur]

Echoing Nic, Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends too.

Eat and drink well, and toast to a better year ahead and, fingers and toes crossed, a BWE reunion.

Comte Flaneur de Boulevardier

[Blanquito]

All the best to BWE, in country and abroad.

Having a 99 St Innocent Shea Pinot Noir with dinner.

[JoelD]

Thanks to our favorite overseas wine friends. I'm not sure that I would frequent BWE if it weren't for your diverse and very knowledgable info and opinions. Hope to see you all in 2021!
And hope to see some of the DC and US BWE'ers sooner if possible! Happy thanksgiving to everyone.

Having some Gaston Chiquet Brut Tradition NV with roast chicken and vegetables dinner. Then 2009 Jadot Estournelles and the last glass of the 2000 D'issan from last night that turned out beautifully.

[Nicklasss]

Little night, but a nice little surprise. The 2015 Casa Vella d'Espiells Cabernet Sauvignon Penedes. Nice medium red, with a very nice nose of red cherries, blackberries, very nice spicy oak, light balsamic tones. Medium power nose. In mouth, well balanced, complex, flavors of blackberries, leather, black prunes, with again nice integrated wood, good quatity of tannins that gives a very apparent structure. Add some concentrated flowers, licoriçe, and a long fresh tannic blackfruit finish. Excellent and very affordable. Tn: 90.

Nic

[tim]

Thanks Nicolas! And Happy Thanksgiving to all!

[dstgolf]

I hope everyone has had a great day with full bellies and maybe some limited company to keep safe. I've missed the daily annual Stefan reviews this year?? Hopefully some reviews will be up soon.

[Claudius2]

Ditto
Happy thanksgiving folks.
Amazingly the locals in Singapore have discovered Thanksgiving this year - maybe a virus driven activity.
Cheers
Mark

[Jay Winton]

Thanks Nic. A 2008 Gaston Chiquet Special Club and a 2000 Lafon Rochet were uncorked. Neither one thrilled me.

[marcs]

I opened --

2001 VCC -- CORKED argh

2015 Drouhin CHambolle Musigny 1er Cru -- wonderful, a bit too young but still giving

2009 Vincent Girardin Chassagne Montrachet Clos du Cailleret -- really nice, rich and lively/acidic at the same time, caramel plus a twist of grapefruit, a bit of oak as it warmed up, excellent turkey match

2009 Suduiraut -- at its youthful peak of spicy fruitiness but couldn't handle much after all the other stuff we had

[AKR]

For a smaller Thanksgiving with just the nuclear family, we had a frozen Butterball breast (!) which actually turned out very well, and the kids ate most of it up. Kind of a manufactured product, pre brined / deboned / deskinned / tied etc. But easy to deal with, and it had been a long time since I'd used one of these.

We had a Brouilly to go with it - des Tours - where they apparently have been making wine for over 700 years.

Be well all.

[Gerry M.]

Like most others, we had a more subdued Thanksgiving this year with just the immediate family. With the obligatory turkey and sides was a 2016 J. Moreau & Fils Chablis 1er Cru Montmains, 2016 Domaine Chataignier Durand Vieilles Vignes Juliénas Jean-Marc Monnet (gamay) and a 2016 Château Climens (375) with apple crisp and pecan pie.

[JimHow]

Likewise, there were only five of us this year, rather than the usual dozen or more.
I uncorked another 2017 Felsina Berardegna Chianti, that is a lovely little wine, very nice fruit and balance, no sharp edges, and the $21 price is right.

[JoelD]

Thanks Nic. A 2008 Gaston Chiquet Special Club and a 2000 Lafon Rochet were uncorked. Neither one thrilled me.

I had the Gaston recently and found it to be fairly tasty. I am a fan of the producer in general though. If you can get your hands on the 2008 BDB, that is an amazing wine. I'll bring one sometime if/when we see each other again Jay.

[s*d*r]

I was thinking a German Riesling would go well with turkey, especially the white meat. The 2001 Dönnhoff Niederhauser Hermansshöle Riesling Spätlese, rare as turkey teeth, was very good. But not thrilling. I think I may have lost my taste for sweet German wine.

Happy holidays to all.

Stu

[JCNorthway]

We opened a 2016 Penner Ash Zena Crown Pinot Noir - nice fresh fruit flavors with some structure. Also opened a 2001 Selbach Oster Riesling Auslese Zeltinger Sonnenuhr. The Riesling was great with the turkey and traditional bread stuffing. It still seemed youthful. I have one more, which may get saved until next Thanksgiving.