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Beaucastel Blanc or Chave Hermitage Blanc - 12/31/2016 6:31:56 AM

barolo300

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Making a creamy prawn pasta dish tonight for my parents, my wife and her parents. Only my dad has a clue about wine (apart from me and my wife) and Riesling is his favourite in general so I am not sure how the low acid of the Rhone will go down. Wanted to serve a Rhone white anyway.

Do you think the Chave is wasted? It is the 2003. I have a couple of bottles but haven't tasted any yet.

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RE: Beaucastel Blanc or Chave Hermitage Blanc - 12/31/2016 6:43:33 AM

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Since the dish has cream, I suspect that Riesling would be the better choice. I love white Rhones, but find them difficult matches for food. I suggest serving the white Rhone as an aperitif, and then Riesling with the meal.

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RE: Beaucastel Blanc or Chave Hermitage Blanc - 12/31/2016 6:45:53 AM

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Add a little saffron and fennel to the dish and serve Chave.
Nectar of the gods!

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RE: Beaucastel Blanc or Chave Hermitage Blanc - 12/31/2016 7:08:26 AM

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for me the Chave is a wine to really spend time thinking about. I would either drink it alone or I would have at most a couple snacks with it. Really love the stuff.

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RE: Beaucastel Blanc or Chave Hermitage Blanc - 12/31/2016 11:15:07 AM

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I've been lovin the Beaucastel Blanc and think the slight oxidized style will pair well.
All in all...you can't really go too wong here with your options.

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RE: Beaucastel Blanc or Chave Hermitage Blanc - 1/1/2017 8:05:38 AM

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The 2003 Chave is a fairly unusual wine. Very dense, almost oily, with a lovely nose and a rather dry palate. Now, I have no idea what vintage of the BB you are like looking at, but that wine usually has a nutty, sweeter mouthfeel, and a waxy nose. For the dish you describe, I think the BB is probably a better match.

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RE: Beaucastel Blanc or Chave Hermitage Blanc - 1/1/2017 8:39:44 AM

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Hi all,

thank you for the advice. In the end after some champagne and a bottle of lovely vire clesse I decided to go lower key and went with a young and refreshing - despite the oak vanilla - white rioja. It wouldn't have been right to open a more complex wine I think...

hope you all had a great evening

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