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ChangeMe
Grape Picker
Posts:14
 | | 01/23/2007 6:31 PM |
| I just picked up a '67 La Tour Blanche, and have a few questions:
1) What could this be served with? I'm thinking about serving this with a self-prepared tasting menu for my girl on Valentines Day. Not sure if this would work better with a dessert course or for a foie gras course (red meat/red wine would be in a later course). Foie gras is a must for this meal.
2) Decanting advice?
3) Serving temp?
I guess any general guidelines for serving a mature Sauternes would also be appreciated.
Another option maybe would be to get an '03 La Tour Blanche to serve for comparison. If I went that route, what order should that be done, and what would make some good food matches.
Thank you in advance for the help. | | | |
| JonesWineNo1
Sommelier
Posts:8568
| | 01/23/2007 6:38 PM |
| | Personally I would serve it by itself at the end of the meal. I would not decant it. I would serve it at cellar temp. | | | |
| David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15756
| | 01/26/2007 10:46 PM |
| It is "just" a Sauternes (a sweet white wine). Serve it with Foie; serve it with a warm, fruity dessert, or serve it as a pre or post dessert course. Don't serve it with anything chocolate or anything cold (like sorbet). Some people like to serve Sauternes with a cheese course but personally I think most of the chesses served today being so creamy ruins the subtle flavors of Sauterne. If it is a 750ml and there are two of you you will have plenty for a foie course and a dessert course and still have a little left to drink on your bear skin rug later that evening.
Do not decant. Just pop and pour. Serve in small glasses 2 oz. a pour. Serve it at cellar temperature (55°) and let it warm up from there. For me the ideal temp is 60°. | | | |
| Dave
Wine Thief
Posts:2890
| | 01/27/2007 4:25 PM |
| | I had a 1970 La Tour Blanche a couple of weeks ago, and it was an excellent wine. I expect that your 1967 will be much better. | | | |
| ChangeMe
Grape Picker
Posts:14
| | 02/20/2007 5:18 PM |
| I want to thank everybody for the advice for my '67. This wine was probably the most amazing wine I've ever experienced. I don't really have the experience to do formal tasting notes, but the many layers of flavor and aromas from that wine just were out of this world. I can't believe how different it tasted from the 2003 version. Both were spectacular, but the '67 was an experience I had not had before and will never forget.
Here is a link to see the '67 and '03 side by side.
1967 & 2003 La Tour Blanche Side by Side | | | |
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