Saturday Night – Trying not to Boar anyone – Part 3

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As I mention in Part 2, I opened a bottle of 2010 Catena Malbec as I was worried the Pinot had turned so we have a bonus review of the Catena Malbec now in Part 3.

 

 

The nose on the Catena was rich with aromas of cherry, fruit cake, malt vinegar, smoke and nut.  Tasting the wine black current and green pepper were the two main flavours.  The wine came across as chalky as it was a touch tannic.  On its own the wine came across very dry but with the food and especially the lamb the fruit in the wine really came to the forefront.  I liked this wine as a pairing for the food but it wasn’t so great on its own.  I was probably a little disappoint with this Malbec probably due to how good the Ben Marco Malbec we had last week was and I was looking for it to be as good.

Here is the group rating for the wine - Mick – 86, Mark – 87, Kathy – 86, Amy – 87, Overall – 86.5.

 

Here is the LCBO information on the wine –

 

CATENA MALBEC (V)
VINTAGES 478727
750 mL bottle
Price $ 19.95
Made in: Mendoza, Argentina
By: Bodegas Esmeralda
Release Date: N/A
Style: Full-bodied & Smooth
Wine, Red Wine
13.5% Alcohol/Vol.
Varietal: Malbec
Sugar Content: 7 g/L

 

For dessert I had a couple of option for everyone – a Swiss apple tart that I picked up from the grocery store and a couple of blue cheeses that I got at Mickey McGuire’s Cheese Shop in Dundas (see link to the right).  I opened my very last bottle of Yalumba Antique Tawny to go with dessert and cheese.  We have reviewed this wine before so I won’t go into much detail here but I will say I’m sad that this was the last bottle I have of it.

 

For a quick and easy dinner, this night turned out pretty well.  Mick and Amy both enjoyed the boar sausage and lamb and we got to try three new wines so not a bad night if I do say so myself.

 

Cheers!

 

Mark