We enjoyed a another fantastic evening at the Atlantic Hotel & Ocean Restaurant in the Italian room on Friday 14th November 2008.
Bruce Kendrick of Liberty Wines hosted the evening, sharing with us some very interesting info and we all left with an appreciation of just how fantastic 2004 was for Red Italian wines. The food & wines really were superb and as always the team at the Atlantic ensured that we all enjoyed a superb evening and a big thank you to everyone for looking after us so well.
On arrival we all enjoyed the CA' DEI FRATI Brut Sparkling 'Cuvee de Frati' 2004 £14.45 this wine showed very well with lovely balanced ripe fruit, delicious and very drinkable.
The first two wines at the table were the La Giustiniana Gavi di Gavi 'Lugarara' 2007 £11.95 and the Vie Di Romans Sauvignon Blanc 'Vieris'2006 £21.95. The Gavi di Gavi was very popular with everyone, and it showed beautifully, such an elegant wine & fantastic as an aperitif, but my preferred match with the food (Risotto of Jersey Crab , chive beurre blanc) was the Sauvignon Blanc which had incredible length and purity of fruit. The Risotto was absolutely delicious, if only I could make risotto as good as this one!
We then had two show stopping reds served with the Main course of Roast fillet of Irish Beef, sautéed wild mushrooms, creamed salisify. The Isole E Olena Cepparello 2004 £34.95 was my favourite on the night, it was showing very well, superb balance, elegant yet long finish and just so very drinkable.., it was a fantastic food match with the beautifully cooked beef. The Aldo Conterno Barolo ‘Colonello’ 2004 £79.95 is an incredible wine and in my opinion it just needs a bit more time before it will reveal itself in full (one for the cellar for a couple of years or longer.. ) The room was fairly evenly divided on which red they preferred, it was a very hard choice to make as they are both very classy wines.
We then enjoyed the Allegrini Amarone Classico 2004 £36.95 with an Italian cheese selection, this wine also showed exactly why it has such a great reputation, show casing the traditional power and intensity of Amarone with great structure, complexity and elegance.
The Almond Tiramisu, Kahlua syrup was a great match for the Capezzana Vin Santo Reserva 2001 (our last stock of the 2001vintage) a fantastic way to end the dinner.
If only I could spend every Friday evening eating food as delicious as this for dinner & drinking wines of this standard all evening...
Liz Mitchell
General Manager
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