Sunday, August 14, 2011

Saturday night – Blackout dinner – Part 3


For dessert, Kathy and I broke with tradition of Blackout dinner and picked up scones, Devonshire Double clotted cream and strawberry jam for the evening’s dessert. The scones were on display when we went shopping on Friday and looked amazing so we picked up a 4 pack of raison scones and a 4 pack of cranberry and white chocolate scones.


Mick had a 187mL bottle of 2006 Dr. Loosen Beerenauslese Riesling to pair with the dessert.


I was surprised and a bit disappointed at the nose as it was very mild with hints of lychee and floral. Usually most dessert wines have big aromatic noses that you can just lose yourself in. Tasting the wine though more than made up for the mild nose, as it had lovely flavours of nectarine and green apple. The balance on this wine was stunning as the sweetness was perfectly countered by the crisp acidity of the wine. This is one of the best tasting dessert wines I have had in a while. It was a great pairing with the dessert.


Here is the group rating for the wine – Mick - 89, Mark - 89, Kathy – 90, Amy – 90, Overall – 89.5


There is no LCBO information as Mick and Amy picked this bottle up in the US for about $10 which was an incredible deal in my opinion.

Blackout anniversary dinners are always a good time and this one was no exception to that. Thanks for Mick and Amy for hosting and I’m already looking forward to next year’s one.

Cheers!

Mark

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