Last night I had the pleasure of enjoying some incredible french wine and food at Bar Boulud. There were so many great wines and delicious examples of charcuterie. Courtesy of Bar Boulud were earthy Duck Rillette, rendered salty pork belly, and some of the best pork based terrine I have ever had in all my years.
The pork terrine had perfect weight texture and flavor. The natural sweetness of the pork shined through and paired perfectly with my favorite wine of the night. Comtes Lafon's Volnay '03. This is a wine that most of us might not afford let alone try and get our hands on some. It's incredibly small production keeps this wine elusive every year. 2003 was such a tough vintage for most of burgundy, really the antithisis of 2005. So my experience with this wine took me back. As soon as the wine steward popped the cork the wine was ready to drink. Bright, balanced vibrant red cherry fruit was subtly smooth on the palate. The tannins more refined than I expected. This wine is drinking great now and will for the next 10 years.
Thanks again to all the fine people at Michael Skurnik wines and Bar Boulud for helping me start the week of right!
1 comment:
mmm I would have loved to sample some of those pork products. Would it have been too much to ask of you to stash some in your pockets to share with us mere mortals afterwards? Hrumph.
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