Oenology course final dinner

We recently had the final dinner of the oenology course! Get ready for the fun!
We started tatsing a few wines from the winery that hosted our dinner: Domaine de Gagnebert , at Juigne-sur-Loire, near Angers.

The tables had been very nicely prepared, and white was the theme! Watch all the glasses! The dinner started with a glass of Cremant (sparkling) de Loire rose, served in a "flute" or tall thin glass, which allows to enjoy the scent and the bubbles.

The appetizer was a light wild musroom risotto served in individual "cocottes", with a warm cripsy slice of mountain ham. We were served two different types of rose, and being an oenology course, we had to say which we prefered .. and why!

We were then served two different types of dry white wine for te fish course: a Dry White Anjou, 2009, made with chenin grapes, and a dry white Sauvignon, made with sauvignon grapes.

The fish course was a Saint Pierre filet served on a bed of fennel and small confit onions, with a creamy sauce.

And on we moved on to the main course: Chicken "aiguillettes" or pieces of the filet cut alongwise
in a mushroom sauce, with "slammed" apples, an Anjou specilaity, and glazed vegetables ...
We were offered two red wines: and Anjou Villages Brissac, made with 100% Caberenet Franc grapes, and an Anjou Villages Clos de Gresillon, made with 80% cabernet sauvignon and 20% cabernet franc.

This being a French meal, we were also served a salad and cheese. The cheeses that were chosen were from the Alps, a reblochon made with raw milk, and a comte. Here we were served a red Anjou and a dry white Anjou - I prefered the latter.

This is what my place looked like when we were having the cheese course!

Dessert was a regal! Fresh roasted pineapple with a Sichuan pepper sauce and mango sherbert, tasted with two Coteaux de l'Aubance, a sweet wine from the area that has given this winery several gold medals in 2010 and 2009.

Bon appetit, les amis!!!