Saturday Night – Potatoes, Shrimp and Lamb, Oh My! – Part 1

Mick was hosting this past Saturday night’s dinner and had three courses on tap.  After the Cristal last weekend, I had Champagne on the brain and was really in the mood for more.  I called Mick just before dinner started and mentioned that I was craving bubbles and had a bottle of Perrier-Jouët Champagne nicely chilled and if anything he was making would pair with it.  Mick answered that he indeed did have a course for it and to bring it by.

The course for the Champagne also happened to be the starter which was oven-roasted baby potatoes stuffed with bacon.
The last time we had the Perrier-Jouët Champagne I was disappointed - http://zippysauce.blogspot.com/2011/12/saturday-night-champagne-and-sheian_11.html as it wasn’t as good as the bottles we had in Las Vegas but this time it was much better.  The flavours to it were much more like Vegas ones and it was a good pairing with the potatoes.  Mick and I were wondering if that last bottle was slightly off as this one was so much better.

The second course Mick had on tap was Shrimp Bisque.  Mick had a 2007 Roux Pere & Fils Clos des Mollepierres on tap as the pairing and we also had some of the Perrier-Jouët Champagne to go with it as well.

The nose on the wine was a mild nose with aromas of vanilla, lemon and a hint of lychee in the background.  Tasting the wine a Macintosh Apple flavour dominated the wine with more oak than I was expecting from a French wine there as well.  The structure on this wine was decent but it got a bit flabby as it warmed up.  It made a good pairing for the bisque but the Perrier-Jouët Champagne was a much better one.

Here is the group rating for the wine -Mick – 85, Mark - 86, Kathy – 86, Amy – 86, Overall – 85.75.

Here is the LCBO Information on the wine -

ROUX PÈRE & FILS CLOS DES MOLLEPIERRES RULLY 2007

VINTAGES 169193

750 mL bottle
Price: $ 23.95
Wine, White Wine
13.0% Alcohol/Vol.
Sugar Content : XD
Made in: Burgundy, France
By: Domaine Roux Pere Et Fils
Release Date: May 15, 2010

Tasting Note - Pretty lime blossom, acacia and citronella aromas and flavors highlight this elegant yet vivid white. Spice notes from oak aging add depth, and this lingers with citrus and spice accents on the aftertaste. Drink now through 2012. Score - 90. (Bruce Sanderson, winespectator.com, Dec. 15, 2009)

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