Last Thursday saw us off to Venice for two days of culture, cuisine and getting lost. And of course some Italian wines. Lunch on Friday meant an opportunity to try the local seafood, and to accompany this it had to be a carafe of prosecco. We started with the obvious, and then I chose tagliatelle with mussels, razor clams and cockles and Jo had the squid with ink pasta. A great way to fuel an afternoon of walking and nosing at modern art.
And the evening took us to a rather good restaurant a mere five minute stroll from our hotel. The wine list was enormous, and very interesting. But rather than sit and read the entire thing I asked the waiter what he would recommend, a little difficult given that we had both chosen raw fish to start and meat to follow. The wine he chose was a blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Reisling and Tokay, substantially oak aged in 225 litre barriques. Very good body and structure with the oak, although present, not being too overpowering and destroying the fruit flavours. I suspect that this was one of the examples of Italy creating wines for modern tastes with international grape varieties.
It went rather well with my carpacio of scallops, and Jo's carpacio of fish.
And my lamb shank.
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