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Cabernet Sauvignon with Top Sirloin and |
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Looking for a meal to have with a great, smoky Cabernet? We have just the meal for you. The steak with the mushroom and wine sauce bridged beautifully to the smoky, somewhat earthy nature of a nicely oaked Cabernet Sauvignon. The polenta with cream and butter has a full mouthfeel and although really a side dish ready made for eating with Chardonnay, topping it with the same sauce used in the steak bridges it perfectly to the wine. The Port and Chocolate Dipped Strawberries were a perfect match and one the team of tasters really enjoyed. It made a perfect finish to the dinner. | Foods: | Paired Wines: |
Main course: Sirloin Steak topped with Crimini Wine Sauce; This was a big, smoky steak, that topped with the wine sauce was had some great earthy flavors. This is a mouth filling food that really needs a full bodied wine with good mouthfeel. Polenta: Polenta with Mizithra, topped with Crimini Wine Sauce ; This is another full bodied food. Polenta can be pretty bland if nothing is added , but using the wine sauce to top both the steak and the Polenta really ties it all together and adds some complexity to the polenta. |
Wine: 2003 Wofford Acres Vineyards Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon , El Dorado County; This is a wonderfully full bodied wine with great great color and a powerful nose of fruit and spice. The 22 months aging in French Oak comes out with great cedar, smoke and spice, but does not overpower the wonderful blackberry and black currant. The smoky spiciness of the wine married wonderfully to the same in the meat. The mushrooms and wine in the sauce and slight earthiness of the wine work beautifully together. The slight acidity in the wine helps with the fat in both the meat and polenta. |
Dessert: Chocolate Dipped Strawberries: These are really fun, but don't leave any on the plate, they won't last more than 24 hours in the refrigerator. Although we used have milk chocolate in the recipe we split the recipe in half and used semi sweet chocolate chips in the second half. The hands down favorite of the tasters was the milk chocolate with the port, although the semi sweet went excellently as well. |
Wine: Wofford Acres Vineyards Amador County Port , Amador County; This is a wine with a creamy, full texture and lots of good fruit. Although there is no strawberry flavors in the wine, there is blackberries, blueberries and plum with delicious chocolate and vanilla and a bit of cooking spice. It is the chocolate and vanilla that plays beautifully to the chocolate sauce. The fruitiness in the wines is very effective with the strawberry's sweetness. To Recipe |
