Dinner at The Ledbury
London
Tasted January 12, 2011 by Eric with 386 views
Introduction
Tonight was a brilliant dinner at The Ledbury with my friend Chris. Some really world class food in a very comfortable environment. I really should have been photographing the food, nearly all of which played beautifully with texture. Alas I was having too much fun with conversation to obsess about the food.
Flight 1 (1 note)
On its own and with the amuse of a quail egg in a crispy nest with a chestnut puree and then with a scallop ceviche and frozen horseradish powder. Just brilliant.
Flight 2 (1 note)
With perhaps my favorite dish, an amazing dual treatment of mackerel. The wine was simply perfect with the rich and oily fish.
White
2009 Schloss Gobelsburg Grüner Veltliner Reserve Lamm Kamptal
Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal
Wowza, not a small wine by any measure, but I simply love where this is going. Some sort of slate or schist or some such mineral element on the nose, dancing amidst the obvious fruit. The palate is rich but not over the top and really quite electric. Not terribly spicy and a touch round but with excellent energy. I really need to drink more Gobelsburg, as it always bring me such pleasure.
Flight 3 (1 note)
This was very nice with a truffled raviolo filled with partridge and perfect with a lamb and Jerusalem artichoke dish.
Red
1991 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Mouline
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie
Always a treat. This seems to be finally drinking in its oak. It started a bit more masculine than I normally expect for a Mouline, but with time it softened considerably. Killer aromatics of smoked meat and blood and a touch of pepper but with the meat as the very dominant element. Very long and powerful palate, caressing, good acidity but maybe just a tad more time in bottle would help deal with all of the raw material.
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