Top Spanish Wine Dinner organized by Andy/Madwines

Top Spanish Wine 4-course dinner organized by Andy/Madwines at Morton in the iAPM mall on Huai Hai Road.

Chopped House Salad or Oysters, Tasmania and Fanny Bay
Lobster Bisque
Center-cut Ribeye with Mashed Potatoes and Bearnaise Sause
Morton’s Ice Cream Sandwiches or Homemade Key Lime Pie

Oysters, Tasmania and Fanny Bay

• 2010 Vins del Massís Catalunya Macizo - Spain, Catalunya
  Tasted very strong at first, then started to open up, more like a Meursault. (90 pts.)
• 2011 Benjamin Romeo Rioja Que Bonito Cacareaba - Spain, La Rioja, Rioja
  Tasted like a white burgundy, elegant and buttery. (92 pts.)

Center-cut Ribeye

• 2009 Bodegas Benjamin de Rothschild & Vega Sicilia Rioja Macan - Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja
  Powerful and fresh, like it very much. (93 pts.)
• 2008 Benjamin Romeo Rioja La Cueva del Contador - Spain, La Rioja, Rioja
  Second encounter. Dark fruits; while enjoyable, a notch below the 2003 unico and 2009 Macan. (91 pts.)
• 2008 Mas Doix Priorat Costers de Vinyes Velles - Spain, Catalunya, Priorat
  Least memorable of the 5 wines tasted--2009 Macan, 2008 La Cueva del Contador, 2004 Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva, and 2003 Unico
• 2003 Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero Único - Spain, Castilla y León, Ribera del Duero
  Powerful and full-body. (95 pts.)
• 2004 Marqués de Murrieta Rioja Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial - Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja
  Very Bordeaux like, OK.

Great steak and good ambiance. Enjoyed both whites; the Rioja white more. Among the reds, the 2003 Vega Sicilia and the 2009 Macan stands out among the others.