Sweet Wines

[fas42]

Many regard 2001 as the best vintage of modern times. It was also the year I got married and since I married a girl who loves sweet wines, I put away 20 cases......

A real sweetie, eh, ...

 

[MikeCh]

YES - definitely did. Not with vanilla ice cream, but a drizzle of great balsamic.

Nice Gary. Sometimes we do a balsamic reduction with an added small dollop of vanilla ice cream together. Sipping a nice Sauternes with either method can be fantastic.

 

[beaur]

Peaches on the grill are excellent, in fact most stone fruits are. Cherries and apricots are among my favorites. For an unexpected treat try watermelon also.

Any of you guys try the summer peaches on the grill? Comments?

FYI.....it's that time of year again! (don't forget a small dollop of vanilla ice cream on top)

 

[garylkoh]

My favorite fruit on the grill still remains the pineapple.

 

[thase13]

Try these if you can find them.

Domaine des Baumard Quarts Des Chaume
Domaine Huet Vouvray “Cuvee Constance”
Domaine des Petits Quarts Bonnezeaux
J.J. Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Goldkapsel Auslese
J.J. Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese
Chateau Tirecul La Graviere Cuvee Madame Monbazillac
Chateau Doisy-Daene L’Extravagant de Doisy-Daene
Chateau Pajzos Tokaji Essencia
Sine Qua Non Mr. K Noble Man & Straw Man

Good hunting!

 

[astrotoy]

Hi Gary, for some reason I missed this thread. I collected a fair number of bottles of Sauternes and Barsacs back in the '60's and early '70's. Can't drink them now because of health issues. But many are still sitting in my wine cellar. I just checked and I still have a few bottles of Ch.Climens, Coutet, Suideraut, Doisy Daene, Guiraud, Rieussec, La Tour Blanche from 1967, 1970 and 1971, and one bottle of d'yquem 1962. I have several bottles of vintage port from 1963 (Taylor and Warre) and a few nice Ausleses - I think one goldkapsel, but not a JJPrum Wehlener Sonnenuhr! The wierdest find in a sweet wine was at Trader Joes many years ago, when I saw a large number of half bottles of a company beerenauslese (Deinhard) 2000 from Rheinhesse. They were maybe $8 a bottle, so I bought a dozen or more.

We did get to visit Barsac in 2008 and stopped at Ch. Coutet, where we had a private tour, by the wife of the wine maker. We ended up buying a half case of 2005. She was not from Barsac, but her husband was. So she pronounced it Cou tay, like normal French people do, but her husband who is from Barsac pronounced it Cou tet, which is in the local Barsac dialect.

As I mentioned in thase13's comment in another wine thread, the Sauternes and other botrytis wines for a long time (maybe even today) are way undervalued for the amount of labor that goes into making a bottle of wine.

Gary, let me know when you come to SF area. I'll give you a couple of nice bottles.

Larry