Last weekend Jean and I managed -- amdist a weeklong family gathering -- a night out in Philadelphia, returning to the restaurant Morimoto
I chose the wine to go with a majority of the dishes, and it did surprisingly well. I was struck with the surprising weight for a QbA wine, but the restaurant had correctly placed it in the "rich and aromatic" grouping rather than with many other Rieslings in the "crisp and refreshing" group. In the end, it was a bit too much for the subtlety of the scallops and was overwhelmed by the dote nabe (even a Pinot Noir would have been) but was an excellent match for the hamachi, the salad and the black cod (perhaps my favorite fish, especially in its miso-glazed preparation).
Chalk up another one for the QbAs of '04! Mark Lipton