Sunday, July 15, 2012

Saturday Night – I got VQA’d and I liked it – Part 4

For dessert Chris and Jan made a hazelnut chocolate cake that they jokingly called “Ferrero Rocher” cake.  This was paired with a 2008 “Snow Angel” Cabernet Franc Ice wine by Angel’s Gate winery.


The nose on the “Snow Angel” Cabernet Franc was just like the aroma you get opening a bag of licorice allsorts.  Tasting the wine, you will find mango, raisin, cranberry and candied apple flavours that finish with spice overtones.  I liked this wine as a pairing for the cake but did find it was a little cloying at times and wished for a bit more acidity to help balance out the sweetness of the wine.


Here is the group rating for the wine –Mick – 88, Mark – 87, Kathy – 87, Amy – 87, Overall – 87.25.



I liked the “Ferrero Rocher” cake as it was rich but not overly heavy and I was starting to get quite full at this point.

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