Saturday Night – Mick’s Excellent Adventure – Part 3

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For dessert, Mick and Amy picked up a rich chocolate and hazel nut cake. Mick paired a 2004 Coriole “The Soloist” Shiraz to go with the dessert.

"Yummy!"

The nose on the Shiraz was a heavy mix of eucalyptus, heat and leather - there was no question this was an Australian Shiraz. Tasting the wine you got a very chewy, tannic and somewhat oily mouth feel. The wine seemed syrupy and more like an Amarone then a Shiraz. I’ll be honest and say that I’m not a huge fan of Shiraz at the best of times and this wine certainly wasn’t the ‘best of times’. It didn’t work that well at all with the cake.

"Fail"

Here is the group rating for the wine – Mick - 82, Mark - 78, Kathy – 82, Amy - 81, Overall – 80.75

I couldn’t find any LCBO information on this wine but other Coriole wines ranged in price on the LCBO’s website from $18 a bottle to $45 a bottle .

I’d like to thank Mick and Amy for hosting this Saturday’s dinner and give Mick props for trying two brand new recipes.

Cheers!

Mark