Claus Schneider, Weiler Schlipf Grauer Burgunder, Baden

Monthly tasting club LTC 2018-01 No real theme (@ SO) : The bouquet is a bit rustic, but also has flowers and mineral impressions. On the palate ripe peach and apricot, a bit fat, limestone, mild acidity and a touch of sweetness. Clean and grapy wine.

Served alongside canapes, salmon steaks, potatoes and asparagus with an avocado sauce followed by Belgian chocolate ice cream. A very welcome change of pace here. Creamy biscuit, warmed-up lemon sorbet on the tongue but distinctly not chablis and no traces of stone or wood for that matter. Streaks of acidity but nothing untoward. Seemed light on the booze front and excelled with salmon even managing to drown the stale sweatiness of mother's signature over-boiled asparagus. Will buy one more at …