Gramona III Lustros with Yaki Sake
Gramona III Lustros
Winery Gramona
www.gramona.com
D.O.: Cava
Grapes: 70 % Xarel·lo, 30% Macabeo.
Ageing: 5 years on its lees.
Price: 21,50 €
Excerpt from the book “Pairings of spanish wines with exotic cuisines”.
Click to see the preparation of these dishes, in Asian recipes.
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This is one of the mythical cavas, one of the classic “Gran Reserva” wines, which observes ancient customs strictly, using aged wine from local grapes and submitting it to the process of ageing in stacks on its lees for at least five years.
The bubble is therefore extremely fine, and very complex reduction aromas are developed with smoky and toasted notes, together with wild flowers, undoubtedly from the yeasts.
In mouth, its mature and silky nature must be highlighted, but it also shows a remarkable freshness which makes it bright and happy. The dominating tastes are confectionery, dried fruit, some green spice like rosemary, grains… in brief, a complex range of flavours, so integrated that several minutes must be devoted to the tasting so that we can enjoy to its fullest extent a different cava, one of the greatest.
Yaki Sake
The fear of anisakis has made many customers discover that Japanese cuisine does not consist only of sashimi and sushi but there is a vast repertoire of delicious dishes, from comfort meat and vegetables stews to preparations of roasted or sauced fish like this one, generically known as Shioyaki, which is prepared by grilling fish that has previously been marinated, dressed, salted or pickled.
This Yaki Sake is salmon that has been marinated in sake, mirin and soya sauce, which gives it a lacquered, tempting look and a delicious taste in which the flavour of salmon, one of the most appreciated fish in Japan, contrasts with the shiny outer layer.
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We have chosen what could be called a noble dish, a preparation that is never absent from the most select restaurants of Japanese cuisine, because this is not any wine but a distinguished, venerable wine that must be tasted calmly, step by step.
Generally speaking, cavas go well with Japanese food, but there are great differences among cavas and among the dishes, so this pairing required an appropriate set-up to take it to its full extent.
Obviously, this wine can also accompany the rest of the meal, since you know that a Japanese formal table requires the presence of pickles, soups, assorted starters tempura style… all the tastes from the wine that we have noted will be framed and enhanced by this delicious dish of lacquered salmon.