We managed to find a couple of partridges in the freezer and decided on a dinner of roast partridges on a bed of julienne carrots, with caramelised onion and parsnips. As accompaniment, we tried the coriander and shallot chilli jelly from The Chilli Queen (bought in the UK at a Christmas fair last year) in place of the usual cumberland sauce or redcurrant jelly. Yummy! And a beautiful Pétrus 1990 to go with our dish......
Tasted 13 March 2010: An absolute classic and beauty, an alluring bouquet of chocolate, mocha, black cherry and violet, with a medium body, mellowed tannins, balancing acidity. A finish that went on and on. The kind of wine that made you pause and reflect with every sip.......so different from the 1989 Petrus that we had a short while ago (tasted 20 February 2010) - the latter had a nose and palate of something brûlée and lacked the elegance of the 1990. Score for the 1990: 19/20
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