2 weeks ago, I was invited by Goorme.com to attend "Dimatique Wine Class for Media & Bloggers". This Wine Class is one of the Jakarta Culinary Festival 2012's events.?
As a person who barely have knowledge about wine like me,?I've learned a lot of interesting stuff during this wine class, such as:
- Old World and New World Wine.
- Grape?varieties.?
- Techniques in wine appreciation.
- The components that affect wine enjoyment.
- Decanting process.
Yohan Handoyo (Wine Expert; General Manager of PT Dimatique International) and Fredy Karminah (National Sales Manager of PT Multifortuna Sinardelta) conducted the wine class.
Beside learning about wine, there's also Wine Tasting:
White Wines:
La Scolca Villa Scolca, Cortese Gavi DOC
Description: Straw yellow with greenish reflections. Its aroma is intense and persistent, with hints of acacia flowers and?hawthorn? white peach and apple just ripe, and slightly mineral.
The flavor is dry but soft, fruity, slightly warm, full and continuous with a pleasant bitter aftertaste. The aftertaste, there are the floral fruity and mineral notes.
Grape variety: 100% Cortese
Alcohol: 11,5%
Vintage: 2011
Marques de Riscal Rueda, Verdejo, Rueda
Description: A bright, straw-yellow colored wine. On the nose, it has high aromatic intensity with tropical fruit and hints of fennel and fresh grass. In the mouth, it is both syrupy smooth and refreshing with a slightly bitter finish which is typical of the variety making it long and pleasant to drink.?It is a wonderful accompaniment to pasta, white meat and ham
Grape variety: 100% Verdejo
Alcohol: 12.5%
Vintage: 2011
Tyrrell's Vat 47 Chardonnay, Hunger Valley
Description: Pale golden color. A wine with a wonderful core of sweet Chardonnay fruit with the subtle underlying oak giving the wine lift and structure with a clean, fresh acid finish. No malolactic fermentation has ensured a tight, lean style of Chardonnay that should age well.?Accompaniment for fish, seafood and creamy pasta dishes.
Grape variety: Chardonnay
Alcohol: 13.5%
Vintage: 2007
Price: Rp. 1.011.500
Deetlefs Chenin Blanc, Breedekloof
Description: Pale straw yellow colour. Ripe flavours of apricots, pineapple, limes and floral notes are in abundance on the nose. In palate is full, rich and clean with integrated wood aromas.
This wine excellent for grilled chicken, smoked chicken salad, pizza & pasta, brie & goat's milk cheese.
Grape variety: Chenin BlancAlcohol: 13.5%
Vintage: 2011
Red Wines:
Marchesi de Frescobaldi Remole, Sangiovese Cabernet Sauvignon, Toscana IGT
Description: A rich, luminous ruby red. Aromas of red and dark fruit and lifted by spicer impressions of black pepper and liquorice. The entry is velvety, on the palate are well balance, with ?tasty vein of acidity. Lengthy finish.?Excellent with full-flavored pasta dishes such as all'amatriciana.
Grape variety: 85% Sangiovese, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon
Alcohol: 12.5%
Vintage:2010
Marques de Riscal 1860, Tinta de Toro+Merlot+Syrah, Castilla Y Leon 
Description: Dark cherry color with a violet-purple rim. Highly aromatic, with aromas of stewed red fruit, hints of burnt chocolate, black pepper and smoky oak. On the palate the attack is fresh, fruity with oak?tannin?present without overwhelming the fruit.
This wine goes well with ham, cheese which are not too mature, casseroles with mild sauces, stewed pulses and hotpots, poultry, red meat, roasts and grills.
Grape variety: 85% Tinta de Toro, 15% Merlot and Syrah
Alcohol: 13%
Vintage: 2008
First Drop Big Blind Nebbiolo Barbera, Adelaide Hills
Excellent with porchini mushroom risotto, smoked tea duck and cured pork sausage.
Grape variety: Nebbiolo, Barbera
Alcohol: 14%
Vintage: 2010
Kaiken Ultra Malbec, Malbec+Cabernet Sauvignon, Mendoza
Description: The Ultra Malbec is a suitably big and delicious wine. Dense and intense on the nose, with dark chocolate, ripe plush black fruit, minerality, cedar and spice. The palate is dry, concentrated and balanced with more dense black fruit and cedar, with coffee, spice and mineral through the long finish. A crowd-pleasing and elegant wine with great personality and character, that will be ideal for roasted lamb or veal dishes.
Grape variety: Malbec
Alcohol: 14.5%
Vintage:2010
At the end of the Wine Class, each of us received a bottle of Bellissimo Moscato.It tastes sweet muscat, fruity, lemon and light spritzy finish.
Alcohol 5.5%.
Grape: Muscat.
Pairing: Spicy food, fruit dessert, slightly salty dishes, mild blue cheese (e.g: Gorgonzola Dolce).
Price: Rp. 225.000/bottle.
Source: http://selbyfood.blogspot.com/2012/11/dimatique-wine-class.html
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