While I was home for Spring Break, I decided to plan a Wine Dinner for my family! I thought it would be a great opportunity to snag some extra credit points in the class with my parents! I decided to cook recipes from my mom's family cookbook.
For the first course, I decided to make Mexican Cheese spread which is a recipe created by my family. Don't let the container in the photo fool you, I made it myself. I promise! This is a mainly cream cheese based spread with lots of spices to give it some kick. I decided to pair it with a 2020 St. Huberts The Stag Chardonnay. Since the cream cheese spread has a lot of spice, the oak, butter, and pear flavors balanced it out nicely. This Chardonnay was a little bit bolder than some other California Chardonnays I have had. I think this characteristic works well for it when it is paired against a spicy food.
Name: St. Huberts The Stag Chardonnay
Variety: Chardonnay
Region: California
Country: USA
Vintage: 2020
Winemaker Notes: "The St. Hubert's The Stag Chardonnay offers lush tropical aromas of fresh peach blossom, coconut and marzipan, supported by delicate lemon citrus fruit. The palate is bright with a bounty of ripe flavors, including passion fruit, pineapple, lemon curd and lime zest, alongside hints of spiced oak and cardamom, leading to a soft, round, creamy finish."
For the main course, I prepared Bean and Corn Burritos. These are very good and are a relatively simple recipe! As the name suggests, the main ingredients are beans and corn, but there are also tomatoes, onions, jalapenos, and spices. I chose to pair this with a 2019 Palacio del Burgo Crianza Rioja. This wine was pretty dry and tannic. I got lots of berry aromas such as cherry and raisins. I think the fruity-ness paired well with the big flavors in the burritos. Especially because I added some red salsa into my burrito, so the red wine balanced it out nicely. I really enjoyed the the flavors of the dry red wine and the spicy burrito.
Name: Palacio del Burgo Crianza
Variety: Tempranillo
Region: Rioja
Country: Spain
Vintage: 2020
Wine Enthusiast Review: "Slightly raisiny berry aromas come with accents of leather and oaky vanilla. This is a generous crianza with density and chewy depth. Similar to the nose, this tastes of borderline jammy cassis, blackberry and prune, while the finish is smooth but short due to modest acidity; drink now. -Michael Schachner 89/100"
For the final course, I chose to wrap up the Mexican themed dinner with a Tres Leches cake! The cake itself is not that sweet, but the topping is a sweet whipped cream with cinnamon and Heath Bar Bits. For dessert, I chose to pair this with a Lustau Rare Cream Solera Superior Sweet Sherry. This was a magnificent pairing! The dessert and the sherry complimented each other perfectly. The sherry had some notes of toffee and raisins that paired so well with the more simplistic cake. Especially with the toffee bits on top of the cake. This pair was a match made in heaven!
Name: Lustau Rare Cream Solera Superior Sweet Sherry
Variety: Sherry
Region: Jerez
Country: Spain
Vintage: Unknown
Wine Tasting Note: "Combination between intense rum & raisin and fig flavours with fresher preserved orange peel note." - Silver, International Wine Challenge
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This was DELICIOUS!!
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