Under the radar Burgundy @ Afghan Kebab House!

For the past few years, I have been purchasing wines from "Down to Earth Wines" in Delaware. The owner is a passionate wine dealer, who travels to Europe to meet the winemakers he has relationships with and taste their wines. He sends out a few offerings a week, mostly from Burgundy, but occasionally from other regions. Each offering is for one producer and it is VERY verbose as offering also includes a history of the winery. I recently bought a mixed case of Burgundy from a producer I've never heard of, and that I can't find reviews for. But I trust this retailer, so here goes...... Join me at Afghan Kebab House for a night of "Under the Radar Burgundy wines" By the way, the winery is Modot-Guyon. The wines are mostly from Chambolle-Musigny.

Afghan Kebab House is located at 1st Ave, between E.75th and E. 76th Streets. They are a small restaurant with ZERO corkage! We have dined there before and really liked it.

As they are small, I'm going to limit this event to 6 people. We will have 1 white wine and 3 red wines. All from Washington State.

Looking at their menu they seem to be a mix between the menus at OM Indian and ABA Turkish.

Here is a link to their menu..
Afghan Kebab House Menu

The cost for this event is $35, and is for the wine only.

PLUS a reminder of our usual rules:

You will also have to pay the cost of your food (plus 33% for tax and tip). Please order at least two courses (i.e. a main dish and either appetizer or dessert) for your dinner. There are very few restaurants that allow us to bring our own wine for a low corkage fee. We must be good guests to encourage the restaurant to continue to be generous to us.

Please read and understand the group's cancellation policy. If you take spot, then cancel, and no one else takes the spot, you will not receive a refund or credit. No refunds or credits will be given for no-shows or late cancellations (unless someone else takes your spot). All cancellations are subject to a $6 service fee.

NOTE: Meetup has started charging a "Partner Fee" that is above and in addition to the listed price of the event. It comes to approximately $3 more for each RSVP. You will see this charge when you complete your rsvp and pay for the event. MEETUP+ members are exempt from this charge.

Please use public transportation - NO DRINKING AND DRIVING!

The Wines (notes will be distributed at the dinner):

2023 Modot-Guyon Bourgogne Aligote ($24) - From the importer: "A tasty everyday quaffer that is prototypical Aligoté, on white florals, light chalkiness, with present but well balanced acidity. I think that solid Aligoté like this is routinely underestimated, and incredibly versatile."

2023 Modot-Guyon Bourgogne ($27) - The basic Pinot Noir, from the importer, "I didn't get to taste this, hailing from both Chambolle and the flats below the Clos. I have to imagine that it will deliver and then some for the money."

2023 Modot-Guyon Chambolle-Musigny Village ($60) - From the importer, "Now we're getting down to the serious portion of the program. This is from three separate lieux dits, Les Maladieres, les Mal Carrées, and le Clos de l'Orme, all of which are on the E/downhill aspect of the village, on the large high plain of Chambolle. This is denser and more structured than the Creux Baissants, fuller, darker red fruits, spices, and still with the limestone lift of Chambolle. As is characteristic of the wines in this same eastward trajectory (1er cru les Charmes, 1er cru les Plantes), this is a fuller, broader, and deeper soiled expression of Chambolle, and a pretty darn good one at that. Bravo...."

2023 Modot-Guyon Chambolle-Musigny les Creux Baissants ($67) - From the importer, "This is my pet favorite, and I think perhaps Adrien's as well.....This is a single parcel wine from the cooler, north facing pocket up against the forest, and whose name literally translated is close to "the lowering hollow", as it is a physically depression in every sense, some 5 feet below the road with all things tilted downwards/ all work here is resultantly by hand. You can see in the picture above the large chunks of limestone in the soil. This one is all about the cooler, airy, lacy, delicate side of Chambolle, and a plain great one at that. Little red fruits, limestone salinity both aromatically and in the mouth. It just has so much character and prettiness, as well as Adrien always expressing his affinity for it, that made me identify it as the "house flagship" bottling.....get this if this sounds like your cup of tea.....a little * awarded here."