For the final course of the evening, I did Chimichurri Steak with a corn and tomato salad and side pitas. I paired this with a 2000 Chateau Franc-Maillet Bordeaux from Pomerol.
The nose on the wine was made up of mushroom, pine and blackberry. Tasting the wine you’ll find tobacco, dark chocolate and blueberry. The structure on the wine was off as it was too acidic and lacking enough tannin to balance out the acidity. The wine also had a short dry finish to it. I wasn’t that keen on this wine on its own but it got better with the food.
Here is the group rating for the wine – Mick - 85, Mark - 84, Kathy – 83, Amy – 82, Overall – 83.5.
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| "Amazingly dark cork!" |
There was no LCBO information on this wine as I purchased in the US years ago. I can’t remember what I paid for it but a web search put it between $30 and $47 US ($45 to $60 CDN after exchange, duty and LCBO markup). I will say for that price point there are much better Merlots on the market and would go with those instead.
We finished up the night with a LaRocca Lemon Tart for dessert which was a nice light dessert after all of that food.
It was a shame that Sheian couldn’t make it but it was a fun night with Mick and Amy never the less.
Cheers!
Mark
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