Wine with Leslie: Red Bordeaux, the perfect match for roast lamb for Easter
With Easter approaching do remember that red Bordeaux is considered the perfect match for roast lamb
The wine world has been in mourning in recent weeks since the death of Stephen Spurrier, one of the Britain’s best known (and most readable) wine writers and a man who changed the way the world viewed fine wine.
Back in 1976 Spurrier owned a wine shop on Place de la Madeleine in the 8th Arrondissement and often ran wine courses for visiting Americans. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence he decided to organise a blind tasting of California’s best Cabernet and Chardonnay and match them with some Bordeaux and Burgundy. To the shock of the panel of French tasters (and Spurrier himself) the highest-ranked red and white wine were both from California — Stag’s Leap and Château Montelena respectively.
