{"id":24306,"date":"2019-08-19T12:32:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T12:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=24306"},"modified":"2019-09-19T19:20:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T19:20:57","slug":"dinner-at-majordomo-la-with-nice-wines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/restaurants\/dinner-at-majordomo-la-with-nice-wines","title":{"rendered":"Dinner at majord\u014dmo, LA, with nice wines"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jet-lagged as hell, after arriving early evening in LA and then working in the winery until 9 pm, I arrived at Major D\u014dmo<\/a>, the talked-about new-ish (summer 2018) opening from New York’s David Chang (Momofuku). Despite my jet-lag, this was a sensational meal. We shared everything, and every morsel I put in my mouth was delicious and quite brilliant.<\/p>\n

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Baja California Uni (sea urchin) broken tofu, yuzu, sorrel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fried Cauliflower fish sauce vinaigrette, cilantro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The food is amazing. But it comes at a price. One of the dishes, which was amazing – the dry-aged ribeye, B.S. fries, cheese sauce – was $153, although it does serve a few!<\/p>\n

The wine list is stunning, with a brilliant selection of very cool bottles. Again, not cheap, but this place justifies the sticker shock. This is what we did.<\/p>\n

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This Tunia Sottofondo 2016 is an interesting wine. It’s Trebbiano (mainly) from Tuscany, and it’s refermented in the bottle with the aid of some vin santo. Tart and complex with a lot of vitality.<\/p>\n

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Labet’s Champs Rouge is a Chardonnay from 60 year old vines grown on limestone. We were served this one blind and couldn’t nail it – I thought it was Chablis. Very tight and linear.<\/p>\n

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Ex Vero III from Werlitsch, 2012 vintage. Quite profound, with intensity and minerality. A stunning wine from the south of Austria.<\/p>\n

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This was verging on the profound. Absolutely benchmark white Burgundy. Served to us blind, again. It’s on the restrained side, but with layers of complexity.<\/p>\n

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Olek Bondonio Barbaresco Starderi 2014. A brilliantly focused wine with pure linear red fruits. If you can find some of this, then buy it.<\/p>\n

Find these wines with\u00a0wine-searcher.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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