we talk of this occasionally. Tonight I think I established an excellent balance of wine quality to food pairing that brought out the best in both. We had 5 spice duck breast (mostly Ian Hoare's recipe) with stir fried veggies and a 2013 Russian River Pinot Noir Sonoma county from Kirkland. The wine at 15 or so dollars wa a steal excellent cherry bouquet a bit of oak (previous bottles showed more this one I kept to about 55 degree F and the oak disappeared) wine and duck were just perfect together. Neither one outshown the other, well maybe the duck's sauce but hey. We cooked the duck sous vide and the tenderness of the process really works with the duck as it does not lose any flavor (I did add a little 5 spice to the duck pre sous vide and I think it integrated a bit in the cooking.) All in all a 3 star meal at bib gourmand prices :)
point of diminishing returns
Nov 28, 2014
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now that makes me hungry...
Mike
Don't the Kirkland bottle labels show the name of the producer? The last time I bought some of their PN, the vigneron was named on the rear label. Graham
Joseph Coulter wrote in news:m58l86$dj8$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:
Drinking expensive wine is nice, but to enjoy wine you do not need to spend lots of money. There is plenty of great wine being made at decent prices.
Yesterday, a really nice bottle of a young winemaker from Rioja: Roberto Olivan, making wine with the brand Tentenublo. 14 euros in a shop, speaks of Red Rioja, it is a field blend with some white on it...
If you drink wine as part of a luxurious lifestyle, then there is plenty of alternatives too.
s.
Ahh there it is. Cellared and bottled by DC Flynt MW Selections. Their only other Russian River Wine is McDaniel Vinyards.
So Flynt is a Burgundy-style négociant and possibly bought from multiple sources. Graham
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