Saturday Night – It’s my Birthday (woot woot) – Part 2

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For the main course Mick did curried Mussels served with freshly sliced Baguette. He paired this course with 2008 Bernkasteler Badstube Kabinett Riesling.

The nose on the Riesling was aromatic mix of honey, peaches and lychee. Tasting the wine peach is the dominate flavour with a bit of apple and caramel in the background. This seemed like an extremely sweet/cloying Kabinett but I believe this was due to the acidity which was sorely lacking. It is a shame that it didn’t have the crisp acidity I was looking for as the flavours and nose were very good and if this wine did have the acidity it would be amazing. It did, however, pair nicely with the Mussels.

Here is the group rating for the wine – Mick - 87, Mark - 85, Kathy – 85, Amy – 88, Overall – 86.25.

The Mussels were up to Mick’s usual excellent standards and once we were done there wasn’t a Mussel to be found anywhere.

For Dessert, Amy picked up a Chocolate cake with a Happy Birthday greeting on it which made a nice ending to the evening… though at my old age I probably should have finished the night with a nice glass of prune juice :)

Thanks to Mick and Amy for a wonderful night and like a fine wine, friendships get better with age too!

Cheers!

Mark