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Pizza Night Chez Pelz
Tasted July 27, 2008 by steffenpelz with 417 views
Introduction
Last night, we invited a couple over. The kids played while we enjoyed food and wine. On a lazy Sunday afternoon like yesterday, I like making Pizza, so here was the food line-up:
Appetizer: Bucheron (goat cheese), Chabichou (goat cheese), and Fleur des Alpes (Reblochon) with fresh figs drizzled with honey and garnished with home-grown Rosemary and Mint.
Pizzas: Traditional Salami Pizza / Pizza with Bresaola, Basil and Peccorino Romano shavings / Pizza with Spicy Salami, fresh cremini mushrooms, Sun-dried Tomatoes, Capers, and Romano shavings (all Pizzas were made with Neapolitano Pizza dough, home-made Pizza sauce, and real Mozzarella di Buffala.
Flight 1 - With Appetizers (1 note)
White - Sparkling
N.V. André Clouet Champagne Grande Réserve Brut
Excellent bottle of Champagne. Great freshness and lovely bead. Along with lemon, apple, and floral components, it had a little toasted nuts in there. 100% Grand Cru fruit from Bouzy. I don't know what the cepage is, but it's delicious. Great pairing with the figs and goat cheese.
Flight 2 - With Pizza (2 notes)
Red
2001 Conti Costanti Brunello di Montalcino
This was one of my two WineCommune bottles. Cork was soaked almost all the way to the top. When I first opened this, I could have sworn it was DOA, so I decanted it....fruit showed up gradually over the course of the next few hours, but it never fully came into its own. I would venture to guess that this bottle wsa slightly heat damaged and possibly closed on top of that...Good drink anyway, but it took some time to be that way. If you own any WC bottles, I recommend trying one.
Red
1999 Fattoria La Gerla Brunello di Montalcino
Popped and poured. Great wine right out of the gate. Lovely plum, black cherry, leather, earth, and a touch of gaminess. Has structure to hold for another 5-10 years, but this is so delicious right now. With home-made Pizza, this was a slam dunk.