Last night to accompany the Meyer lemon chicken breast. Recipe: marinate chicken in fridge with meyer lemon juice and chopped garlic for 1 hour. REmove, dredge through flour (seasoned with salt & Pepper), quick brown in a pan with a little olive oil then deglaze pan with some Chardonnay, pour over the chicken in a baking dish. Place 2 slices of lemon on each breast, a little lemon zest and crumble a little brown sugar. Bake at 375 for about 27 minutes.
2003 Martinelli Chardonnay, Zio Tony Vineyard, Russian River Valley
Opened this to use as the deglazing wine and use in the rice dish and to have a glass while cooking. It’s rich bordering on a little too sweet for me or what I like in a Chard. Plenty of oak spice, honey and pear. It’s 15.2% alcohol but is not hot at all. This wine is pretty tasty but overall a little too much sweetness left me putting the bottle back in the fridge. Even my Chardonnay loving fiancee was not too impressed.
2007 Navarro Chardonnay Table Wine, Mendocino
We had tasted this last weekend during a stop at Navarro so Traci could pick up her Navarro club shipment. This is terrific with zingy acidity, meyer lemons, a little bit of honey…imminently drinkable and a perfect match with the chicken dish. 13.2% alcohol and only $17…a steal at that price!