Delius Restaurant and Titus Wines

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Delius's   www.deliusrestaurant.com,   choice of wineries for the wine dinner was Titus. A winery I had never heard of.   The are located in Napa. In attendance was Steve the winemaker at Titus and John from the distributor. Also at the table was a lady named Lisa whom I met a couple of dinners ago. She has an interesting job - a flower importer. We had a very lively, personable group.

Started out with a Laughing Bird Shrimp (that is what the variety is called) with house made fettuccini semolina pasta, olive oil, tomato, garlic and fried capers. Loads of garlic. This was my favorite dish of the evening. really good intense flavor. The wine which was a Andronicus Sauvignon Blanc which was one of the better Sau Blanc's I have had in a long time. Well balanced and not so over minerly or citrusy.

Second course served   is a Red wine braised sweetbreads with braised mustard greens, mirepoix, thyme-brown mustard seed reduction sauce. Sauce was excellent and also the mustard greens. The sweetbreads were good but I really prefer mine lightly breaded and fried crisp. A 2013 Titus Cabernet Franc was the wine selection. A beautiful wine that I really enjoyed. I personally felt a small clash with the sweetbreads but excellent pairing with the mustard greens. I would buy this wine. Retails around $42.

Third course up was a Leg of Wild Boar, fava mash, roasted turnips and pan sauce. Meat was tender and flavorful. The fava mash was very good. But again the food was served in one of those long boat shaped bowls that are so popular now. I find them a pain.  Paired with a 2012 Titus Malbec. Nice wine and it went well with the boar.

Main course was a Grilled marinated hanger steak, roasted potatoes. grilled broccolini and mulberry chimichurri. Meat was  flavorful, the chimichurri was outstanding. A 2013 Titus Zinfandel was the wine choice. Grapes come from 35 year old vines.. A good pairing.

Dessert was so good. A Stone fruit cobbler with a kumquat marmalade ice cream. To die for. Perfect end to a meal.