Jeg lavede "rydde op i køleskabet" til aftensmad.
En grov mos bestående af blomkål, broccoli, gulerødder og kartofler. En smule smør, mælk og citronsaft... haps.
Bagte rødbeder, marineret med bl.a. honning.... haps.
En dressing på alt godt fra vindueskarmen og syrnet fløde.... haps.
Og så laks pakket ind i citronskiver og urter, bagt til perfektion i ovnen... haps.
I glasset:
2014 Neudorf Chardonnay Moutere (reklame...)
Det har taget den et par timer at vågne op, men jeg må sige det er stor vin. Som med meget god vin, så skal man have nogle glas af den for at fange hvor stor vin det egentlig er.
Starter ud ret stram, ren citrus og knust kalk. Nu stadig masser af citrus og mineralitet, men nu bakket op af fed gul frugt, popcorn, blomster, halm, våde sten m.m. Alt for ung, men god vin!
Mr. New Zealand, Bob Campbell er begejstret:
“This is the first wine I have scored 100 points. It is as good as some of the best white Burgundy I have tasted. I love the wine’s impressive power. I love the way it delivers an array of citrus, chalky mineral, brioche and spicy oak flavours with consummate subtlety. I am sure the wine will gain stature with age but it offers great drinking now. Chardonnay with the X factor”
Bob Campbell MW, 10 September 2015
It’s been a long time coming but I am no longer a 100-point virgin. I’ve just given that magical maximum score to Neudorf 2014 Moutere Chardonnay, a wine that has been top of my hit parade over many vintages.
I remember judging Chardonnays in a wine show many years ago when fellow judge, Huon Hooke, said about the wine in front of him, “this isn’t a New World Chardonnay, it’s a Puligny-Montrachet!”. The wine was Neudorf 1991 Moutere Chardonnay, a truly magnificent drop from an outstanding vintage. I’ve always regretted not buying that vintage – it had sold out by the time I went looking for a few bottles. I’m not making that same mistake again, I’ve ordered my case of the 2014.
I’ve been reluctant to award any wine 100 points because that score suggests that the wine is as good as it gets. When I tasted Neudorf 2014 Moutere Chardonnay (tasting) I was profoundly impressed. I asked myself how it could be improved. Would it be better if it were more intense? No. Could it possibly have a better texture? I don’t think so. Would the wine be better if it were more complex? Possibly, but I know enough about the style to confidently predict it will develop greater complexity with bottle age. Is it the best that Neudorf have made? Better even than the 1991? I think so. Did I have a rush of blood to the head and would I be as impressed if I tasted it again tomorrow? I don’t know the answer to that. I do plan to taste it again.
Bob Campbell MW
*Bob Campbell was the second wine writer in the world (after Jancis Robinson) to become a Master of Wine. He estimates tasting over 100,000 wines since he began to formally record tasting notes. He is regarded as "Mr New Zealand Wine" within New Zealand and around the globe.