We had this wine at Lucques, which is a great restaurant in LA. Sarah took me to dinner there for my birthday. The chef, Suzanne Goin, has a "Sunday Supper," where you get three courses for 45$. Tonight we had:
Seal bay triple creme toast with arugula salad and kumquat marmalade
sautéed mexican shrimp with red rice, baby bok choy and ginger-mint chutney or grilled lamb loin chops with turnip purée, citrus-glazed carrots, tamarind and roasted dates
wattleseed and macadamia nut ice cream sandwich with cocoa-caramel sauce
I had the lamb; Sarah had the shrimp. Everything was great. The wattleseed was new and something that I'd never even heard of before. Seems like that was the case at the next table too, since the two ladies basically quoted this Wikipedia entry that I looked up about the wattleseed, which is an interesting Australian seed/food product. Seal Bay triple creme is a cheese from Australia--maybe they've got a thing for Aussie's that I didn't know about at Lucques?
The Campion Pinot that we had was perfectly adequate, although not mind-blowing. Lots of red fruit (raspberry, strawberry) and earthy, tarry, creosote character. Not over the top, the finish was a bit lacking, but the wine went with everything and wasn't too pricey. Food A, Wine C+
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