#6 Fire Road Sauvignon Blanc, 2009, 12.5% alcohol $11.99 sale price ($16.99 regular price)
The Fire Road Sauvignon Blanc is from Marlborough, New Zealand.
Aroma: Ruby red grapefruit, tangerine, and cantaloupe
Flavor: Ruby red grapefruit
Bonus:
I enjoyed this wine with my dinner which included starfruit and two cheeses for my first course.
Carr Vally Smoke Gouda, $17.99/ lb $5.22 for 0.29 lb
Flavor:
This cheese is wonderful! It is slightly salty, faint tartness, and not overly smokey. I think that it went well with the Fire Road Sauvignon Blanc.
Herve Mons Tomme Des Bois Noir, Raw Goat's milk $15.99 $6.24 for 0.39 lb
This cheese is horrible! It taste like dirt. Furthermore it tastes like burnt dirt with the Fire Road sauvignon blanc. If someone gives you this cheese, the appropriate response should be to punch them in the face.
For my main course I enjoyed a steak with chimichuri sauce, garlic crabs, and swiss chards. The Fire Road wine goes great with the steak with chimichuri and the swiss chards. However, the sweetness of the the wine seemed to be too much with the sweetness of the garlic crabs. It was a sweetness overload.
#7 Valdivieso Sauvignon Blanc, 2009, Chile $12.5% alcohol
Aroma:
Oatmeal perhaps?
Flavor: Sweet, low acidity, flavor of oatmeal. This wine brings out the ash flavor of the canna de cabra cheese that I reviewed in the last post. It's not a good combo.
The Fire Road Sauvignon Blanc is from Marlborough, New Zealand.
Aroma: Ruby red grapefruit, tangerine, and cantaloupe
Flavor: Ruby red grapefruit
Bonus:
I enjoyed this wine with my dinner which included starfruit and two cheeses for my first course.
Carr Vally Smoke Gouda, $17.99/ lb $5.22 for 0.29 lb
Flavor:
This cheese is wonderful! It is slightly salty, faint tartness, and not overly smokey. I think that it went well with the Fire Road Sauvignon Blanc.
Herve Mons Tomme Des Bois Noir, Raw Goat's milk $15.99 $6.24 for 0.39 lb
This cheese is horrible! It taste like dirt. Furthermore it tastes like burnt dirt with the Fire Road sauvignon blanc. If someone gives you this cheese, the appropriate response should be to punch them in the face.
For my main course I enjoyed a steak with chimichuri sauce, garlic crabs, and swiss chards. The Fire Road wine goes great with the steak with chimichuri and the swiss chards. However, the sweetness of the the wine seemed to be too much with the sweetness of the garlic crabs. It was a sweetness overload.
#7 Valdivieso Sauvignon Blanc, 2009, Chile $12.5% alcohol
Aroma:
Oatmeal perhaps?
Flavor: Sweet, low acidity, flavor of oatmeal. This wine brings out the ash flavor of the canna de cabra cheese that I reviewed in the last post. It's not a good combo.
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