jambalaya update

Thanksw to all for the suggestions. As it turned out we had Chateau St Michelle Cold Spring Riesling 2001 (11.99US at the local grocery) with crab cakes. The Cold Spring Riesling is superb. A slightly drier version than the cooperative effort with Dr. Losen full rich and lots of acid to stand up to even the Jambalaya.

I had orginally planned to have a choice of 2003 Champalou Vouvray or 2002 "Les Moriers", Fluerie from Domaine Chignard. I did not have but a sip of this as all my guests went for the red. I thought it was a good fruity bottle that I look forward to enjoying in the future. I had the rest of the Cold Spring so it was left for tonight to try the Vouvray with leftovers.

All in the interest of science, of course. The Vouvray was pleasant, a bit on the peachy side where the Riesling was apples. The Vouvray was just a bit lacking actually it didn't have the zip of the Riesling and so did not stand up as well to the rather strong spiciness of the Jambalaya. All in all I would go for the Fluerie again ( like I said I did have a taste and it was nice) but I would recommned the Cold Spring as a definite. The ironic thing about it all being that the 3 wines all came in a the smae price point ($11.99) On the (in)famous Dale Scale a B+ for the Rielsing and Fluerie and a B- for the Vouvray