Birthday Sunday lunch
McLeay Street Bistro, Potts Point
Tasted Sunday, February 6, 2022 by chatters with 115 views
Introduction
Took a six pack and the Coravin to my favourite Sunday BYOB destination with KC. For full nerdery enjoyment we chose what we were going to have so I could have a go at matching wines with some self imposed rules - no Cab Sav, no Chardonnay, no Pinot
Flight 1 - Entrees (3 Notes)
Two entrees:
1.) Pan fried Scallops with al dente cauliflower and courgette with hazelnuts
2.) Salmon Tartare, Lime, Salmon Caviar & Dill Essence with Cherrywood Smoke
The latter dish had green apple with it as well which really helped with both the Riesling and the Bdx blanc. I've included in the notes the relative merit of the wines with the dishes.
Flight 2 - Main course (3 Notes)
Chateaubriand with Paris Mash and green beans.
The green beans had eshallots, speck and butter to boost them, the beef had a red wine and green peppercorn sauce that was most glutinous - very stick to your ribs.
The vertical of Varonniers were wonderful with this dish - they all showed a blackberry/peppercorn/fresh acid quality and then the vintage variations showed over the top of these. Really, really good fun.
Closing
As usual everything was a lot of fun...we capped lunch with chocolate based puddings with, for me, left field options Amaretto and Grand Marnier...
It did make me wonder why I simply don't rock up with the Coravin and a bag of bottles every Sunday...
2005 Georg Breuer Rüdesheimer Berg Schloßberg Riesling
Germany, Rheingau
From Coravin. Lime, kerosene, honey, a little apple, fresh acidity is medium plus intensity and offset by both a waxy glycerol textured breadth on the mid palate and, it feels like, a little residual sugar, balanced. Nice with the entrees.
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2014 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
From Coravin. Medium minus intensity aromas of green apple, cream, a little leesyness, the oak shows through here as well. On the palate the acidity is fresh and refreshing, it's balanced and long with similar flavours joined by a little sweet spice. Quite muted compared with the other wines here but showed well with the salmon tartare.
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2015 M. Chapoutier Hermitage Blanc Chante-Alouette
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
From Coravin. Stone fruits, bees wax, a little oak, quite rich really with some texture, with time a little honey here as well as some marzipan/almond meal. Softly acidic, glycerol breadth like the georg breuer but without the acid line to offset. This tasted quite bitter with the scallops but worked well with the salmon and was lovely by itself as well.
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