{"id":11272,"date":"2015-02-20T11:55:49","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T11:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=11272"},"modified":"2015-02-20T11:55:49","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T11:55:49","slug":"burgundy-lunch-at-the-clove-club-with-noble-rot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/burgundy\/burgundy-lunch-at-the-clove-club-with-noble-rot","title":{"rendered":"Burgundy Lunch at the Clove Club with Noble Rot"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"leroy<\/p>\n

Sunday lunch doesn’t come much better than this. It was a chance to drink some lovely Burgundies with epic food from one of London’s most talked about restaurants, the Clove Club<\/a>\u00a0 in Shoreditch, at an event organized by hipster wine magazine Noble Rot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was an interesting crowd, too \u2013 a mix of Noble Rot readers and Clove Club regulars. My dining companions were super nice and easy to talk to, and because we were all here with a common purpose, and the food and wine was so good, the atmosphere was great.<\/p>\n

This was my first visit to the Clove Club \u2013 I know, I know, I should have been lots of times before \u2013 and so I was really curious about the food. It\u2019s one of the few restaurants that\u2019s brave enough to offer a no choice menu: for dinner, you get five courses for \u00a355, with optional wine pairing for another \u00a345. Lunch gives you the option of three courses (\u00a335) or five. This is the way high end restaurants should work, if their customers trust them enough.
\n\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

The food was beautifully done \u2013 creative, inventive, not over busy, and well matched to the wines. The most interesting dish was the raw orkney scallop, hazelnut, sudachi and perigord truffle (above<\/em>), which didn’t look too good (raw mushrooms aren’t pretty, alas), but it tasted amazing.<\/p>\n

Honorary mentions must go to the first and last of the food items \u2013 buttermilk fried chicken and pine salt (amazing texture) and the three peated barley cakes (remarkable, and a perfect match for islay whisky I suspect).<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

Dry aged wood pigeon with wild plum and salted cherry blossom<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

Sauteed French rabbit, chestnut, brussel tops and Burgundy truffle<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

Veloute of potatoes, Abbaye de Tamie, snails and parsley<\/p>\n

Domaine Leroy Aligot\u00e9 2010 Burgundy, France<\/strong>
\nFull yellow colour. Slightly salty and nutty with a bit of herbiness. Really appealing lemony fruit with a stony character and slight honey notes. Distinctive. 92\/100<\/p>\n

\"clove<\/p>\n

Jacques Carillon Puligny Montrachet 2012 Burgundy, France<\/strong>
\nVery fresh and pure with linear citrus fruit and a faint toastiness, with a mineral core. Pure and fine with lovely focus. 93\/100<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

Etienne Sauzet Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folati\u00e8res 2007 Burgundy, France<\/strong>
\nPowerful, nutty and intense with toast, nuts and citrus, as well as generous white peach fruit. Bold but bolstered by lovely acidity. Delicious current drinking. 94\/100<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

Domaine Pierre Guillemot Savigny-L\u00e8s- Beaune 2009 Burgundy, France<\/strong>
\nSweet, fresh red cherry and berry fruit with lovely perfume and a savoury, grippy edge. There’s an undercurrent of cedar\/clove spiciness. 92\/100<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

Domaine Lafarge Volnay 2008 Burgundy, France<\/strong>
\nPure and floral with lovely fine red cherries and a hint of rose petal. Juicy and bright raspberry and red cherry fruit with lemony acidity. Very pure and linear with keen acidity and a real raspberry kick. 92\/100<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

Fourrier Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Cherbaudes 2006 Burgundy, France<\/strong>
\nSilky smooth, ripe and textured with lovely grainy structure under the fresh cherry and plum fruit, with some soy sauce notes in the background. Textured and smooth. 94\/100<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

Domaine L&A Lignier Clos de la Roche Grand Cru 2008 Burgundy, France<\/strong>
\nJuicy, bright, savoury and grippy with nice acidity under the raspberry and black cherry fruit. Grippy with high acidity. A juicy cherry fruit finish: very bright and a bit cedary. Very 2008. 92\/100<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

Domaine de Courcel Pommard 1er Cru Epenots 1988 Burgundy, France<\/strong>
\nSavoury, earthy, iodine, spice, minerals: this is a delicious fully mature Burgundy. It has some plum and berry fruits, but it’s quite savoury with focused acidity and some earthy characters. Detailed and fine. 94\/100<\/p>\n

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