Last night Mike and I had a delicious dinner at Temple Bar (we split the lamb shoulder and mussels, he chose scallops for his entree, I had steak frites, which were damn tasty). For the glass with my steak, I selected a red blend I'd never tried, Clayhouse Adobe Red. My impressions:
1) At first whiff, the alcohol is prominent, almost off-putting in its intensity.
2) The mouthfeel is lush, like drinking a glass of burgundy velvet.
3) Nice spice notes, some vanilla, dark cherry/berry. Mike's first thought was to try it with dark chocolate. (He also compared it to anal sex--I'm taking that to mean pleasurable in the most base, direct sense of the word, but not subtle.)
And today is a dear, dear friend's birthday party and the theme is PINK. I'm thinking of bringing one or all of the following:
Sofia Blanc de Blancs cans (it's a four pack of pink cans of sparkling wine, and always cracks me up...you expect 22 year olds to be drinking this on the T)
Domaine de Chandon Rose (perfectly serviceable sparkling rose, nice with strawberries)
Sergio Rose Prosecco (off dry, sexy...you want to kiss this off the lips of someone delicious)
Mionetto Prosecco (tons of bubbles, light and barely apple-y) with a bottle of Chambord for fun
Clearly the theme here is something delicious and festive...totally appropriate for my kickass friend's birthday!
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