May 09 2008
2005 Crescendo Hills Bangin Red
Originally written: May 9, 2008
The other night I brought home a bottle of 2005 Bangin Red by Crescendo Hills Vineyard to taste. We opened the bottle and knew immediately that this would be heaven — the smells of chocolate and berries overcame our senses. When you tasted it, your were greeted with a fruit-forward, yet well balanced wine that left lingering traces of chocolate. Inspired, Vanessa came up with an AMAZING lamb recipe to serve as a compliment. Below is her recipe:
Lamb with a Cherry Sauce:
- Lamb seared medium rare, remove from pan – slice
- To pan, add 1/3 cup pomegranate tea (or juice) and 1/4 cup of dried cherries, simmer until you are able to lift/scrape the remnants of the Lamb from the bottom of the pan (those little brown bits)
- Once scraped, add 3 tbsp of Port, 2 tbsp of lime juice, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp of balsamic vinegar and 1/4c chicken stock. Let everything come together until it reduces into a light sauce.
- Pour sauce over lamb and serve
