Christmas Wine Selection

[El Gordo]

Ah, another Ch Musar fan! Actually I've not drunk this great Lebanese wine for a few years now, since I worked in the wine trade, but it was always a great favourite.

However, hmmm, personally I probably wouldn't consider serving Musar with Christmas dinner. Main 3 reasons: 1) it usually throws a pretty heavy sediment, so needs decanting. This might be a bit of a nuisance when you've got a hundred other things to deal with, 2) although it varies from year to year, the alcohol level of Musar can be pretty high (up to 14% if I recall rightly). This is a bit potent for lunchtime, and most importantly, 3) it's just too good/too expensive to waste on other people.

I've not had a lot of Zinfandel experience but again they tend to pretty big wines, so might be more suited to Christmas evening with a lump of Stilton, than lunchtime.

But as I said, I don't think turkey is too demanding, so serve up what you like rather than agonise too much about what might or might not work well.

Andy