Irish for a Day Caviar -O' My Setra (Osetra Caviar)

  The only caviar to enjoy on St. Patrick's Day

is

O' My Setra Caviar

(Osetra Caviar)

 

Mousse Fils Champagne Noire Reserve Brut NV with White Sturgeon Caviar

Mousse Fils Champagne

Background
Champagne Moussé Fils is a grower located in the region of Vallée de la Marne in the village of Cuilses. Here the focus is on Pinot Meunier which comprises 80% of the vines with the balance of 16% Pinot Noir and 4% Chardonnay.  Their four vineyards totaling 5.5 hectares are located in Cuisles, Jonquery, Olizy-Violaine, Châtillon-sur-Marne on a soil of schist subsoil under clay.
     

Cuvée Noire Réserve Blanc de Noirs NV

Description
The wine in this bottle is 50% from 2010 and the rest from the reserve wines of 2009, 2008, 2007 and was disgorged after four years on its lees.
 
Tasting Notes

The wine has a straw gold color with tiny streaming bubbles. There are aromas of sweet, yeasty, minerally citrus, with some sweet berry tones. On the palate there is a creamy mineral softness with the layered flavors. The finish is clean with some floralness. This is so enjoyable with its freshness of the fruit and it creamy softness all through out.

Lady Elena Caviar Pairing

Americana Caviar (White Sturgeon): This was a delightful pairing. The freshness and creaminess of the champagne with the creamy minerals of the caviar complemented each other. The champagne also left your palate cleansed and refreshed.

Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs and Osetra Caviar

2004 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Paired with Osetra Caviar

Background

The champagne is 100% of the Chardonnay grape. The grapes grown in the top vineyards of the
Côte des Blancs. Only the first press juice is used.  5% of the blend spends three to four months in new oak barrels, enhancing complexity of the final blend. Prior to disgorgement, the Blanc de Blancs is aged for 10 years on the lees in 13th-century chalk cellars that were once the property of Saint Nicaise abbey.

The champagne has a pale gold color with greenish tints along with its tiny streaming bubbles. There are aromas of lemon curd,fresh toasted biscuits, red apples with a smoky stony minerality. On the palate it is tense with creamy softness. There is some sweet citrus combined with some salty minerality lingering on the palate. The finish is dry an slightly mouth watering. This champagne is still very youthful.

Lady Elena Caviar Pairing 

O My Setra Caviar (Osetra): This pairing brings out the nuttiness of the caviar and then the palate is left cleansed.
A great pairing.

Caviar for Your Lifestyle - Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Bianco DOC

Caviar for your Lifestyle from Lady Elena Caviar

Here is a $18 wine and caviar pairing.

2014 Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Bianco DOC

When you talk about wines from Etna, we are talking about vineyards grown on the steep slopes of an active volcano.

Tenuta delle Terre Nere is located in the northern slopes of the volcano, with vineyards between the village of Solicchiata and the town of Randazzo at altitudes of 600 to 900 meters above sea level. With the location of being on a volcano it is no surprise that the soils are filled with mineral driven black volcanic pumice, sand, ash and that the soils are covered with the black volcanic pumice.

This 2014 Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Bianco DOC is made from a field blend of the local varieties of 60% Carricante, 25% Catarratto, 10%Grecanico and 5% Minella. The wine was vinified all in stainless steel tanks.

Wine Description

The wine has a straw color with green tints. There are aromas of smoky minerals with a white peach floralness. On the palate, as in the finish, the wine is filled with soft minerality with undertones of the fresh fruit. It also has a clean finish to it.
This pairs nicely with White Sturgeon caviar.

EXPLORING the wines of FRANCIACORTA - Ferghettina Franciacorta Extra Brut 2009 and Caviar

Exploring the wines of Franciacorta is a series of tasting the wines of Franciacorta without the caviar

available for pairing. I am presenting the wines that I believe have the quality and structure to pair with the caviar.

Today we are exploring the Ferghettina Franciacorta Extra Brut 2009. Please note that the 2009 does not represent a vintage year. The 2009 is telling you of the year of the harvest that comprises the majority of the wine in the blend.



Ferghettina is located in Franciacorta at the foot of the Alps along side the Sebino Lake.
The annual production is about 350,000 bottles which includes 4 types of Franciacorta DOCG Brut, Saten, Extra Brut and Rosé and three still wines a Curtefranca Red, White and a Curtefranca IGT Sebino.

Background
The wine is a blend of 80%Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Noir with the base being from 2009. The vines are between 15 to 65 years old and are planted on calcareous soil.  Each vineyard's grapes are separately fermented in 100% stainless steel tanks before blending. Once bottled the wine will age on its lees for at least 72 months. 

Tasting
The wine has a golden yellow color. There are aromas of bread yeast and sweet green apples. On the palate there is a softness, nuttiness and a structured mouth feel. The finish is dry with slight chalk notes.

White Sturgeon Caviar from Lady Elena Caviar and Chocolate

The White Sturgeon caviar from Lady Elena Caviar is filled with love and when enjoyed with chocolate it makes you smile.

White Sturgeon and Kaluga Hybrid Caviar Champagne Breakfast

If your breakfast in bed on ‪#‎ValentinesDay2016‬, did not look like this there is always your birthday, anniversary, next Sunday or ...

Just treat yourself.

We have heart shaped wheat pancakes with 2 different ‪#‎caviar‬ and scrambled eggs. The top right corner has ‪#‎Kaluga‬ Hybrid caviar sprinkled on top. On the bottom left corner there is ‪#‎WhiteSturgeon‬ caviar sprinkled on top of the scrambled eggs. The center jar is filled with the White Sturgeon caviar.