Perry's Steakhouse Houston Wine Dinner
For an important business dinner, we dined at Perry's Steakhouse in Katy Texas in suburban Houston. To accompany my Perry's Signature Bone-in Ribeye steak (shown below right) and for the other's steak dinners' accompaniment, we ordered from the wine list two favorite Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons. From the Oakville appellation, Groth Oakville Cab, and from the nearby Stags Leap District, Cliff Lede Stags Leap District Cab, both from the 2014 vintage.
Perry's are recipients of the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence Award for the deep, broad and extensive wine list.
For our special business dinner, we dined in the private alcove room 'Table 79'.
For the dessert course we ordered a wonderful classic Inniskillin Vidal Gold Icewine 2013.
We have visited both Cliff Lede Winery and Groth during several of our Napa Valley Wine Experiences. We also visited the Inniskillin Estate Winery during our Niagara wine region visit back in 2012.
Groth Oakville Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
We drank this one first and while it closely resembled the second Cab, the Cliff Lede below, the Groth was slightly more subdued, less vibrant, hence was best served first for best comparison.
Bright dark garnet color with purple hues, medium full bodied, black berry and black cherry fruits with hints of vanilla black currant, licorice and touch of mint and oak on a smooth tannin laced finish.
RM 91 points.
This was ideal with my bone-in ribeye entree (shown below). This was actually a fairly good value being priced about the median price for a Cal Cab on the Best of Award Spectator wine list.
https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=2664215
Cliff Lede Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
This is the standard Estate bottled Cabernet Sauvignon with fruit sourced from the hillside terraces of the Poetry Vineyard down the road and across the Silverado Trail from the winery, from the Twin Peaks Vineyard estate surrounding the winery, and a few
neighboring vineyards in the Stags Leap District.
This is a consistent crowd pleaser from vintage to vintage. We hold about a half dozen vintages of this label and they seem to hit their stride and be in their peak after a decade of cellaring. The 2006 was a hit during one of our recent wine dinners.
Dark garnet and dense purple in color, full bodied, bright vibrant black berry and black currant fruits with tones of anise, hints of cinnamon spice and oak with firm but smooth tannins on a lingering finish.
RM 91 points. This got 93 points from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate and 91 points from Vinous
https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=2394746
For the dessert course we ordered this marvelous Icewine that was perfect complement to the creme brulee' and other desserts.
Inniskillin Niagara VQA Gold Vidal Icewine 2013
This is classic - what Icewine is supposed to be like in its thick layers of unctuous fruit and sweetness.
Gold colored, full bodied, thick, syrupy with tones of tropical fruit flavors with hints of peaches and apricot and notes of creamy vanilla with notes of brown sugar and crisp acidity.
This is sourced from Vidal fruit taken from Inniskillin’s famous Brae Burn Vineyard – one of Ontario’s most storied vineyards near the Estate.
RM 93 points.
https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=1950250
http://www.perryssteakhouse.com/menu-locations/houston/katy/
For an important business dinner, we dined at Perry's Steakhouse in Katy Texas in suburban Houston. To accompany my Perry's Signature Bone-in Ribeye steak (shown below right) and for the other's steak dinners' accompaniment, we ordered from the wine list two favorite Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons. From the Oakville appellation, Groth Oakville Cab, and from the nearby Stags Leap District, Cliff Lede Stags Leap District Cab, both from the 2014 vintage.
For our special business dinner, we dined in the private alcove room 'Table 79'.
For the dessert course we ordered a wonderful classic Inniskillin Vidal Gold Icewine 2013.
We have visited both Cliff Lede Winery and Groth during several of our Napa Valley Wine Experiences. We also visited the Inniskillin Estate Winery during our Niagara wine region visit back in 2012.
Groth Oakville Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
Bright dark garnet color with purple hues, medium full bodied, black berry and black cherry fruits with hints of vanilla black currant, licorice and touch of mint and oak on a smooth tannin laced finish.
RM 91 points.
This was ideal with my bone-in ribeye entree (shown below). This was actually a fairly good value being priced about the median price for a Cal Cab on the Best of Award Spectator wine list.
https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=2664215
Cliff Lede Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
This is a consistent crowd pleaser from vintage to vintage. We hold about a half dozen vintages of this label and they seem to hit their stride and be in their peak after a decade of cellaring. The 2006 was a hit during one of our recent wine dinners.
Dark garnet and dense purple in color, full bodied, bright vibrant black berry and black currant fruits with tones of anise, hints of cinnamon spice and oak with firm but smooth tannins on a lingering finish.
RM 91 points. This got 93 points from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate and 91 points from Vinous
https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=2394746
For the dessert course we ordered this marvelous Icewine that was perfect complement to the creme brulee' and other desserts.
Inniskillin Niagara VQA Gold Vidal Icewine 2013
Gold colored, full bodied, thick, syrupy with tones of tropical fruit flavors with hints of peaches and apricot and notes of creamy vanilla with notes of brown sugar and crisp acidity.
This is sourced from Vidal fruit taken from Inniskillin’s famous Brae Burn Vineyard – one of Ontario’s most storied vineyards near the Estate.
RM 93 points.
https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=1950250
http://www.perryssteakhouse.com/menu-locations/houston/katy/
