Last night, a few friends and I went to Boudreaux's downtown. Calli Scheidt and I ordered three glasses of different wines to taste throughout our meal- a Tempranillo, Sauvignon blanc, and a vinho verde. The Tempranillo was a 2008 Mano A Mano Tempranillo from Spain, 21 dollars for a bottle, and 6 dollars for a glass. The Sauvignon blanc was a 2010 Ponga Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand, 22 dollars for a bottle, and 6 dollars for a glass. Lastly, the Vinho Verde was a 2009 Conde Villar Vinho Verde from Portugal, 20 dollars a bottle, and 5.50 dollars a glass. The nose on the Vinho Verde and Sauvignon Blanc were very different. The Vinho Verde smelled of lemon and cat pee, whereas the Sauvignon Blanc smelled very sweet with a hint of pear. The Vinho Verde had more of a blast of taste, and darker color, than the Sauvignon Blanc, it tasted tart with a zing of lemon. The Sauvignon Blanc had less of a taste, it was very close to a weirdly flavored water, with a hint of bananna or peach. The Tempranillo was my favorite of all three wines. The only red of the bunch. It was pretty dark, and had good legs on a swirl. It smelled delicious. There was a hint of blackberry and smoke in the nose, which then created a smokey, root beer and burst of blackberry in the taste. It was a very well rounded wine.
For dinner we ordered the crab cake sandwich, which not only was very tasteful, but also amazing with the Tempranillo. Though I felt that the Tempranillo would pair better with a meat dish, like steak or lamb chops, the crab cake was nicely complimented by the smoothe taste of smokey blackberry in the Tempranillo. I enjoyed the Sauvignon Blanc with the crab cake as well, but I did not like the Vinho Verde with it at all. The Sauvignon Blanc was a good accompaniment because I did not think it had too much taste, so there was nothing to cause the crab to taste bad really. The Vinho Verde was no very good with the crab cake because the flavors did not mesh well. The Vinho Verde was too tart and lemony.
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