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Luxembourg Moselle Wine Dinner and Tasting with Abi Duhr
September 19, 2009 (Sat)
from 7:00 PM - 11:30 PM
London,
Cost: £88 This event is now sold out
Event ID #263139
BACCHUS & COMUS
LUXEMBOURG MOSELLE WINES DINNER AND TASTING WITH ABI DUHR OF CH. PAUQUÉ
AT 57 PELHAM STREET SW7
SATURDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER 2009
TASTING 7:00 P.M.
DINNER 8:00 P.M.
Fresh Duck’s Foie Gras perfumed with Lemon Grass and Ginger, served with a Vieilles Vignes Riesling Jelly
Riesling Vieilles Vignes 2006
Duo of Scallops and Halibut served on a bed of Chicory and Venere Black Rice, served with a Chervil and Chardonnay sabayon
Chardonnay 2005
Supreme of Grouse, served with a mousse of the legs on a purée of Potatoes and a Pine Kernel Bread Sauce
Clos du Paradis 2003
Selection of Blue Cheeses
Riesling Grevenmacher Fels 2007
Fromage Glacé with Boozy Apricots
Montée des Seigneurs 2005
Coffee & Petits Fours
Eiswein 1999
57 Pelham Street is just three minutes walk from South Kensington Station - turn sharp left on exiting the station, the house is halfway between the station and the swinging Brompton Cross area with its upmarket shops and restaurants. If you are coming by car there is unrestricted parking in the area after 6:30pm provided you do NOT park in the spaces allocated for residents except on Saturdays.
Bacchus & Comus
Having taken a little sabbatical, we return again to kick off the autumn season with a selection of wines from one of the leading producers in Luxembourg – Abi Duhr. Abi is an old friend of mine – we judged together at some of Le Grand Jury Européen wine tastings and is certainly not one of your run of the mill wine producers.
Now you might well ask – why Luxembourg? Don’t they make pretty boring German-type wines there? Well, this might have been the case 20 or 30 years ago, but like in most wine producing countries, the standard of winemaking has come on a ton. And no greater example of this can be found than by drinking Abi’s wines.
Whilst Abi is still responsible for wine making at the long-established family vineyards (Domaines Aly Duhr), his main work is at his Ch. Pauqué, which is 100% owned by him and it is the wines from this estate that we shall be concentrating on. Château Pauqué is a small Estate of about 5 ha which has his vineyards spread over 6 villages from Schengen to Wasserbillig. Two lines of wines are produced - the classic one (Riesling & Pinot Gris) and one with Burgundian characteristics, focused on wines fermented and aged in oak barrels. The grapes are normally harvested from the beginning of October to mid November in order to get the best possible maturity. The botrytised grapes do not see skin contact. Long fermentations, (the 2008 finished their fermentations only in July 2009) with natural yeasts give Château Pauqué wines a characteristic creamy harmony.
Over 70 % of the vineyards are located on the steepest hills of the Luxembourg Mosel Valley. With over 50 % of Riesling (some of the vineyards have been planted more than 60 years ago) the Château Pauqué Estate has one of the highest Riesling percentages in Luxembourg. Additionally, Abi grows Elbling, Auxerrois, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and Chardonnay.
We will have a chance to taste his range of wines and drink some at the dinner Sonia has prepared for the occasion. The USP of this dinner is that all the wines are white, so there will be some challenging food and wine matches (particularly with the grouse) which we hope you will find intriguing!
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BOOKING FORM
Please reserve me.......places for The Ch. Pauqué Dinner and Wine Tasting on Saturday
September 19th at £80 per person.
TOTAL AMOUNT DUE £
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Cheque enclosed for £
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(Please make cheques payable to “Bacchus & Comus Ltd”)
Name (Please print)..................................................…….. Telephone No. ………………….
E-mail address……………………………………………………………….
Event Details
Wine OR Wine & Food
LUXEMBOURG MOSELLE WINES DINNER AND TASTING WITH ABI DUHR OF CH. PAUQUÉ
AT 57 PELHAM STREET SW7
SATURDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER 2009
TASTING 7:00 P.M.
DINNER 8:00 P.M.
Fresh Duck’s Foie Gras perfumed with Lemon Grass and Ginger, served with a Vieilles Vignes Riesling Jelly
Riesling Vieilles Vignes 2006
Duo of Scallops and Halibut served on a bed of Chicory and Venere Black Rice, served with a Chervil and Chardonnay sabayon
Chardonnay 2005
Supreme of Grouse, served with a mousse of the legs on a purée of Potatoes and a Pine Kernel Bread Sauce
Clos du Paradis 2003
Selection of Blue Cheeses
Riesling Grevenmacher Fels 2007
Fromage Glacé with Boozy Apricots
Montée des Seigneurs 2005
Coffee & Petits Fours
Eiswein 1999
57 Pelham Street is just three minutes walk from South Kensington Station - turn sharp left on exiting the station, the house is halfway between the station and the swinging Brompton Cross area with its upmarket shops and restaurants. If you are coming by car there is unrestricted parking in the area after 6:30pm provided you do NOT park in the spaces allocated for residents except on Saturdays.
Bacchus & Comus
Having taken a little sabbatical, we return again to kick off the autumn season with a selection of wines from one of the leading producers in Luxembourg – Abi Duhr. Abi is an old friend of mine – we judged together at some of Le Grand Jury Européen wine tastings and is certainly not one of your run of the mill wine producers.
Now you might well ask – why Luxembourg? Don’t they make pretty boring German-type wines there? Well, this might have been the case 20 or 30 years ago, but like in most wine producing countries, the standard of winemaking has come on a ton. And no greater example of this can be found than by drinking Abi’s wines.
Whilst Abi is still responsible for wine making at the long-established family vineyards (Domaines Aly Duhr), his main work is at his Ch. Pauqué, which is 100% owned by him and it is the wines from this estate that we shall be concentrating on. Château Pauqué is a small Estate of about 5 ha which has his vineyards spread over 6 villages from Schengen to Wasserbillig. Two lines of wines are produced - the classic one (Riesling & Pinot Gris) and one with Burgundian characteristics, focused on wines fermented and aged in oak barrels. The grapes are normally harvested from the beginning of October to mid November in order to get the best possible maturity. The botrytised grapes do not see skin contact. Long fermentations, (the 2008 finished their fermentations only in July 2009) with natural yeasts give Château Pauqué wines a characteristic creamy harmony.
Over 70 % of the vineyards are located on the steepest hills of the Luxembourg Mosel Valley. With over 50 % of Riesling (some of the vineyards have been planted more than 60 years ago) the Château Pauqué Estate has one of the highest Riesling percentages in Luxembourg. Additionally, Abi grows Elbling, Auxerrois, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and Chardonnay.
We will have a chance to taste his range of wines and drink some at the dinner Sonia has prepared for the occasion. The USP of this dinner is that all the wines are white, so there will be some challenging food and wine matches (particularly with the grouse) which we hope you will find intriguing!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BOOKING FORM
Please reserve me.......places for The Ch. Pauqué Dinner and Wine Tasting on Saturday
September 19th at £80 per person.
TOTAL AMOUNT DUE £
------------------
Cheque enclosed for £
==============
(Please make cheques payable to “Bacchus & Comus Ltd”)
Name (Please print)..................................................…….. Telephone No. ………………….
E-mail address……………………………………………………………….
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