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
