We have aperitif hour at Maison Boulud. The tasting platter is disappointing for a fine French restaurant. Have they ever heard of French bread? There is a salmon offering over a plain white bread. Seriously?
With the rather ordinary pate, they serve pita bread. Really? And the frites are average, even McDonalds are better.
We had hoped to again people watch the parade down the boardwalk. It is Friday and their upstairs is slammed with Friday night happy hour. We're relegated to a table in the main restaurant.
CJ spies a wine sampler flight. 6 wines. It's expensive but the wines appear premium. The Indian sommelier who serves them up is a pleasant bonus. The bubbly is a Blanc de Blancs.
Next up a pair of white wines, a Chablis unwooded Chardonnay and a white Bordeaux from Graves, a blend of Semillon and Sauvignon Banc. We had ordered a sampler for one hoping we could make each serving work for the two of us. The pours are monstrous for a sampling flight.
On to the red wines. The first is a fine Pinot Noir from the Gevry-Chambertain appellation of Burgundy. It is a 2022 wine made from old vines.
The star of the show is next up. We last had a wine from this producer some 30 years ago. The next red is 2012 Chateau Lynch Bages from Paulliac in Bordeaux. It is luscious and a beast. As James would say, "Give it a few years." This 14 year old will be drinking just fine in ten to twenty years!
The flight concludes with a Sauternes, a desert wine from the sub-region of Barsac in Bordeaux.
It was incredible fun, perhaps the best tasting flight ever; certainly the most expensive ever. That said, we cannot complain about value based on both quality and quantity.
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