For the main course Mick prepared Diablo Meatballs with Greek Salad and paired the meal with a 2006 Seghesio Zinfandel.
"Diablo Meatballs"There was no searching or swirling of the glass to find the aromas on the Seghesio. This was a wine you could smell as it was being poured from the bottle. The powerful and aromatic nose contained pepper, spice, leather, blackberry and a faint hint of plum. Mick described the wine as “awesomeness in a glass”. The balance of the wine was spot on but there was a bit of tartness to the flavour. The flavour profile to the wine was rich and complex with raspberry, black cherry, clove, black pepper and nutmeg. The wine was a great pairing with the meatballs and a good pairing with the salad.
"Greek Salad"Here is the group rating for the wine - Mick - 92, Mark - 90, Kathy - 88, Amy -88, Overall – 89.5
"Aromatic nose!"There is no LCBO listing for this wine as Mick purchased it in the US for about $20.
We have reviewed this wine before - http://zippysauce.blogspot.com/2008/07/saturday-night-amy-isnt-part-2.html.
"Amy does her Betty Crocker impression!" Amy surprised us by getting into the act and baking a lovely Pineapple Angel Food Cake served with Mixed Berries. It was very good and light which was nice after all that food. We didn’t pair this with any wine as by this time all of us had had more than enough wine for the night.
It was a great evening and it was fun to have a Saturday night off and it is nice to be getting back to alternating Saturday nights.
Cheers!
Mark
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