Chateau
Lagrange and Chateau D’ Issan are two of Bordeaux’s finest chateaux. Their
wines have received accolades from all the major wine publications, and
regularly garner outstanding scores.
We are honored to welcome Marcel Ducasse of Chateau Lagrange and Emmanuel Cruse of Chateau D’ Issan to Westchester to host a dinner featuring their wines, including treasures from the Chateaux’s own cellars.
The quality of the wines is pushing Chef Mark Filippo at Cafe Mezé to put together a menu to complement them. Since we are lucky enough to have wine from two of Bordeaux’s finest properties, each course will have two main themes. The crab course, for instance, features the restaurant's signature crab cakes (pure lump crabmeat seasoned with tiny shards of pepper) paired with the perfect light crab salad. Accompanying the bright, young 1995s, is a choice of beef or pheasant, also prepared two ways. And if you want something other than meat, you can order Cafe Mezé’s glorious artichoke ravioli with its decadent sauce of truffle butter.
The French like to show off their older wines with cheese. We will be serving wines from Bordeaux’s golden age, the 1980s, with a selection of artisanal cheeses. We’ll start with the amazing 1989 D’Issan and conclude with the superb 1986 Lagrange, wines that show how beautifully older Bordeaux can age.
Menu
Duo
of Jumbo Lump Crabcake & Crab Meat Salad
Radish, Celery Root & Scallion Salad, Blood Orange Vinaigrette
Sliced
Filet of Beef & Braised Short Ribs
Artichoke Truffle Timbale
or
Roasted
Breast of Pheasant & Braised Pheasant Leg
Sauteed Pears & Red Swiss Chard
Selection of Cheese
Melange of Chocolate Desserts
This is a fundraiser for the Writers' Center, so this night of wine and food will not only be a marvelous experience for you but will also help keep the programs that you value alive.
Our organizer and host is HVWC board member, Mark Golodetz, a contributing editor at Wine Enthusiast magazine and head of his own consulting company, Sleepy Hollow Wine Co.
Monday,
March 3, 7 - 10 pm
Cafe Mezé
20 North Central Avenue, Hartsdale
(914-428-2400 for directions)
$115
per person or $215 per couple
($125/$225 after February 28)
To
reserve, call the HVWC at 914-332-5953 by February 28.
Credit card orders accepted.