Saturday Night – Curried Mussels (and some other dishes and wines) – Part 3

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For the main course it was Curried Mussels which were paired with a 2008 Selbach Oster Kabinett Riesling.

The nose on the Riesling was green apple, peach, burnt toffee and truffle.  The flavour to the wine was canned Mandarin oranges in syrup with a crisp green apple finish.  It was quite sweet for a Kabinett, almost surprisingly so but good crisp acidity really helped to tone the sweetness down.  The finish on this wine lingered for a minute or so and I found myself drinking it fairly quickly.  It was a very good pairing with the Mussels.

Here is the group rating for the wine -Mick – 88, Mark - 89, Kathy – 86, Amy – 89, Overall –  88.

Here is the LCBO information on the wine -

SELBACH-OSTER RIESLING KABINETT 2008

VINTAGES 728543
750 mL bottle
Price: $ 19.95
Wine, White Wine
8.5% Alcohol/Vol.
Sugar Content : MD
Made in: Mosel, Germany
By: J.&H. Selbach Weinkellerei
Release Date: Apr 30, 2011

Tasting Note ... as delightfully fascinating to sip on its own as it is versatile at table, and that will prove as infectious fifteen or more years from now as it is today. What's more, this remarkable value illustrates the opportunity that so many German wines - and virtually no others on earth - offer of exploring the complex virtues of a great vineyard site at a price most wine lovers can afford to pay most days of the week. Score - 92. (David Schildknecht, erobertparker.com, Feb. 2010)

The Curried Mussels were there usual amazing selves and I had to refrain from licking the bowl.

For dessert Amy picked up two small square cakes, one was an Orange Dream cake and the other was a Chocolate one.  Amy made up the plates by using a small slice of each to make a cake version of a Terry’s Chocolate Orange which was really good.

Thanks to Mick and Amy for hosting as it was a great night filled with fine food, good wines and great laughs.

Cheers!

Mark