Another Pinot..Oi
Today is Good Friday and it is awful out. I just wish that the winter will end and we can get on with life.
But, even so, we made a nice meal. Roast duck, a personal favourite, mashed potatoes and stuffing. What more could you want, Not only do you get a nice meal, you get duck fat. I realize that the Jewish kitchen revolves around shmaltz (chicken fat), but I just think the French have got this nailed.
The music started with Robert Plant and Alison Krause. A wonderful album. Now, Allison is from Union Station which is a Bluegrass band and Robert is from Led Zeppelin. Don’t let that fool you as Zepp always had an appreciation of music and wasn’t a run of the mill metal band and she is a wonderful artist. The album is a jewell. After that we went to Michele Petrucciani, Live at the Village Vanguard. He was an exceptional pianist whom I had the honor of seeing man years ago. He was simply wonderful.
The wine….(ooops I forgot again) was Malivoire Pinot Noir. I just love their wine and a stop at the winery is a must when I am in Niagara. We actually invited the staff to come down for the Wine Fest and I bet the will. They are really cool.
This wine is wonderful. The aroma is not overwhelming but what there is is wonderful. Nothing stands out but we knew it was good,
The taste is similar. No outstanding element but boy is it good, This is what good wine should taste like. Very subtle and good. I just wish alot of winemakers would go there and see what they do. It is just soooo right. With the duck it just went with it. Didn’t overpower, didn’t make anything else but sooo nice.
I just wish I had more. Probably there is more around but I just became one with this wine.
What is really cool as it reminds me of Sprucewood’s Pinot, so we opened some. More alcohol on the nose, lighter and not as complex, but still good. This is a complement by the way as the Maliviore is way more expensive. I just love this wine and as usual they have Hit It right.
BTW Malivoire doesn’t make BIG WINE..the use gravity feeds and make good wine mainly white but this Pinot is just their best and one of the best I have had.
