Christmas dinner - Wine pairing suggestion for rack of lamb with a mustard, garlic, rosemary glaze

[jmills]

What would all you experts select for a quiet Christmas dinner tonight with my family? We are also serving a blue cheese souffle and brussel sprouts with pecans. I am leaning toward a great Barolo. Thanks and Happy Holidays.

[whiner]

Barolo is a fantastic idea depending upon the power of the mustard and rosemary. The blue cheese souffle gives me some pause, though. Cote-Rotie would be number 1 choice with the meat.

[RicRios]

Great barolos tends to be subtle, the mustard & garlic combination will overpower it.

As to blue cheese souffle & brussels sprouts, that will certainly kill a great barolo's nose.

As ibstatguy suggests, I'd rather look towards CdP, or even lower ( gigondas &etc ) but young & robust.

[ibstatguy]

Sang des Cailloux Vacqueryas comes to mind...

[jmills]

I happen to have a 2001 Sang des Caillous in my cellar, also 1990 and 2003 Beaucastel..............hard choices!

[RicRios]

Go with Sang des Cailloux.
Beaucastel is too frou-frou.

[ibstatguy]

agree with RR and the Sang des Cailloux ought to be drinking wonderfully well right about now...

[maria lorraine]

I'm late to the party and you gentleman have covered this perfectly!

Lovely holiday, all.

[jmills]

We had the Beaucastel 03. it was very good. The Sang des Cailloux may have been a little better with this hearty, flavorful meal, but it was great! Now Tira Misu! I appreciate your fine suggestions today and in the past. What a great thing Chowhound is! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday with your famlies!

John

[ibstatguy]

take a look at the comments on the thread about how to pair food with the CdP. I question though how a CdP would pair up with the blue cheese souffle. Maybe a Bordeaux?

Maria, et al.?

[jmills]

thanks!