Saturday Night – SEA all that FOOD – Part 1

Mick and Amy were hosting this past Saturday night’s dinner and Mick tried out three new seafood recipes with three new wines.

The first course was grilled shrimp with a spicy cilantro dip. Mick went with a 2007 Domdechant Werner Kabinett Riesling as the pairing with this course.

"Grilled Shrimp with Cilantro dip"

The nose on the wine was very faint, with just the barest trace of pear and lime on the nose. Tasting the wine, I was a little surprised as it seemed very sweet, more like a Spätlese than a Kabinett. The acidity was lacking on the wine and that probably accounts for the perceived extra sweetness. There was a nice green apple flavour to the wine but this wine was very one dimensional. On the upside it made a decent pairing for the shrimp so it did what it was supposed to do.

"Dip close-up"

Here is the group rating for the wine -Mick – 86, Mark – 85, Kathy – 85, Amy – 86, Overall – 85.5.

"Not a bad Kabinett"

Here is the LCBO information for this wine –
　
DOMDECHANT WERNER RIESLING KABINETT 2007
　
VINTAGES 722413
750 mL bottle
Price: $ 19.95
Wine, White Wine
9.0% Alcohol/Vol.
Sugar Content : M
Made in: Rhine Rhinegau, Germany
By: Domdechant Werner'Sches Weingut
Release Date: Feb 20, 2010
　
Tasting Note - The Hochheimer Hölle Kabinett is refined and elegant with yellow plum fruit and some chewiness to its relaxed, caressing body. Score - 90. (Claude Kolm, The Fine Wine Review, # 122, 2008)

For the $20 price point there are much better examples of Kabinett Rieslings out there. We were discussing this wine during the first course and I mentioned that if I came across this wine a couple of years ago I probably would have rated much higher as it was very easy drinking and made a nice pairing with the food. Mick agreed and said if you came across someone who wasn’t a big wine drinker and served this they would really enjoy it. The problem is, after trying so many magical Kabinetts, the bar is much higher now for new ones that we try.
　
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