Dinner 2/6/05

a couple came over for dinner - they are just learning about wine and thus we put together a nice meal and friendly wines. Aus.Shiraz is not my thing - i like old world styled reds, but it seems to be more friendly to those who are new and generally were weaned on sweet soviet wines.

Salad of arugula and orange slices with basamic vinegar and orange olive oil. and some fresh bread :)

Glass - spieglau white

• 2002 Von Schubert Maximin Grünhauser Riesling 90 Points

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  last bottle of this - i do have 2 kabs and 2 spats though so i am not worried.
  Lots of sulpher on opening. I would decant - at least an hour or more. It bagan as sweet but delicious wine but over the eveing the sugar receaded and the minerality and flowers took over. this is just delicious and light - i can drink this all day.

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Leg of lamb, medium rare, and roasted rosemary potatoes. yum!
after that was done - a flight of 3 different cheeses, grapes and crackers

Glass - spieglau Bordeaux

• 2003 Marquis Philips Shiraz 89 Points

  Australia, South Eastern

  WOW this is BLACK..completly. Looking at the sun through the decanter - still cant se through it..at all...
  
  opened at 12 pm (dinner at 7) to decant. Lots of oak, although the frit is surelly there. lots of heat as well.
  by 5 it was opening up, oak and heat receading and fruit shining through. At 7pm it was delicious on the nose. cherrries, strawberries and even some chocolate - although a bit jammy. It tasted very full and rich. A slightly bitter finish - but perfect with lamb. Delicious wine for those that love the style. Although i still vote for old world leaner and meaner versions. this wine is surelly a QPR though and, to me, was a step ahead of the Footbolt.

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semi-bitter chocolate (lindt 77%)
Glass - spieglau port

• NV Gonzalez-Byass Pedro Ximénez Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Viejo Noé VORS (30 Years/Años) 91 Points

  Spain, Andalucía, Jerez-Xérès-Sherry

  Motor oil anyone? i must say that the thickness of this wine is scary. BUT please decant priour to serving or at least pour into a glass and let it be for some time. Rarther hot on the nose and thus a bit offputting for the first 20 min. Then the heat dissapated and the lovely figs and brown sugar notes took over. Sweet yet never cloying - witha piece of bittersweet chocolate Sweet sherry is hard to beat. Will try again tomorrow because i think it needs a little more time for the heat to blow off.

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Thanks to my dear wife for her cooking and our friends for the company.
oh well - last tasing note for a few weeks - going on antibiotics so wont be able to drink for at least 2 weeks.