A BIRTHDAY TASTING

One of our blog team celebrated her birthday this week. 

Here’s how we helped her celebrate!

#Eats

Classic birthday cupcakes 

• Double chocolate flavour with cream cheese frosting. 
• The recipe comes from the "Hummingbird Bakery" - leave a comment if you'd like to find out more!
• These were more for decorative purposes than to pair with wine, but we did of course enjoy some BIRTHDAY CHAMPAGNE with them.....

#Drinks

It’s never a party with champagne! – we tried two different bottles.....

1. Mont-Hauban Prestige Blanc de Blancs (right)
• NOSE: White flowers (honeysuckle, linden) with a hint of grapefruit and lemon zest.
• PALATE: Fresh, light & fun. Beginning notes of stone fruit (apricot, plum) with a vanilla finish - as shown on the cork cap!
2. Hervy-Quenardel 2005 Blanc de Noirs (left)
• NOSE: Aromas of toast, candied orange & vanilla pod to begin. Leaving the wine to air revealed hints of violet and fresh raspberries.
• PALATE: A broad and smooth texture with very noticeable tastes of red fruits, particularly cherry.

...That's not all!

The team also tried a still white wine from Germany:

Anselmann Gewürztraminer Spätlese

• VINTAGE: 2011
• NOSE: Incredibly fresh pink, tropical & stone fruit - guava, pineapple and apricot in particular with a touch of elderflower.
• PALATE: The taste matches its nose perfectly with a texture of supreme finesse. The wine boasts a very long and creamy finish which never loses its fresh & fruity mouth-feel. We found this paired surprisingly well with the cream cheese icing on the cupcakes!

A very Happy Birthday to our own birthday girl, and to all of you who have birthdays just past or up-coming, we hope you enjoy the following video.....

HAppy BirthDay !!!