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Dear reader,
“Magnificent
blackberries!” I was surrounded by thousands of ripe, soft,
and intense blackberries!" And no, I was not in a blackberries'
field actually, but drinking this amazing Spanish wine from the
Priorat region called Clos de los Fites - Crianza 2002 for dinner
recently!
Crimson
Aroma does not have any financial agreements with any winemakers
or wine brands.
I had not sniffed such a purity
of fruit for a very long time. I still have the aroma lingering
in my memory... Intensity and purity
of fruits aromas are a good gauge for the quality
of a wine. If the wine smells of a fruit but with low
intensity, and if the fruit you are smelling is a pale image of
the fruit you know, then the quality of the wine will probably
not be that great.
Wines include many more aromas than just
fruit aromas, but fruits flavours are a big part of what a wine
should smell especially for younger wines. (more than 90% of the
wine is drunk young or up to a couple of years after release).
Quality is the name of the game!
And quality is
what this Newsletter is all about as always: We review an amazing
white from Italy equalling top burgundies,
we spoke with Michel Roux, in his 2 starred
Michelin restaurant in Mayfair "Le Gavroche"
who told us all about the quality of ingredients in his dishes,
and finally we look at what we should drink
with red meat and why. Have a good read!! |
I
wanted to know what it would have been to have lived
his fascinating life so far. I
am talking about the very difficult and demanding
steps needed to become a chef, as an apprentice
first and then all the training he did in many restaurants
before taking over the family business as head chef.
Michel Roux Jr is a simple man, with no
gimmicks, like his food. He is faithful
to the finest ingredients cooked to perfection.
And he had the generosity to provide
me with half an hour of his time…
