A light degustation menu for six. Courses and wine pairings follow. Thanks to Jake at 33 - still St. Louis' best wine shop, bar none - for creating the wine registry for us.
Caviar - Tobico red; cornmeal blini; chive créme
Segura Vidas Brut Reserva Cava NV
Scallop - blood orange & fennel slaw; radish shoots
Château Peyruchet Sauvingnon Blanc 2007 (Bordeaux, Fr.)*
Chilled soup - roasted beets and fennel; apple, sage & mint créme
Lamb loin chop - mint, parsley & basil pesto; roasted Klamath Pearl potatoes
S. Jacoves Château Côte Montpezat Cuvée Compostelle 2005 (Bordeaux, Fr.)
Lapis Luna Cabernet Sauvingon 2005 (Lodi, CA)*
Cheeses -
Murcia al Vino, 'The Drunken Goat' wine washed-rind
Tumbleweed cheddar, grass fed raw cow's milk, 5 Spoke Creamery
Humboldt Fog, goats milk, ash-lined, Cypress Grove
Fromager d'Affinois, double cream cows milk
antique Gruyere
Alvear Pedro Ximénez Solera 1927, NV (Montilla-Moriles, Sp.)*
R.L. Buller & Son Victoria Tawny Port, NV (Victoria, Aus.)
Bitter Chocolate Mousse - Cointreau, sour cream
Meletti Limoncello
*Asterisked wines were the real standouts of the evening in my mind.
