Thursday, 8 March 2012

Our wines we fell in love with...........


Our second night.....9th February

The wines we enjoyed...

Clover Hill 2005 Sparkling Chardonnay Pinot Noir (Tasmania): Dry style, velvet bubbles which sparkle in your mouth.  Served with French goat brie on fresh sour dough bread, the combination of silky bubbles on the mid palate with the distinctive flavour of the cheese created a mouth sensation.  Take your best friend & watch the sunset while enjoying this combination.
The love story: This wine was chosen as an iconic wine from Tasmania. This bottle was originally purchased to share with a special friend, tonight it was shared with 6 special people.  Love to everyone xx

Mesh Riesling 2011 (Eden Valley, SA): Distinctive lemon/lime characters on the nose, well balanced wine with a crisp finish.  Easy to identify as a Clare Valley wine.  This was served with a delicious Rocket, crab, avocado salad.  The Japanese flavour in the salad was offset by the citrus flavours.  Miri is very sweet; this brought the sweetness of the fruit to the front of the palate.   Try the combination for yourself 
The love story: This wine was the first Australian wine that this person fell in love with when living abroad.  It remained in her heart from the first time it was drunk.

Rockford’s Alicante Rose 2011 (Barossa Valley, SA): A classic Rose, its delicate nose was easy to identify.  Strawberry, candy, cherry starburst lollies were detected on the nose.  This was combined with Meredith Dairy Goat cheese from Geelong, creating a distinct creamy mouth feel, softened by the Rose.  A strawberries and cream mouth sensation, before the main course!
The love story: This wine was chosen as it symbolises a significant first date.  Rockford’s cellar door is an old favourite, the basket press shiraz and sparkling can also be confidently recommended.

Kangarilla Road Rose 2010 (McLaren Vale, SA): Initial impression was it had reduced fruit but upon secondary sip, it was purely a dry style of wine, food match was haloumi cheese, fried with a squeeze of fresh lemon.  This was very salt, but offset by the dry style Rose.
The love story: This bottle was carefully selected from North Adelaide for tonight's theme.  The thinking behind the choice was, the colour red, this represented love, heart etc. 

Eldridge Blue Chip Shiraz 2008 (Clare Valley, SA): A big wine...definite potential to cellar for a few more years/  A strong pepper & berry combination, dry style, short palate, good oak use.  The food match for this occasion was spinach & ricotta triangles – some would say these were easy to cook, but you would be amazed at how they can be challenging when wax paper is mistaken for baking paper.
The love story: This wine represents a fall in and out of love, a couple of dates and this bottle remained, great wine.

Hugh Hamilton Tempranillo 2010 (McLaren Vale, SA): Great wine, showing long legs, smooth on the palate, well balanced.  The food match was red velvet cupcakes, these were cooked to connect red, heart to the love theme of the night.  Very tasty cupcakes.  Better food match with this wine was goat cheese & beetroot dip on sour dough – love the combination.
The love story:  Everyone loves a black sheep.  This wine was chosen as it was the first winery she fell in love with.

Our top three..........
Clover Hill Sparkling 2005
Mesh Riesling 2011
Hugh Hamilton Tempranillo 2010

Our next Grapenight’s is scheduled for Thursday 15th March
Theme....Cheap & Cheerful.  Wines under $10 per bottle & food to match
Wines.....stay tuned

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