It should have been apparent, with the precipitous jump on things on the 20th of Dec. I guess there's no compelling reason to list these things in the order consumed. It's the top 60 wines after all and chronology isn't mandatory.
So with that out of the way, let's talk about the 2009 Muller Thurgau from Colterenzio. This wine was spellbinding. Instantly I was transported to an alpine field, crisp and cold, redolent with glorious wildflower scents. Amazing. Just amazing. Ethereal and long lived, as if the gustatory pleasure would never end. It soared, in a high alpine way; cutting acidity but not aloof and remote. Unbelievably good....really: it was so good it was unbelievable. Those crazy kids at ERS know there stuff. Wish I'd bought a case.
Next up, another white from northeastern Italy, the 2009 Malvasia from Skerk. We took this to Cabazon and had it with fish. Truly an astonishingly good wine. So floral, so flavorful, so damn good. The folks at Cabazon would be wise to expand their wine list and include more fish friendly wines. It is their character flaw: too many Cali and northwest whites. If you could taste this wine, with the skate I had, you would die knowing that you had tasted one of the great food/wine matches. Just astonishingly good and....I think we have another bottle in the basement! At least I know that we have more Skerk, just not sure it's malvasia. We had the good fortune to meet the folks from Skerk at ERS; that's how we happened onto this gift from the wine gods. Ed/Richard/Stephanie: thank you.
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