Dinner - I got Wagyu Beef!

Welcome to another wine dinner blog. The three wines acquired to accompany the 3-course meal were:

Course one: Roasted Potatoes and Proscuitto

Wine 1: Hungarian Furmint

• Name: EVOLUCIO
• Variety: Furmint
• Region: Tokaj
• Country: Hungary
• Vintage: 2021
• price: $15
• Label Description: Tokaj, Hungary/Rich & elegant, floral with white peach/Pair with Salads, sushi, or white meats

This wine was chosen for this first course as it is a dry white wine similar to Riesling with high acidity. This was important as it paired herb roasted potatoes. They state that their wine goes well with herb-crusted meats, so I thought, why not match it with herb-roasted potatoes

First-course contents:

• Roasted fingerling potatoes
• Freshly sliced prosciutto

Personal tasting notes

The wine in general: This wine was incredibly interesting to me. The main taste that I got when first tasting was gasoline, though not in a negative way, more in the way of when you are filling your car, and it's a smell that is almost irresistible; you keep going back for more! Under the gasoline, you get heavy notes of fresh peaches.

The wine with Potatoes and Proscuitto: This wine paired beautifully with the potatoes, though the most immediately noticeable thing I noticed was, when eating it with the salty potatoes and prosciutto, the taste of gasoline is completely gone, tasting mostly of peaches and pear. Which was absolutely delicious!

Second Course: Pan-Seared Wagyu Top Sirloin

Wine 2: Californian Petit Sirah

• Name: Ridge
• Variety: Petite Sirah (97% Petite Syrah, 3% Zinfandel)
• Region: Marlborough
• Country: United States
• Vintage: 2018
• price: $63
• Label Description: This is our tenth vintage of petite sirah from lutton estate. The majority of the fruit comes from the clay-rich soils at Lytton west. Here, petite sirah thrives, producing small-berried clusters with intense color. All of the grapes were destemmed but left to ferment as whole berries to manage tannins and enhance fruit. THis full-bodied wine will age nicely over the next fifteen years

This wine was chosen for this course as it not only pairs well with the flavourful steak, but it will also help with the fatty nature of Wagyu steak, with the acidity still making it through the heavy intramuscular fat the herbs in the potatoes and chicken. Though it is also extremely light, so it doesn't overpower anything only adds to it

Main course contents:

• Reverse Seared Wagyu Top loin
• salt
• pepper
• Maple Salted Cauliflower
• Vanilla infused maple syrup
• oil
• Smoked Salt
• White rice

Personal tasting notes

The wine, in general: This wine was insanely full-bodied. The main note I got on the nose was surprisingly leather normally, I can't find that smell in the red wines that I have tasted, but here it was quite prominent. On the taste, I got notes of mint, rose, as well as graphite (again, not in a bad way, was just super surprised as these are subtleties that I normally can't sus out) 

Wine with the meal: This wine brought out all of the best characteristics of the steak. Initially, I had paired this wine with the wagyu in hopes of cutting through the fat and making the wagyu easier to consume and less rich; but to my pleasant surprise, this wine did not do that at all, it kept the steak tasting insanely rich, but brought up the beefy flavors to compete with the heavy intramuscular fat! This was an amazing experience with steak and wine!

Third course: Flourless chocolate cake

  Wine 3: Reserve Porto

• Name: Six Grapes Reserve Porto
• Variety: Port
• Region: Duoro
• Country: Portugal
• price: $20
• Label Description: The six grapes symbol has always been used by Graham's to classify its wines on a scale from one to six; six Grapes, therefore, denote the highest quality. SOurced from Graham's four key estates, the grapes with most concentration, structures, and brightest fruit are selected. Six Grapes is a full-bodied wine with rich black fruit flavors and fragrant cherry and ripe plum aromas. The perfect accompaniment to dark chocolate desserts. No need to decant. Once opened, enjoy within 4-6 weeks

Personal tasting notes

The wine in general:  This wine is different from other similar wines I have tried whose main notes were things like dates and raisins. This wine was much fruitier though it kept the classic toasty flavour as well as a bit of vanilla on the nose.

Wine with the meal: When drinking this wine with the chocolate cake, the wine actually made the chocolate taste so much more creamy even though it is only dark chocolate. THis brought out a lot more of the toasted flavors as well as a lot of vanilla.

This meal was absolutely amazing!

Me and the Furmint!

Thank you for reading!