After a very boring Sunday my brother, his girlfriend and I decided to have a little bit of wine with our taco night.
What was on the menu:
Spicy Chicken Tacos
Beef Tacos
Nothing too fancy, but I had recently purchased two wines from Chateau Morrisette after our visit this past weekend. The two wines were:
The Black Dog (blend of Chambourcin, Cabernet, Merlot, and Petit Verdot)
Our Dog Blue (blend of Riesling, Traminette, and Vidal Blanc)
We cracked open Our Dog Blue first because we wanted to start off with a white wine with out spicy chicken. We each tried the initial taste to get a feel for how the wine was before tasting the chicken. I caught aromas of apple and pear most notably. However after consuming the chicken taco, which consisted of cheese, sour cream, lettuce, and salsa, my palate changed. I then tasted a very soft and semi-sweet citrus finish. The wine also accented the chicken very because it seemed to almost enhance the spices used with the chicken.
Next for our beef tacos, we cracked open The Black Dog, which is a medium bodied red wine. The nose consisted of raspberries and blackberries. Our initial taste of the wine was very jammy and berry, which I was not surprised because the nose indicated this. With the beef the wine really mellowed out and I could taste the smokey and oakey texture of the wine.
Overall, I enjoyed these two wines with the dinner, but I was not overly impressed with the wines. The wines could have definitely had more kick and tannin structure to them which I think would have made the meal better.
Check the photos from our dinner!
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