Monday, August 12, 2024

Margie's Monthly Wine Dinner at Prime Cut

 Saturday, August 10, 2024


13 of us gathered tonight at Prime Cut Restaurant in Orange. Private room and no corkage. What could be better. 

I opted for the petite cut Prime Rib with sauteed garlic spinach and Yorkshire pudding. Tonight something is quite off with my taste.  Food and wine did not taste right. Only thing that seemed to work was bread with butter. After talking with someone they thought perhaps the medical procedure I went through on the Wednesday before may have something to do with it. I drank a lot of barium for x-rays and maybe it hadn't worked out of my system yet. Been to Prime Cut numerous times and the food is always very good. 

An interesting group of wines tonight. 13 people, 20 wines. You would have thought that going to a restaurant that specializes in prime rib and steak that Cabernet Sauvignon would have been the predominate wine. It did make a good showing with 7 out of 20 being a Cab.  I won't make comments on the wines since obviously I could not taste them correctly. But after tasting my wine the next day at home I still think it was a very mediocre wine. A big disappointment.  I brought the 2014 Kosta Brown wine

2017 Trump, Charlottesville, VA, Blanc de Blanc sparkling

2022 Merry Edwards, RRV, Sonoma Coast, Sauvignon Blanc

2019 Gary Farrell. Lancel Creek Vineyard, Sonoma. Pinot Noir

2017 Michael Mondavi, Napa, Emblem, Cabernet Sauvignon

2018 Bodega de Edgar, Paso Robles, Priorat

2020 Bodega de Edgar, Paso Robles, 75% Albarino, 25% Torrontes

NV   Galleano, Cucamonga, dry white wine

2007 Levigne, Paso Robles, Cabernet Sauvignon

2011 Sculpterra, Paso Robles, Cabernet Sauvignon

NV   Banshee, California, Brut Champenoise

2019 Ferrari Carano, Anderson Valley, Pinot Noir

2022 Jean-Jacque-Auchere, Loire, France, Sancerre

2012 Dusky Goose, Oregon, Pinot Noir

2020 Faustino, Rioja, Spain, Tempranillo

2021 Bogle, California, Cabernet Sauvignon

2009 Graveyard, Paso Robles, Cabernet Sauvignon

2000 Chateau Grand Bert, Saint-Emilion, France, Grand Cru Bordeaux

2014 Kosta Browne, Sonoma Coast, Pinot Noir

2022 Hess, Napa, Allomi, Cabernet Sauvignon

2021 J Vineyard, RRV, Pinot Noir



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