Labchimp's Wine and Food Explorations

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Rabbit with Prunes 11/08/06 and 12/08/06

Rabbit with Prunes - Recipe here (Sorry in French, will get it translated soon)

Eaten with:

Penfolds Bin 389 2000 Cabernet Shiraz
$33 Staff Club
Forest floor aromas with meaty mushrooms and not so subtle tannins on the palate.
Rating 7.5/10
Vale 3.5/5

Crabtree of Watervale Semillon 2000
Starting to lose structure. Very viscous. Consumed directly after eating rabbit and sauce the wine tasted like mint!
Picked up at cellar door for $10 pb.
Rating 7/10
Value 5/5

Cleanskin Cab Merlot (exclusive to Dan Murphy's) WE3 South Eastern Australia 13.5%
Initial volatile acidity but then ultra sweet raspberries and roses on the nose. Very rough on the palate with buckets of musk lollies and gritty tannins followed by harsh acid at the back of the throat.
$2 pb
Rating 4/10
Value 5/5 Have had worse bottles at $20.

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