It Twas the Saturday before Christmas – Part 2

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For the second course Mick did Tandoori Chicken Skewers and paired this with a 2008 Frank Konstantin Gewürztraminer. The bottle was picked up direct from the winery on a recent trip they made to the Finger Lakes region in NY State.

"Spicy but good!"

The nose surprised me as it was very mild for a Gewürztraminer, with aromas of pear and rose. Tasting the wine you found an oily sweet wine that was slightly cloying. The pear aroma carried through to the flavour profile as well. The wine could best be described as ‘simple’ as there wasn’t much to it. The wine also tended to be over sweet with the food but was easy enough to drink so not a terrible pairing by any means.

"Something new and different"

I found this tacked on to the bottom of my notes –

“I like it – it’s yummy” – Amy

Thanks Forest for that insight and now to the group ratings –

Mick - 87, Mark - 84, Kathy – 85, Amy - 89, Overall – 86.25.

I remember Mick mentioning the price on the bottle and being shocked at the price as it was around $20-25 US which with duty and taxes puts this wine in a $40 CDN price… ouch. For that kind of money I’d advise people to look elsewhere.

The food was excellent as always and our next get together will be New Year’s Eve.

Cheers,

Mark