The main course of the evening was a layered Mexican Salad which had just about everything in it; lettuce, tomato, black beans, grilled chicken, sour cream, tortillas, just to name a few ingredients. Mick went with a Dubois Brut Cava as his pairing for this dish.
The nose on the cava was mild with aromas of yeast, strawberry and vanilla to it. Tasting the wine, crisp citrus notes dominated this sparkling wine. There was a bitterness to the wine though which came through at odd moments and really took away from it. It was an OK pairing with the food; sometimes good and sometimes not so good depending on which ingredients you had.
Here is the group rating for the wine -Mick – 82, Mark - 83, Kathy – 85, Amy – 85, Overall – 83.75.
There was no LCBO listing on this wine, which isn’t a surprise as Mick said this was a wine they brought back from a trip from Cuba. I would guess this wine was in the $10-15 dollar range if it was carried at the LCBO.
For dessert Amy picked up a Chocolate Baco Cake for dessert. I skipped dessert as I was full at this point but judging by the clean plates around the table, I’m sure it was yummy.
Thanks to Mick for all his hard work in doing up three excellent recipes that Kathy and I hadn’t tried before. And thanks to both Mick and Amy for hosting the dinner. It was great to get back to a normal Saturday night.
Cheers!
Mark
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