Terroirs

Mr DB and I had a long overdue catchup with Mr J and Mr D on Wednesday eve. We had dinner at Terroirs just behind The Strand on Mr J & D's recommendation and what a find! Although they had run out of a few dishes (our first choices) the food was fabulous as was the wine.

We drank the Clos du Gravillas 2008, produced by Nicole & John Bojanowski, from the Languedoc which is an organic wine made from a blend of 6 grapes including Carignan, Syrah, Mourvèdre and Counoise. Very fruity: ripe raspberry and blackberry with a liquoricey, mineral edge.

However, I was tempted to order this from the Minerve, just purely from the description: Fontédicto, produced by Bernard & Cécile Bellahsen:

One man, one woman, one horse.

The mind boggles. Definitely one for next time...

As for the food, the duck scratchings were amazing (hate to think of the calorie value!) and I had the bavette, rare. Cooked to perfection. Dieting in the new year is going to be a bitch.