For the main course, Mick did an old favourite – Grilled Chicken Quesadillas. He picked a 2005 "Paso Robles" Ridge Zinfandel to pair with this course.
"Very Yummy!" The nose on the Ridge Zinfandel was big and complex with aromas of cinnamon, allspice, eucalyptus and dark berry. The structure of the wine was good but as the wine sat for awhile it did develop a sharpness to it that wasn’t there in the beginning. The dominate flavour to the wine was blueberry with some pepper in the background. It was a good pairing with the Quesadillas but there have been other Zins that have paired better with it in the past.
"A Solid Zin" Here is the group rating for the wine -Mick – 88, Mark – 87, Kathy – 86, Amy – 87, Overall – 87.
There was no LCBO listing for this wine so I’m assuming Mick bought this in the US. A quick web search and this wine seems to be in the $20-22 US range (about $33-37 CDN after duty, taxes and exchange rates).
"I've seen shorter novels"The Chicken Quesadillas were very good, but this is not surprising, as we have always enjoyed them every time Mick has made them.
May is going to be a quieter month on the blog as Kathy and I are on vacation in early May and Mick and Amy have a couple of Saturday nights in mid May booked up so our usual Saturday dinners won’t be quite so usual. Thanks to Mick and Amy for hosting tonight’s dinner.
Cheers!
Mark
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Bought this one at the liquor Superstore in Niagara Falls. After the conversion from US to Canadian dollars, it worked out to be $35 canadian. This is without duty. I bought this in August 2008.
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