Saturday Night – Decoy for Dinner – Part 1

Mick and Amy were hosting this past Saturday night’s dinner and Mick had three new wines and two new dishes for us to try.

 

The first course was Chicken Croquettes which was a brand new recipe from Mick’s 50 Shades of Chicken cookbook.  He paired these with a 2009 La Chablisienne Chablis 1er Cru Montmains.

The nose caught me off guard as it was surprisingly tropical with aromas of pineapple, mango, peach and vanilla ice cream which is something I expect more from a California Chardonnay than a French Chablis.  Tasting the wine, it was certainly more what you’d expect from a Chablis; crisp and fresh with lime and grapefruit notes running the length of the wine.  The structure was interesting as it starts very big and bold but then disappears quickly with a clean short finish.  It was a very good pairing with the Chicken Croquettes and this is a wine I feel that would work with a lot of different foods as it was very food friendly.

 

Here is the group rating for the wine - Mick – 90, Mark - 88, Kathy – 89, Amy – 89, Overall – 89.25.

 

Here is the LCBO information on the wine –

 

LA CHABLISIENNE VIEILLES VIGNES CHABLIS (V)
VINTAGES 215525
750 mL bottle
Price $ 25.95
Made in: Burgundy, France
By: La Chablisienne C/O Bcb Export
Release Date: Apr 18, 2012
Wine, White Wine
12.6% Alcohol/Vol.
Varietal: Chardonnay
Sugar Content: 2 g/L
Sweetness Descriptor: XD - Extra Dry

 

Description - Old vines (vieilles vignes) produce less fruit, so the wines are more concentrated and flavourful. This classic, steely, unoaked Chablis features aromas of sweet apple, mineral and citrus. Delicious with grilled sole and other white fish, as well as oysters on the half shell.

 

* Note, pretty sure this isn’t the right one but it was the only listing I could find on the LCBO website that was La Chablisienne and in the $24-25 price point Mick said he paid for this.

 

The Chicken Croquettes were pretty good but they were a little bland.  I mentioned this to Mick and said they would be awesome with some Chipotle Mayo and Mick replied that he had some in the fridge.  We all tried them with the mayo and wow were they good with just that little bit of kick added.

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