This post was written in 2006. Shop details and prices may have changed since then.
Lately I’ve had a bit more breathing room, so every time I come back to Korea I’ve been trying new wines with a friend who’s into wine. On this visit we threw a small party at my friend’s place. The bottles we opened were the cheapest ^_^ wine from the great Burgundy winemaker Emmanuel Rouget, his Bourgogne Passetoutgrain, and a bad-vintage ’91 Château Latour, one of Bordeaux’s five First Growths. We picked both for value for money ^_^; I’m an engineer, after all..
Front shot
We opened the Passetoutgrain first. It has that soft, delicate Burgundy character, and being a 2001 vintage makes it even more so. It’s a little short on excitement, but I was happy with it. It’d be tricky to pair with food, though..
Before drinking the Passetoutgrain, we poured the Latour into a decanter.
The aroma pouring out of it is to die for.
Grilled mackerel sushi (yaki saba-zushi) I brought back from Japan.
You’d never eat this with wine, right? ^_^ We had it first as dinner before the wine.
Here’s what it looks like unwrapped.
Mackerel bo-zushi and yaki saba-zushi only taste right after half a day to a day of maturing once they’re made.. Perfect for a packed lunch ^_^
Yangjangpi. ^_^
Tonight we’re going Chinese. It was great having it after so long..
Complimentary boiled dumplings
Taste-wise.. just so-so..
Tangsuyuk (sweet and sour pork)~
I’ve had guo bao rou, but it’s been about two years since I last had tangsuyuk..
Time to move on to tonight’s main event, the Latour.
It’s a bad vintage, but it has real class. Piercing fruit on the nose, soft on the first sip, then a concentrated flavor that seems to explode in your mouth. The finish didn’t last long, though.. I think we should have decanted it for a shorter time.
Camus Extra
The Latour alone wasn’t quite enough, so we cracked open a cognac. ^_^ It was superb.. A fun dinner with friends.