Field trip yesterday to N. Dallas. That always means a restaurant
exploration. We found a French "Provencal Bistro" style place called
Lavendou and had a somewhat pedestrian heavy lunch. I started with
escargot (I know, cliche--but I hadn't had any in at least fifteen
years, so I thought maybe something had changed. It hadn't.) SWMBO did
a goat cheese topped salad, which she reported as excellent.

Main course for me was a rare top sirloin topped with a maitre'd pate,
which wasn't too bad. Accompanied with mixed mini-vegetables (did I
mention cliche?) and "pommes frites"--which were McDonald's extrusion
fries, only slightly crisper. Wife had lamb chops with same
accompaniments. Probably not a place to revisit.

But, the wine was good. Label was "La Roche d'Argent", Margaux '02.
Bottled in the "region" not at chateau, so probably some sort of
negociant/combine operation.

Color was a deep brown with good legs. Nose was prune and stewed dark
fruits with a bit of leather and sandalwood lurking. Good mouthfeel
and follow through of dark fruits, leather, mocha and maybe a very
slight tinge of barnyard funk. I thought it was quite good for a very
young Bdx.

Anybody know anything about this label? Can't find it at Sam's,
Zachy's, PJ's or even wine-searcher.com. Did see it on the wine list
of another French restaurant in the area, which will be next
excursion's repast.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
www.thunderchief.org
www.thundertales.blogspot.com

Sorry, Ed, no help. Does sound like a negociant label. Margaux the
appelation seems to have been doing well last few vintages (after kind
of lagging in late 80s & 90s) .