{"id":1750,"date":"2010-11-22T12:09:54","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T12:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=1750"},"modified":"2010-11-22T12:09:54","modified_gmt":"2010-11-22T12:09:54","slug":"lunch-at-the-harwood-arms-followed-by-a-great-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/new-zealand\/lunch-at-the-harwood-arms-followed-by-a-great-game","title":{"rendered":"Lunch at the Harwood Arms followed by a great game"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Had a brilliant day yesterday. It began with lunch at the Harwood Arms<\/a>, together with Joe Wadsack, Will Willis and Stuart Bowman-Hood. Proceedings began with a pint of Sambrook’s junction: rich, a bit hoppy, and with a distinct note of eggy sulfide (Burton stink is the correct term for this?). This went very well with the Harwood scotch egg. I should point out for the record that Stuart declined his scotch egg, and was very slow with his pint. He was hung over from a party the night before. The shocker? He got drunk on Gewurztraminer. This must be the first recorded cases of a Gewurz-inspired hangover ever. I’m sure of it.<\/p>\n

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Then it was on to the wine. Will had brought a mystery fizz with him. Clean, fruity, some nice toastiness. New world – and, remarkably, Joe nailed it as Coonawarra. It was the 1995 Katnook Chardonnay Brut<\/strong>. This had developed beautifully, and was still quite pure.<\/p>\n

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Next up, a brilliant Rully. Albert Sounit Rully Saint Jacques 2007<\/strong>. \u00a0Seriously good white Burgundy, this.<\/p>\n

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This went well with a starter of wild rabbit and prune faggots (below<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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The highlight was the roast beef and marrow. Not complicated; just incredibly good. Joe served a wine blind: it was clearly new world Pinot Noir, but had real elegance. It turned out to be Peregrine Pinot Noir 2008 Central Otago<\/strong>. It was thrillingly delicious. And to follow this, Poeira 2004 Douro<\/strong> – one of the top Douro table wines, from a very fine vintage. Rich but balanced with a lovely mineral streak to the blackberry and dark cherry fruit, and beginning to drink well, but some way (I reckon) from its peak.<\/p>\n

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Then it was off to Craven Cottage to see City v Fulham. Awesome game. 4-1 to City, who played very well, looking fluent and purposeful in attack. Best I’ve seen them play this season.<\/p>\n

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