Wine Freedom - Vinfrihet

Enjoying the right wine to the right occasion I asked Jimmy what one drank while watching Melodifestivalen. After the laughter and scoffing it came as no surprise he had no advice and would rather go to a Simply Red concert than watch the show.

With two children literally counting down the hours to watch the final last night (an impetus Jimmy lacks) we settled down in front of the computer plugged into the stereo to watch SVT-Play.

I had prepared a special meal to celebrate our anniversary with the choice of wine and food contributing to my pondering over what would be left to drink while the has-beens, wanna be’s and almost were of Swedish music (and acting, Dolf) stand in front of the fan or under shower and sing.

My daugther had given us summaries of all the final entries and we had heard most of them 1000 times on Spotify during the past 6 weeks so I had a good idea what the music would be like and hence what wine to serve:

Option 1: Overly sweet, unbalanced with no after taste (with an attractive label) and vintage 2010 jumped to mind as the perfect match for some of the songs.

Option 2: An older wine with character, good body, sweet ripe fruit missing some high notes but at its best- drunk-by date a few years ago, could match some others.

Option 3: A family favourite Salem, would match a delicious shiraz from a rising star New World winemaker full of character and its best years ahead of it (if not really drinking at its best right now).

In the end I chose a 2008 Pinot Noir from Mt. Difficulty, one of New Zealand’s absolute best wines. It was young, bright fruit, balanced tannis and a lot more body for its age. It will drink better in three to four years but it was fun to drink now and anticipate its potential development.  It matched perfectly to the winner, 18-year old Anna Bergendahl.

Evening saved and the right wine matched to the right song, phew!

cheers

Mark

http://svt.se/melodifestivalen

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Tags: Anna Bergendahl, Melodifestival, Mt. Difficulty, Pinot Noir, Salem al Fakir

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