Madness And Cures
Domaine des Cavarodes (Etienne Thiebaud)
Vin de Pays de Franche-Comté Rouge 2018
Poulsard/Pinot noir madness — 4 years ago
Les Vins Contés (Olivier Lemasson)
R Red Blend
Loved! Kei after march madness — 6 years ago
Fratelli Alessandria
Monvigliero Barolo Nebbiolo 2013
Domaine Yves Martin
Chavignol Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc 2020
Investigating classic pairings and realized the only thing I had to serve chèvre on was packets pretzels from the flight I just…flew in from?
Fortunately pretzels were good call. Otherwise?I’m annoyed. I’ve never cared for goat cheese. And I’ve scoffed at how Sancerre scarcely tastes like Sauvignon Blanc anymore.
But the two together are so delightful. It’s coming to terms with a madness in line with last week when I found myself hanging with a gorgeous couple (Los Angeles models yayyy) and I wished I could write them off. Then one picked up his guitar and started playing 90’s/early aughts hits with passion, and his girlfriend confided she wrote Edward Allen Poe inspired poetry and I thought “damn I love them…where did my inner Daria go???”
Both pairings really pleased me.
The humans it’s obvious they are asshole artists like me.
The cheese and wine? I never liked the gamey notes and (to me) overly rich bordering on pasty mouthfeel of chèvre. But somehow the floral, mineral, and white peach vibes from this Sancerre tease out the floral and earthy (without being animal-y) zings from the cheese.
I’m pissed that I found a way I like goat cheese. The more you know? — 3 years ago
Clos Fantine
Cuvee Courtiol Faugères Mourvedre 2015
Mourvèdre madness. Petrichor, chewing tobacco, black pepper. Very prickly. Great with steak. — 6 years ago
Matt Perlman
This was just crazy. Petrol, tropical fruit, cheese rind, madness — a year ago