Spain and Sri Lanka

One wouldn't automatically pair Spanish wine with Sri Lankan food... but that's exactly what we did and we enjoyed ourselves quite a bit! We started at Tinto Fino - which is an adorable Spanish wine shop in the East Village. The owner offered us this wine to taste:

Sumarroca Dry Muscat $14.00 2006 Sauvingnon Blanc/Aires light, refreshing, floral, peach, citrus, orange
She then suggested 6 more wines which we took with us to the Sri Lankan restaurant next door called Sigiri. We were warned that Sri Lankan food is quite spicy and tried to pair accordingly.

Peitan $14.00 2008 Albariño sour apple, bright grassy, no nose. DRY mouth, fresh tasting, big in the mouth. We had this wine with the Gothamba Roll (a doughy pancake filled w/ beef) and Dhal Vada (lentil patties --pictured).










Las Brisas $12.00
2008 Verdejo
citrus, tastes like grapefruit, smooth moth feel, tart

Next course was quite a few plates -- Chicken Lamprais, string hoppers, pork black curry, pittu (coconut rice) and hoppers - pictured.







Ilurce Rosado $12.00
2008 Tempranillo
strawberry, dry, smells like buttery, syrupy, heavy. The best pairing with the food.

Banaza $14.00
2008 Mencia
We LOVED this wine. Tastes like a Pinot but with more structure. Sweet cherry, tobacco

For Dessert we had Watalappan which is a pudding of coconut milk, palm sugar, cashew nuts & spices (pictured) and Banana Fritters.



Arbanta $13.00
2008 Tempranillo
the only thing my notes said was "confused!!" but that had nothing to do with the wine!
We liked this one but were too far into the stories of our lives to to comment!!

Clos del Pinell $14.00
2006 40% Grenache, 30% Morenillo, 20% Mazuela, 10% Syrah
dry mouth, tannins, plum, deep cherry color, jammy