Our host prepared a delicious summery starter.
Goat's Cheese Nut Balls with a grape & apple salad and the main course was Salmon in Pastry in a Champagne-Estragon Sauce.
Goat's Cheese Nut Balls with a grape & apple salad and the main course was Salmon in Pastry in a Champagne-Estragon Sauce.
The opening white wine I knew...Bistro Tasting..and a cracker it is!... I love Condrieu..unfortunately..my pocket cannot afford daily doses..
Cuilleron Condrieu Les Chaillets 2005
Rhone, France
I remember 'finding' Cuilleron when I visted the area..back when I could buy his wine at the Vineyard door..those days are gone..Cuilleron is too well known nowadays.The wine was beautifully presented...it had been decanted.
This has a gorgeous nose...powerful..exotic fruit..full flavour, explosive and rich.
Points 18
Gaja Ca'Marcanda 2000
Tuscany, Italy
The red had also been decanted..
purple colour; black fruit and
caramel aromas;
quite mature, porty...sweet tannins..
quite elegant..no hard edges.
Points 17
Cuilleron Condrieu Les Chaillets 2005
Rhone, France
I remember 'finding' Cuilleron when I visted the area..back when I could buy his wine at the Vineyard door..those days are gone..Cuilleron is too well known nowadays.The wine was beautifully presented...it had been decanted.
This has a gorgeous nose...powerful..exotic fruit..full flavour, explosive and rich.
Points 18
Gaja Ca'Marcanda 2000Tuscany, Italy
The red had also been decanted..
purple colour; black fruit and
caramel aromas;
quite mature, porty...sweet tannins..
quite elegant..no hard edges.
Points 17
4 comments:
You should try Gaja's Promise... 2004 was pretty nice... greetings from Germany... any Infos?
restaurant(at)burgcrass-eltville(dot)de
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Steven Ramsey
Hi Steven....where are you in Germany?
Burgcrass.. I visited a few years ago..not sure nowadays...back then.. it was OK....decent food..but limited winelist if I remember...should no doubt be better stocked by now
Re-reading your post..maybe you work there....lol...
Gaja..will look out for...that's a 'promise'
wow... found this post. Can't even remember me posting it.
Ya, I worked there back then as a Sommelier and we had a more than descent winelist (it actually got awarded).
Sadly it all changed now. I had a small/personal winelist of 180 european wines on the list in early 2009 before I left. Now they pretty much dropped it to a few local ones..... so can't really talk about "better stocked" anymore.
Times change.....
S.Ramsey@gmx.de
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