Malbec Lunch

Welcome to China Tang a Cantonese restaurant in the heart of The Dorchester in London.  Here you’ll get the most authentic food outside of China, a taste sensation!

 I invited Hernan Palacios; Operation Director of Moo Restaurant, Atilio Falco; Director of Troubaudor, Luc Coquillard; Assistant FNB Director, InterContinental Park Lane and Laura Heywood; journalist Harpers Magazine, to attend this special Malbec lunch.

As an aperitif we had the Amado Sur Torrontes, this wine is blended with a proportion of Chardonnay and Viognier, both of which add structure and complexity to the final fresh and fragrant wine

What we ate:

We had a basket of assorted Dim Sum including; Hark au; scallop dumplings, shanghai dumplings and chiu chow dumplings.  To drink with the dumplings we had Trivento’s TRIBU Malbec, an unoaked and fruit-forward style wine.  This was an excellent match, the juiciness of the black-berry flavours paired smoothly with the different flavours of the varied Dim Sum.

To follow the Dim Sum we had Crispy Duck with pancakes and Ho Fun Noodles in a Black Bean sauce.  With these two courses I served both the Trivento Golden Reserve Malbec 2009 and Amado Sur Malbec 2009.

 

The Amado Sur worked really well with duck, with its hint of Bonarda and Syrah, it had a great depth of flavour and spiciness which added complexity and really enhanced the ducks own spicing.

With the noodles Hernan enjoyed the Golden Reserve Malbec, the intensity of

wine, alongside the black bean sauce worked really well, enhancing the flavour combinations, and was, in his opinion, the match of the day!

Finally, to pudding, we indulged in a magnificent fruit platter; Honeydew melon, rock melon, pineapple, papaya, mango, dragon fruit, mangos, passion fruit, rambutan, kiwi, mandarins, prickly pear, grenadillo, and bananas, all spilling from the beautiful plate.  To match with this the new dessert wine from Trivento; Brisa de Otoño, a wine made with 60% Sauvignon Blanc and 40% Viognier all late harvested when the grapes are at their sweetest.  It’s such an elegant wine, with very delicate floral notes; there were several comments of the aromas and flavours being as jasmine and roses:

The best wine: The Golden Reserve Malbec 2009

The best wine match: TRIBU Malbec with the Dim Sum

The best convesation motivator: The brisa de otoño

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