So yesterday the Fedex guy arrives late morning at my office. I quickly called
Betsy and announced "the squab has landed." She came and picked up the squab
(as well as sausages, mousse truffee, duck breast for later dinners, when
ordering from D'Artagnan might as well stock up if you're paying delivery fee).
The squab spent 6 hours in a mint, garlic, and onion marinade, and were ready
for grilling when I got home. Betsy served the grilled squab over tabbouleh and
then topped them with a smoked tomato vinaigrette. Delicious.
When contemplating a match, my thoughts were squabs are PN birds. The tabbouleh
and tomato made me wonder re something more Rhonish or possibly Italian, but I
decided to go with Burgundy. But not to risk a more expensive one. So I went
with the 2001 Drouhin Chassagne-Montrachet rouge (chilled a bit before we ate
outside). Floral nose with a little earth. Appealing strawberry and bitter
cherry flavors, with a hint of nectacotum*, a tad rustic with some preceptible
tannins, good acidity. Not the depth nor length of finish of the 2001 Drouhin
Chambolle, but a nice light to midweight Burg. Pretty good match, and good QPR
at $17. B+
Dale
* ok, I lied. Today's NYT has a short note re the nectacotum, a cross between a
plum, apricot, and nectarine. I haven't even tasted one. My actual note said
plum, but I thought I'd make history by being first to cite "Nectacotum" in a
tasting note.
Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a
good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't drink at a party where
it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivity, accuracy,
and certainly not of consistency.
Dale
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- posted 16 years ago