We had this wine dinner the other day, with a line-up of 7 wines from Burgundy, of which 5 are from various premier cru sites and one each from a village site and a grand cru site. The five premier crus are Chablis PC Mont-de Milieu, Montagny PC Le Vieux Chateau, Nuit-St-Georges PC Les Vignes Rondes, Savigny-les-Beaune PC La Daminodeand Morey-St Denis PC Clos Sorbe. The village wine was a Volnay from Olivier Leflaive and the Grand Cru was a Corton GC Bressandes from Tollot-Beaut.
The two whites were matched with crab cakes; some prefer the match with Cahblis, whilst others liked the Montagny better with the crab cakes. The reds were tried with duck breast and Iberian rack of pork. The pork did not seem to favour any specific wines but some interesting interactions came with the duck. The Morey-St-Denis became more fruity (specifically more strawberry with a leaning towards jam) with the duck and the Corton Bressandes was better with the Dauphinois potatoes, the letter becoming richer and more creamy! In all, the wines were good, with each showing some interesting aspects with the food.
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