Over the weekend, we had two sets of our neighbours over to celebrate our newly decorated sitting room. One had recommended the company who painted the room, the other is an artist from whom we bought a lovely painting to showcase in the room. We've been fortunate that they're such nice people - they're also adventurous drinkers so we thought we would serve them a bubbly that we like and that they might not have drunk, some Pelorus NV that we ordered through Ocado. One of the drinkers commented that while you could tell it was different from a champagne, it was a huge step-up from the kinds of cava you usually find in the UK and he had a hard time placing where the wine was from. For fun, we also opened the last bottle of Deutz that we had from our Majestic wine order. It was no comparison, the Pelorus was a much nicer New Zealand bubbly.
The best part was that I ordered enough of the Pelorus that we had some leftover to drink with our dinner the next evening, a very good match for our pork chops with mustard cream sauce!!
Showing posts with label pelorus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pelorus. Show all posts
Monday, 29 March 2010
Saturday, 11 April 2009
Staycation 1
My husband has a bit of holiday this week, but we're still tending to our sick cat (who has now survived for a second month!) so travelling is out of the question at the moment. We decided not to let this get us down - we're instead spending some of the money we would have used on flights and hotels on some nice food and even better bottles of bubbly.
Yesterday was our kick-off. We bought some incredibly fresh tuna steaks at Borough Market, which we rubbed with a paste of garlic, lemon zest, pepper, and olive oil and then grilled. These flavours seemed to deserve a new world bubbly, and we had a choice of an American or a New Zealand wine in the fridge, both bought for just less than £20. We went with New Zealand - the Pelorus NV from Cloudy Bay, a chardonnay/pinot noir blend.
We've drunk Pelorus before, and it's never disappointing. It has great bubbles and a strong, crisp-apple flavour which makes it stand up really well to a lot of different kinds of food. This was our first experience with the NV, and while we enjoyed it immensely with our tuna, we did find the finish just a little short and a little bitter, which has not been our experience with the vintage bottles we've drunk. While I would happily buy and drink Pelorus again, I think I would seek out the vintage rather than the NV in future.
Yesterday was our kick-off. We bought some incredibly fresh tuna steaks at Borough Market, which we rubbed with a paste of garlic, lemon zest, pepper, and olive oil and then grilled. These flavours seemed to deserve a new world bubbly, and we had a choice of an American or a New Zealand wine in the fridge, both bought for just less than £20. We went with New Zealand - the Pelorus NV from Cloudy Bay, a chardonnay/pinot noir blend.
We've drunk Pelorus before, and it's never disappointing. It has great bubbles and a strong, crisp-apple flavour which makes it stand up really well to a lot of different kinds of food. This was our first experience with the NV, and while we enjoyed it immensely with our tuna, we did find the finish just a little short and a little bitter, which has not been our experience with the vintage bottles we've drunk. While I would happily buy and drink Pelorus again, I think I would seek out the vintage rather than the NV in future.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)