For the main course Mick did barbequed Prime Rib with a Shiraz reduction sauce and sides of baby potatoes and green beans. I did up a batch of the Blue Cheese and Thyme Poppers as a side to go with the Prime Rib.
Chris and Jan brought a bottle of 1999 Chateau D’Agassac, Haut-Médoc as a pairing for the Prime Rib.
The nose on this was a nice mix of lead pencil shavings, tobacco, plum and black licorice. The flavours to the wine were raspberry, cherry and cocoa. The balance on this wine was very good with soft tannin, nice acidity and not much heat. I liked that the fruit was still very much there despite this being a 1999. The one small issue I had with the wine was the finish, as its lovely flavours disappeared way too quickly. It was a very good pairing with the food and also very nice just on its own.
Here is the group rating for the wine -Mick –87, Mark - 89, Kathy – 87, Amy – 89, Overall – 88.
There was no LCBO listing for this wine. I did some web searching on it and it looks like the bottle goes for around $50US so probably if the LCBO did carry it you would be in the $65-70 range. Not a bad value for this wine.
For dessert Chris and Jan brought Blondie’s and Raspberry Chocolate squares and a bottle of Peach wine and a bottle of Raspberry wine. Both desserts were very good and I really enjoyed both of the dessert wines.
All the food and wines were amazing tonight and were only surpassed by the truly excellent company. It was wonderful having Chris and Jan over for a usual Saturday dinner. Thanks to Mick and Amy for hosting and to Mick for all his hard work with the food. Thanks to Chris and Jan for the great wines and desserts.
Cheers!
Mark
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