Saturday Night – We’re Back! - Part 1

Kathy and I spent the week in central NY state on vacation. On the way back we stopped at Prime Wines in Kenmore NY (see Premier Group under links for website) which is our favourite wine store. We picked up some wine for ourselves and a couple of cases of wine for the next two sessions of Wine Club; a South African Sauvignon Blanc and a California Zinfandel. Both of these wines are not available in the LCBO.

"Tastes much better than it looks..."

On the drive home Kathy and I were discussing what the menu would be for this Saturday’s dinner with Mick and Amy. Kathy wanted Gorgonzola dip as a starter and lemon Prosciutto pasta as the main course so I went with that as the menu.

"A craving"

The Gorgonzola dip pairs very well with Sauvignon Blanc so I decided to raid the case of wine I picked up for Wine Club and use my bottle from the case. The wine is a 2008 Edgebaston Sauvignon Blanc from South Africa.

"Tissue paper...oh, classy"

In addition to the Gorgonzola dip, I had a craving for Miss Vickie’s chips with sour cream dip so we ended up with two starters.

"First peak"

Pouring out the Edgebaston, you were greeted by a nose of vanilla, lime, wet grass and a faint hint of floral in the background. Tasting the wine you’ll notice the gooseberry and grapefruit flavours running throughout. The structure of the wine was very good; balanced, nice fresh, crisp acidity without being tart. I really like this wine as I found it sat smack in the middle of my two favourite Sauvignon Blancs – It had the crispness of a French one and enough fruit to it that New Zealand comes to mind when drinking it.

"A close up"

Don’t get me wrong, I very much enjoy both French and New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs but with the French at times I find myself wishing for more fruit and with New Zealand at times I find the fruit is too heavy/ripe.

We had no problem finishing the bottle with the starters and I found myself wishing this wasn’t my only bottle.
　
Here is the group rating for the wine -Mick – 89, Mark - 92, Kathy – 89, Amy – 89, Overall – 89.75.

This wine is not available at the LCBO and works out to around $20 CDN after duty, taxes and exchange.

The 89.75 rating puts this wine into the Zippy Sauce Top Ten Whites which makes me happy as this is the best Sauvignon Blanc I have ever had. What makes me sad is that was my only bottle of it. Hopefully I can buy a bottle off of a Wine Club member when we try this wine in a couple of weeks!

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