A wine and dinner night out

Today we went to Tony C’s for a dinner wine tasting featuring the Antinori Family Vineyards with my parents and some of our neighbors.

We got there a little early, so we started out by finding our table and having an aperitif, in my case one of my favorites here a Prickly pear prosecco cocktail

Here is our menu carefully prepared and selected to be paired with our wine

What follows is a few pics of our wine and food pairings.

Ribollita, pickled rosemary, Kale served with Col de’Salici prosecco Valdobbiadene

Tortelli of Duck, Onion Sugo, Fennel. Wine pairing Bramito del Cervo

Ribeye, cured potato, Rapini, Olive oil. Wine pairing Il Bruciato

Poached Peach Terrine, hazelnut, whipped mascarpone, mint. Wine pairing Vin Santo Santa Cristina

The Antipasti was delicious, Ribollita is a hearty tuscan soup. This one was served more as a creme and reminded me of a nice hearty minestrone soup.  It paired well with the prosecco which was fresh, not sweet but not tart either, great balance.

The Tortelli was interesting, a little dry for my liking, the best thing on that plate really was the onion sugo with fennel, very different, and so good. This was paired with a Chardonnay, which in most cases is very dry, not this one! This one was actually a little frutier, reminded me of a pinot grigio and definitely a good wine that I would pick for summer served nice and cold.

The Ribeye was excellent, all I have to say is I would have liked to have the full ribeye thank you very much! I was not impressed by the Red wine served. It was a mix of Cabernet with Syrah and Merlot. Despite the 65% Cabernet, it was very much more mellow like a Merlot and did not have enough body for that Ribeye we were eating. A little disappointing on that end.

For Dolce, the poached peaches were interesting, they were quite tart, but the acidity was well capped off by the mascarpone (one of the best I have every had!!!) I would have totally wanted a whole spoon or two more please! I’m not a fan of sweet wines, this reminded me a lot of Port Wine or Spanish Jerez, a little lighter.  I can’t say it was bad or good, I just don’t care for sweet wines at all.

Really but what more can I say that it was all delicious and the company was excellent!