Tonight’s dinner on a warm Spring evening out on our patio, was a rotisserie’d Pollo Real French Label Rouge 3lb 6oz chicken, stuffed with a sprig of freah bay leaf, and basted with SI Poultry Seasoning and garlic in Blood Otange olive oil; with organic sweet corn, seasoned with black pepper, coarse sea salt and Tuscan EVOO. The chicken was quite tasty with a bit of chewiness, typical of the Label Rouge. It was enjoyable with a 2004 Pierre Chermette Beaujolais - pleasant nose and flavors of bright fruit and bright acidity, and a medium fruity finish. It was a nice bistro-style meal. We were just clearing the table when big drops of rain began to fall. They didn’t last very long, but our timing was good.
Then for dessert, inside in the den watching TiVo’d 24 and NCIS, we had the last of our Ghiradelli Chocolates with a 1996 Dobra Zemlja Amador Zinfandel - rich, ripe earthy berry fruit and good with the chocolate, especially since I had a couple Piroulines to soften the 100% cocoa dark chocolate.