My original plan was lunch and a visit to old town to walk, get acquainted with the city and take pictures. My hosts were so fun and inviting, I could not refuse their kind offer. Within minutes, a sea of glasses was placed before me, all double blind!
Lamb has enough fat and flavor to work well with young, rich, tannic Bordeaux wines, or the subtle, earthy, qualities encountered in mature, Bordeaux wine.
Life changing bacon roll’s, more addictive than crack, 1989 Haut Haut Brion good enough to make you cry, 1991 Guigal La Touque that left you speechles, more Bordeaux wine and a perfect dinner The Ledbury in London.
2010 Chateauneuf du Pape offers a lot of ripe, rich, concentrated, lush, powerful, alcoholic, balanced wines that will drink well young, yet age and develop for 10, 15 or in the best cases, 20 years or more!
Pontet Canet scoring 100 Pts from Robert Parker sent shock waves through the Bordeaux region! Other producers with much high classifications will not rest on their laurels over this. With luck, the end result will be better wine and more of it for consumers.
As Salmon Confit is not far from raw, it’s imperative to obtain the freshest fish you can find. Paired with the wine of your choice, this dish looks great and tastes even better!
Very little happens just by pulling the cork. Using simple laws of physics, it is the action of decanting that causes most of the effects to take place in the wine. The movement of the wine allowing air to mix with the liquid begins the chemical process.