Saturday Night Combique - Part 4

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Fourth Course – Gorgonzola Chicken Breasts with Nutty Brown Rice and 2007 Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc.

Alex and Zdenka’s course was Gorgonzola chicken breasts with nutty brown rice. The wine pairing to go with this course was a 2007 Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc.

"Wicked Chicken!"

Alex’s found this recipe earlier in the week and decided to try it for the first time at the Combique. He is a braver man than I am as I usually do tried and true recipes for the Combique but his bravery paid off big time as the meal was great. The chicken was cooked to perfection, it was firm and moist and the Gorgonzola really brought this dish to life. His rice was very good as well as the flavour of the nuts in the dish made it seem like more than just a rice side dish.

"Gallons of Grapefruit!"

I have reviewed the Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc a few times on this site so I won’t go into much detail. The main element to the wine was pink grapefruit – in the aroma as well as the taste. It was a very good pairing with the dish.

Here is the group rating for the wine -Mick - 90, Mark - 92, Kathy – 88, Amy - 86, Overall – 89

As there were two other couples, I will list their ratings of the wine here as well – Zdenka – 81, Alex – 88, Melanie – 87 and Steve – 87.

Here is the LCBO information -

Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc
Vintages# 35386
750 mL bottle
Price: $ 19.95
Wine, White Wine,
13.5% Alcohol/Vol.
Sugar Content : XD
Made in: New Zealand, New Zealand
By: Constellation Wines Nz
Release Date: Oct 11, 2008

Description - Vintage after vintage, the world-renowned Kim Crawford displays his winemaking prowess with Sauvignon Blanc. This version exhibits aromas such as gooseberry, asparagus, nettle, tomato leaf and citrus. Tantalizing with monkfish with tomato and fresh herbs, or steamed mussels.

"Out of focus Chocolate Cake... like our Photographer was when taking this picture!"

We finished up the night with chocolates, chocolates cake and a bottle of Henry of Pelham Late Harvest Vidal. I have reviewed this wine before so I won’t go into it, besides by that time of the evening and the amount of wine I consumed, I was having trouble even holding a pen, never mind trying to put together coherent notes.

"The always good Henry of Pelham"

The evening was a blast and thanks to Mick and Amy for hosting the night; they are probably still doing dishes at this moment! Thanks to Melanie, Alex and Mick for their amazing dishes.

Cheers,

Mark