We had a pretty quiet new years eve. Just the two of us. Sometimes we throw a small dinner party, or attend one, but this year we just felt like taking it easy. Nancy made Marie-Helene’s apple cake from the our new French cookbook. It was so good we decided to just have it for dinner. Also, we had made some clam dip earlier in the day and were still full from it. We held the crab were were planning on until Saturday night.
We only had one wine, a 2007 Nickel and Nickel Vogt Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon. It was an excellent wine. The color was a dark garnet, the nose was restrained dark fruit, green pepper and cedar. The tannins were well integrated with good acidity and flavors of dark fruit, green pepper, leather, tobacco and a touch of vanilla. A beautifully complex wine with a long finish. By the time midnight rolled around we were so full and sleepy we didn’t even open a bottle of champagne. We will keep the bottle were were planning on drinking until we get some nice weather. Then Nancy will do a video showing how to open it with a saber!
We would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and hope everyone does well in the coming year.
