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- VouvrayHead - 03-04-2006
ok, folks... usually i fly blind and do pretty well matching, but i'm having a semi-hero of mine over to dinner tuesday night, and i want the wine to be perfect.
food will be:
spinach salad with mustard vinagrette
homemade rosemary bread
roasted potatoes w/ carrot and onion
and my excellent 5 mushroom risotto
what should it be fellas?
i want something safe, but hopefully spectacular.
$30-$40ish
- brappy - 03-05-2006
"Where's the beef?" [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]
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- Drew - 03-05-2006
Would go with a nice Cotes du Rhone or Châteauneuf du Pape.
Drew
- TheEngineer - 03-05-2006
never made a recommendation before but I would go with a good burgundy or Pinor Noir. For a burgundy, maybe something from Pommard, or Lafon's Monthelie will fit the price range or a bit larger PN like a Walter Hansel. Or maybe even a light barolo like a Stefano Farina Barolo Docetti di Diano D'alba ($30)
- VouvrayHead - 03-05-2006
On hand I have (on the lines of what was mentioned)
-2001 D. Marcoux V.V. CdP, which probably isn't ready to open yet.
-2001 D. Bouissiere Gigondas "La Font de Tonin"
-Kunin Pape star (good calif. CdPish wine)
-A 2003 Haute Cotes Du Beaune which is supposed to be deep and smoky for a burg.
-2002 M. Magnien Gevry-Chambertin
Any of those work, or should I go shopping?
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Also have some 97 Champalou Cuvee Moeulleuse (dessert chenin)- what would you want to eat with this?
thanks, all! big night for me [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]
- TheEngineer - 03-05-2006
Personally for me, I'd go with the Gevrey Charmbertin, but I'd still go shopping for a backup bottle. Nothing like a corked special bottle without a second in hand. so this may give you an opportunity to get something that you really like.
- wondersofwine - 03-06-2006
I second the Gevrey-Chambertin or the Cote de Beaune (which might be too young). A red Burgundy with mushroom risotto can be a classic match (I've also had good luck with Nuits St Georges burgundies and mushrooms.)
For the spinach salad, an inexpensive Sauvignon Blanc (without any storage in wooden barrels) would be a good match, and the shift from white wine to red wine makes the dinner a little more formal. Some Sauvignon Blanc suggestions--from California St. Supery is my favorite but also Honig or Joel Gott are nice. Some nice Sauvignon Blanc from Sancerre, France is in the same general price range (under $20) such as Reverdy, Lucien Crochet, Salomon, etc. From New Zealand I like Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc or Geisen or the Nobilo Icon which some stores carry for $18.99. I like Sauvignon Blanc for pairing with green vegetables (spinach, asparagus, green beans) and salads with a vinaigrette dressing and also with some fish dishes or a number of appetizers.
- VouvrayHead - 03-06-2006
I love the Kim Crawford...
I was thinking about a Sauv Blanc, but I also have a Macon-Bussieres from Verget...
Thought White burg, red burg might be fun.
what do you all think?
Got a back-up Burgundy, too... Ended up with an 02 Monthelie that the wine salesman really liked.
- TheEngineer - 03-06-2006
The 02 Monthelie-Les-Duresse from Comte Lafon is very very nice. I think that the Kim Crawford SB would also be very good. Much better vibrancy and may contract the red burg well.
- wondersofwine - 03-07-2006
The Macon from Verget might also work. It should not be buttery like some white Burgundies that go through malolactic fermentation. I would be more inclined to serve the Macon with a pear or apple salad and the Sauvignon Blanc with spinach.
- VouvrayHead - 03-07-2006
well, it's set...
we're doing a sauv blanc with the spinach salad
then we'll have homemade rosemary bread (in the oven now) with rosemary and honey butter,
6 mushroom rissoto
roasted potatoes, carrots, onions, peppers with herb du provence...
all served with the m magnien 02 gevry, which i just opened and will work very well.
for dessert, roasted pecans with a light sugar coat and dark chocolate pieces with a 10 yr old Bual Madeira...
i'll let ya'all know how it goes.
the person i'm serving is one of the best jazz bassists in the world.
nervous but in control... [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]
- VouvrayHead - 03-07-2006
It went great...
The Gevry was great with the risotto, to sauv was good with the salad, the bual was good with the nuts and chocolate.
i love serving good food and wine to people...
yee-haw!
- TheEngineer - 03-08-2006
So glad it worked out for you. I'm assuming the best part of dinner was the company?
- VouvrayHead - 03-08-2006
Absolutely...
The only thing that went wrong was when my dog chewed on his shoelaces... [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]
Any jazz fans out there? My guest was Richard Davis. Look him up.
Played with everyone from Sarah Vaughn to Eric Dolphy. As side-work, he played with Stravinsky, Bernstein, Van Morrison and Bruce Springsteen.
I heard raunchy stories about Arturo Toscanini... That alone was worth the bucks for the Gevry [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]
- winoweenie - 03-08-2006
About as devoted to Jazz as I am to wine and my CB. Had a jazz combo at the U of Missouri that payed the bills whilst I got my journalism degree. Is Richard still playing? One of my alums is Bob Brookmeyer. Listening to Tom Scotts' Priceless CD as I type this. WW
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- wondersofwine - 03-08-2006
WW, are you familiar with Gerald Veasley, another jazz bassist? He had a great solo piece in the concert version of the opera "Vanqui" which I attended last weekend in Maryland. The opera, about slavery and abolition movement, also featured bamboo flute, a jazz violinist, jazz guitarist, African drummer, some great vocalists, etc. The final song, one of my favorites from the opera, was more gospel style. The composer, Leslie Burrs, is living in Philadelphia and I believe he has recorded with Gerald Veasley on CD. Gerald Veasley runs a bass "camp" for aspiring musicians.
- VouvrayHead - 03-08-2006
yep, Richard is still playing... He does annual bass teaching conferences, too...
i did my undergrad at U Missouri-Columbia... My mother got her journalism degree from there, as well...
When did you graduate?
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- Innkeeper - 03-08-2006
About six decades befofe you!
- winoweenie - 03-08-2006
Granulated in the year of the mouse in 1950. WW
- VouvrayHead - 03-08-2006
nah, that's only 5 decades before me...
6 would be a lot, but 5.... nah.