June 25
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Tasted June 25, 2011 by ricknat1 with 472 views
Introduction
Jim and Debbie came down for dinner and we built a simple meal around great wines. We planned an experiment matching red and white Burgundies to cheese to see which we, a group of red burg bigots, would prefer.
Flight 1 - Crab Claws and Shrimp on the back porch (1 note)
Served with a lemon linger sauce and cocktail sauce as the sun set. The Bouchard was magnificent with the seafood.
Drinking perfectly, but show no sing of aging or premox.
Flight 2 - Porcini Tortelli with black truffles (1 note)
Bottled full truffles sliced and put into melted black truffle butter with a touch of locatelli romano. This paired perfectly with the Vogue because the truffle popped through and the smoky, rich Musigny was perfect with it. Jims comment was "this is as good as it gets"
Flight 3 - Grilled lamb with Ratatouille (1 note)
I marinated the lamb in greek spices and Dijon Mustard and oil for 2 hours and grilled at 750 degrees. Stephanie made a great Ratatouille. the Margaux sang with the lamb. Turns out Margaux is Debbies favorite.
Flight 4 - Cheese Challenge (2 notes)
Sheeps milk Gouda, 2 year aged Comte, a triple creme, a Veceray sheep and an Epoisse The whole group felt hard cheese were definitely superior with the white The group was mixe don the rest, but I am leaning more towards whites. The LaFarge was great with the Epoisse.
Probably worth a better score but next to the 78 vogue and 83 marguax it was in tough company.
Flight 5 - Dessert (1 note)
Wow. Stephanie made an amazing puff pastry filled with Rutabaga and creme fraiche and topped with a strawberry balsamic sauce. i could have eaten this all night. The Rieussec of course was splendid as it always is.
Closing
It was a great evening