Man This was Good
Tomorrow is Family Day, so Terry and I decided to make a nice meal. This involved some nice lamb chops and maybe, just maybe...no actually, the best Ontario wine I have ever had.
We employed a quick marinade on the chops (herbes de Provence and olive oil (Spanish), then grilled them. We had them with some mashed potatoes salad and bread.
The wine...what can I say was a 2002 Nebbiolo from Ridgepoint. They are located on the bench across the street from Tawse.
The nose is amazing, It is soooooooo different from the usual. I get hints of chocolate and we both got nice leather. It is just so nice.
The flavour is amazing. This is a BIG WINE, a man’s wine (per Terry) and just is so nice. It isn’t fruit forward it is very very dark. I get the classic leather tones and some of the tar I am supposed to get. It basically twinged my tongue but the tannins are there and not attacking me. I really love this wine.
It was extremely food friendly. The earthy tones of the herbes de Provence (fennel, rosemary etc) just went so well with the dark notes. I felt I was drinking a great wine from the old country.
The winery itself just seems so old world to me. Mauro out back with the kids and the dog, the wife running the store and the sister running the restaurant...just like I would like to believe the old country would be like.
It took me 3 years to get this wine (its always sold out) and I just want to eat at the restaurant. I just see a 1960’s vintage Sophia Loren stomping the grapes...what a vision. Mauro you made one hell of a bottle of wine!!! And I got some left.
