Humphrey Wine Club

The wines that the nice man at Que Syrah chose for us...

 

2008 Sirius Bordeaux Blanc Sauvignon et Muscadelle (Christmas 2010)

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OK.  Really quite pale, not a lot of nose, perhaps flowery if you have to have a description.  Light and fresh with a pretty long finish, it worked ok with our meal of roasted chicken, mashed potatoes and corn.  It probably could just as easily be a sit in the sun wine, with or without snacks, as much as it could do the same in front of the TV - although I think we'd feel a bit better being in the sun.

Filed under: 2008 Bordeaux Consumed France Muscadelle White
 

2009 Château Michel de Vert Lussac Saint-Emilion (December 2010)

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We cracked this open to share with a Moo Shu A Daring Kitchen Article dish and although we enjoyed the wine, probably not the best match up we could have found - perhaps a slower cooked big hunk of pork better.

A really big nose straight off the bat (we kind of want to say earthy, but that's perhaps not quite right - what's earthy, but not so earthy?), but that mellowed the longer the cork was out of the bottle.  Really well balanced, smooth even, with no change from start to finish in the mouth.  A bit of those sweeter spices going on, cinnamon or clove, but not a lot.

If you really want a good Bordeaux this probably will get you there, but if you just want a good wine you'll definitely be happy with this.

Filed under: 2009 Bordeaux Cabernet Franc Consumed France Merlot Red
 

2009 Château Rose Cantegrit Moulis en Médoc (December 2010)

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We were challenged with 'whipping up' a Cassoulet A Daring Kitchen Article.  Long before (like weeks) we were at the eating part of the project we thought we should pull something from our French collection.  This one won based on tasting notes suggesting it plays nice with duck confit (one of the many components to this dish).  We have nothing to complain about.

A quite rich wine, deep purple in color and a good bit of acid hanging around.  It didn't change much from start to finish with blackberry, perhaps, being the fruit flavor most prominent to us.  A dish that is high on the total fat content scale (which probably helps make it taste so yummy!) probably needs a bigger, tougher sort of wine.  Château Rose is not super big, but the acid helps out a bit with the fattiness. 

It would be interesting to try this with something a little (lot?) less fatty, but even though it would still be a nice drop it probably won't pair up quite as nicely as with our Cassoulet.

Filed under: 2009 Bordeaux Cabernet Sauvignon Consumed France Merlot Red
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