From the Cellar

Osoyoos Larose 2005 Petales d'Osoyoos (British Columbia)

25 Nov 2014

(September 18, 2014) ... Dad cut the cheese while I was opening the wine ... Wait, that doesn't sound right ... Let me start from the beginning.  We were visiting my in-laws in Michigan, my father-in-law had recently completed one of the things on his "gotta smoke it" bucket list ... Wow, does that sound even worse ... It would seem the more I write the more convoluted this story gets.  Let's take it from the top.

My father-in-law has a smoker and over the years he has smoked everything from ribs to brisket, but he's never cold smoked cheese.  Sometime in the past month he finally did one of the things on his smoker-bucket-list ... Smoked cheese.  He did four different kinds including a sharp cheddar, Havarti, Gouda and something else that had a funny name to it.  Anyway when we arrived for a visit in mid-August he was excited to let us taste his creation and I was more than happy to provide the wine:  a bottle of Osoyoos Larose 2005 Petales d'Osoyoos, the "second wine" from an excellent British Columbia producer.

It was truly a wonderful pairing with the smoked cheeses (especially the cheddar), the wine had developed its own smokiness along with some raspberry and cassis notes that hung around pleasantly, plus a pretty pepperiness on the finish.  I was impressed to see that for a "second wine" the bottle had some life left to it and proved to be a perfect pairing with the smoked sharp cheddar.  The bottle of Larose dad and I finished together, everyone else dug into the cheese sans vin (that means without wine) ... They have no idea what they were missing - so glad I got to share this experience with him and what made it even more special is that we each brought our "specialty" to the table ... Next step is ribs or brisket (hey, dad, I have wines to match those too, just let me know when you fire up the smoker).

 

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