I went with a couple of old favourites for the food selections – Caesar salad to start and sliced NY strips with baby potatoes, corn, tomatoes and arugula as the main course.
"Home-made Croutons!" For the wine, I went with a region I usually don’t venture into too often – Australia and picked two Australian wines to pair with the food.
To go with the Caesar salad, I opened a bottle of 2005 Evans and Tate “Margaret River” Chardonnay.
"A decent $20 wine"The nose on the wine was a very aromatic combination of vanilla, pineapple and butter. I loved the nose on this wine and Mick’s comment was if he didn’t already know that it was Australian, he’d have guessed by the nose that it was Californian. Tasting the wine was disappointing compare to the nose. It had a very narrow mouth feel and the acidity made the wine seem a bit sharp. You got an initial hint of vanilla to start and then the wine was dominated by a lime flavour. It was an OK pairing with Caesar, but it was much better on its own. To be fair the Caesar salad did have a lot of lemon in it and I find there are some Chardonnay’s that match up beautifully with lemon and other do not; this one didn’t like lemon. This wine would make a lovely pairing with a salmon dish in a butter sauce as the fat from both the salmon and the butter would neutralize the acidity.
Here is the group rating for the wine -Mick - 89, Mark - 88, Kathy – 88, Amy - 87, Overall – 88.
Here is the LCBO information on this wine –
EVANS & TATE CHARDONNAY 2006
Here is the group rating for the wine -Mick - 89, Mark - 88, Kathy – 88, Amy - 87, Overall – 88.
Here is the LCBO information on this wine –
EVANS & TATE CHARDONNAY 2006
Vintages 677765
750 mL bottle
Price: $ 19.95
Wine, White Wine,
13.5% Alcohol/Vol.
Sugar Content : D
Made in: West Australia, Australia
By: Evans & Tate
Release Date: May 23, 2009
Tasting Note - Well-made; nectarine and melon fruit complexed by carefully controlled barrel fermentation and other winemaker inputs; good mouthfeel and weight. Screwcap. Drink [until] 2011. Score - 92. (James Halliday, www.winecompanion.com.au, March 2007)
*Note – this wine is the 2006 and not the 2005 reviewed in this Blog.
I thought this wine was pricier than its $20 price point as it was purchased over a year ago and swore it was in the $35 range. At a $35 price point I wouldn’t be picking up another bottle but at a $20 price point it is a solid wine for that money.
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*Note – this wine is the 2006 and not the 2005 reviewed in this Blog.
I thought this wine was pricier than its $20 price point as it was purchased over a year ago and swore it was in the $35 range. At a $35 price point I wouldn’t be picking up another bottle but at a $20 price point it is a solid wine for that money.
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