Annual Bordeaux Dinner
| Theme | Annual Bordeaux Dinner |
|---|---|
| Venue | The Brasserie |
| Location | Cricket Square |
| Date | Feb 07, 2012 |
| Time | 7pm |
| Chef | Niven |
| Wine Selection | 2 Graves, 3 St Juliens & a Sauternes |
The “Annual Bordeaux Dinner” to be held at The Brasserie on 7 February 2012 will feature two dry white wines, three mature reds, and a sweet white wine, all from the Bordeaux region.
Bordeaux dry white wines are usually blends of sauvignon blanc and semillon. They can be drunk young but the best can age for well over two decades. These wines (often referred to as "graves") were once very fashionable and, after a long time out of favour with general drinkers, are returning to popularity. We will be drinking the Domaine de la Solitude, 1999 (as an aperitif) and the excellent Domaine de Chevalier Blanc, 2005.
The reds are all from the IWFS Cayman Branch cellar and all from St Julien, the smallest of the major Medoc communes and known for producing cabinet sauvignon based blends which are long-lived, well balanced, harmonious and powerful. We will drink the "super-second" Leoville Las Cases 1983 with one course and then two wines from the excellent 1985 vintage, together, with another course. Of the 1985's, the Ducru Beaucaillou is also referred to as a "super-second", but in this year the Leoville Barton is the better wine and what Michael Broadbent calls "the perfect claret".
We finish with a 1988 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey; top class sauternes from an excellent year.