The main course was curried mussels with fresh sliced baguette. This was paired with a 2011 Kung Fu Girl Riesling.
The medium strength nose on the wine consisted of peach, melon and lychee aromas. Tasting the wine, gooseberry and green apple were the main flavours with some lychee in background. There was also a little frizzante happening with the wine too. The wine was nicely balanced with crisp refreshing acidity and wasn’t overly sweet but it did come across a touch thin in the mouth. It was a wonderful pairing with the curried mussels and very good on its own.
Here is the group rating for the wine - Mick – 89, Mark – 89, Kathy – 87, Amy – 89, Overall – 88.5.
There was no LCBO information on the wine but a quick web search puts it in the $15-20 CDN price point range which is a fair price for this lovely wine.
The curried mussels were excellent as usual. Mick is learning the trick to curried mussels as he makes them the last course now. The problem is when he makes them the first course, when he explains his menu and I hear “curried mussels” everything after that is blah, blah, blah as I’m in a food fantasy dreaming of those yummy mussels and stop caring about the other food on the menu. By making it the main course he also doesn’t have to hear me say “The ____ were good but not as good as the curried mussels” all night long.
For dessert, Amy picked up a caramel crunch cake with “Happy Birthday Mark” on it, which other than acknowledging my upcoming birthday(grumpy old guy who hates birthdays), was a nice way to wrap the meal.
Thanks to Mick and Amy for hosting and to Mick for all his hard work with all of that wonderful food.
Cheers!
Mark
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