Mick was back to his usual hosting/cooking detail this past Saturday. The first course was an old favourite that we haven’t had in awhile – Prosciutto wrapped shrimp paired with a 2005 Robert Mondavi Riesling.
While Mick was out grilling the shrimp, we poured out the wine. The Mondavi Riesling had a soft perfume-like nose with pear, rose, lychee and grapefruit elements. The Riesling was showing peach and pink grapefruit flavours on the tongue with ok acidity.
Mick finished cooking the shrimp and we all sat down to enjoy the first course. Mick’s prosciutto wrapped shrimp were great and the Riesling was a good pairing.
I tried to find LCBO information on this wine but they don’t carry it. The last time the Wine Spectator reviewed the Mondavi Riesling was in 1996 and they gave it a 83 rating. I know we bought this at the Premier Group in NY for about $8-9 US a bottle so with duty and exchange it would be about $13-15 CDN.
Here is the group rating for the wine -Mick – 89, Mark - 85, Kathy – 89, Amy - 89, Overall – 88.
The Riesling is listed on the blog as one of my $20 favourites, but I have found the last couple of times I have had it, the shine is wearing off of it for me. I’m starting to find it too sweet and too one dimensional. The wine comes across syrupy and sloppy compared to European Rieslings and I truly feel that they would be a better food match most of the time.
On the other hand, 3 out of 4 of us still really enjoy it and it is a very good price point compared to those European Rieslings I was comparing it too.
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