For dessert I picked up scones and Devonshire Double Clotted Cream and strawberry jam to go on top of them. I paired dessert with a 2005 Chateau Suau Sauternes
The nose on this wine was mild but did have lovely aromas of orange zest, grapefruit, licorice and verbena. Tasting the wine, lemon, orange and mint were the main flavours to the wine. The structure was good as the acidity and alcohol were able to balance the sweetness of the wine so it came across as fresh vs. cloying. With the 14% alcohol level it was more like an Ice Wine Brandy than being like straight Ice wine/Late harvest/Dessert wine. I haven’t really been a big fan of Sauternes in the past as I find they have a slight bitterness to them that I’m not a fan of but this one has me re-thinking that position as it was a real treat.
Here is the group rating for the wine - Mick – 90, Mark – 90 Kathy – 87, Amy – 89, Overall – 89.
There was no LCBO information on the wine for 2005 or any vintage. This was also another wine I picked up down at Premier. A quick web search has the price at $14 US a bottle so with LCBO markup, exchange, taxes and duty I’d guess it would be in $25-30 range. Not a bad value at that price point and if I come across the 2005 or any other year I certainly would pick up a bottle or two.
After the long hiatus it was great to have a usual Saturday night dinner with Mick and Amy and hopefully there will be more dinners in March than there were in February.
Cheers!
Mark
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