Wine and Food

This week’s flight at CAV Wine Bar was four wines from New Zealand.

Here are the wines, along with some of Pamela’s comments:

• Brut, 2001, Huia, Marlborough, New Zealand
  “one of the rare sparkling wines that almost meets Champagne on southern hemisphere turf”
• Riesling, 2006, Aurum, Central Otago, New Zealand
  “offers an opulent burst of grapefruit, tangerine, lime and jolly rancher (yes the candy) with a long clean finish”
• Sauvignon Blanc, 2006, Eradus, Marlborough, New Zealand
  “oozing with luscious grapefruit, peach and papaya flavors”
• Pinot Noir, 2005, Amisfield, Central Otago, New Zealand
  “medium bodied with brambly cherry fruit, vanilla and a little spice”

I enjoyed these with two cheeses:

• Haystack Mt. “Red Cloud” — Denver, Colorado
• Sweet Grass Dairy “Green Hill” — Thomasville, Georgia

All the wines were good, but I followed the flight with another half glass of the Pinot.

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