Mick and Amy were hosting this past Saturday night’s dinner. Mick had two new recipes and three new wines on tap for us to try.
The first course however was an old favourite recipe – Prosciutto wrapped curried shrimp grilled on the barbeque. Mick paired this with a 2010 Schloss Schönborn Kabinett Riesling.
The nose on the wine was a pleasing mix of pear, apple and lilac. Tasting the wine green apple and mandarin were the two dominate flavours. The wine was fairly straight forward and simple, crisp but a touch sweet as the acidity was good but it could have used a touch more to help offset the sweetness. The wine also had a very short finish which disappeared very quickly. It was very easy drinking and made a decent pairing with Prosciutto shrimp but it didn’t help much too alleviate the spicy burn unlike Fume Blanc and Spicy Shrimp.
Here is the group rating for the wine - Mick – 87, Mark – 87, Kathy – 87, Amy – 88, Overall – 87.25.
Here is the LCBO Information on the wine –
SCHLOSS SCHÖNBORN HATTENHEIMER PFAFFENBERG RIESLING KABINETT 2010
VINTAGES 70946
750 mL bottle
Price $ 18.95
Made in: Rheingau, Germany
By: Karl Graf V. Schonborn
Release Date: Nov 10, 2012
Wine, White Wine
9.5% Alcohol/Vol.
Varietal: Riesling Kabinett
Sugar Content: 44 g/L
Sweetness Descriptor: M - Medium
Tasting Note - Young and fruity-tasting, with apple and pear flavors that feature good cut and vibrancy. The crisp finish features plenty of fresh acidity. Drink now through 2020. Score - 88. (Kim Marcus, winespectator.com, Web Only, 2012)
The Prosciutto wrapped shrimp were good but were way too spicy as the burn of the spice tended to overpower all the other flavours of this dish. Mick is an exceptional cook but his one small flaw is that he tends to squeeze the Spice Weasel a little too hard at times and the problem is once you have added too much spice there isn’t a heck of a lot that you can do about that.
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