A long time friend, great gastronome and blogger on hiatus, Crabby Cook, texted me all agog from entertaining friends in the back yard and getting unanamous approval for Mulderbosch Rose of Cabernet as the ultimate summer wine. So I had to retest it.
I liked it so much when I first tried it in winter, I bought it. I like it more now. Dry rose with a brilliant color of dark rose, the essence of both cherry and strawberry are subtle but noticeable in the wine. I served it chilled with some very nice barbqued ribs and it was a good match, but I loved it with a wild salad of watermelon, feta, onion, cucumber, mint, parsley, balsamic and a touch of EVOO. It's hard to find any wine that works with a salad, but this salad? WOW.
Oh, I LOVE this salad.
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April 28
Unless I find another rose that knocks me out, this will be the last Rose blog of the year here.
Domaine de Houchart, as in Who Shot Liberty Valance, 2009 rose from Provence at $9.99 is waiting to be thrown into the nearest ice bucket. Light dry fresh with a gorgeous pink colour, color for when the color is good, colour when it is wonderful, this screams to be served pool-side, beach-side anywhere but inside on a hot day. I love it with a tuna sandwich. Or sushi, or grilled tuna steaks rare as can be. It also works nicely with scampi and of course Niciose salad.
Now all I need is some wrinkly white linen pants and a 50' yacht and I will look cool. NOT
Domaine de Houchart, as in Who Shot Liberty Valance, 2009 rose from Provence at $9.99 is waiting to be thrown into the nearest ice bucket. Light dry fresh with a gorgeous pink colour, color for when the color is good, colour when it is wonderful, this screams to be served pool-side, beach-side anywhere but inside on a hot day. I love it with a tuna sandwich. Or sushi, or grilled tuna steaks rare as can be. It also works nicely with scampi and of course Niciose salad.
Now all I need is some wrinkly white linen pants and a 50' yacht and I will look cool. NOT
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Get Back Jojo
Tonight I tasted a bunch of wines with friends and the wine that blew everyone's mind out was the Vina Rufina Rosado from Spain blogged a couple of days ago.
It was freakin AWESOME!
Unmistakeable aroma of strawberries, rich flavor, that was delicious chilled or not, great with all the food and three of the friends put orders in for a case for each of them. Calling the wholesaler to buy out the rest of his supply tomorrow morning.
I was planning on blogging about one of the other wines in tonights tasting, but why bother. Nothing else showed as good or as great a value. It was enjoyed by red and white wine drinkers alike.
Will do a couple of red wines tomorrow.
It was freakin AWESOME!
Unmistakeable aroma of strawberries, rich flavor, that was delicious chilled or not, great with all the food and three of the friends put orders in for a case for each of them. Calling the wholesaler to buy out the rest of his supply tomorrow morning.
I was planning on blogging about one of the other wines in tonights tasting, but why bother. Nothing else showed as good or as great a value. It was enjoyed by red and white wine drinkers alike.
Will do a couple of red wines tomorrow.
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