Happy 2011 !!

I trust all readers had a good time welcoming in the New Year. I spent New Year’s Eve having dinner at DB (Daniel Boulud) Bistro Moderne at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, with a half-bottle of 2004 Ch Cantenac-Brown, SGD95++ from the extensive restaurant list, to go with an excellent sirloin steak. Dark purple. The bouquet is quite gorgeous, generous in its floral fragrance and charm, but one senses some firm minerality as well. On the palate, the wine is feminine in typical Margaux fashion, gentle and rounded with excellent balance, weighty without sacrificing its charm, with secondary flavours of cassis, cinnamon and some complexity from its fruit emerging. Fleshy, though not truly voluptuous. Quite excellent, really. The restaurant’s service, while attentive, lacks polish, but with its attractive upmarket decor, coupled with food that’s very well-prepared at very reasonable prices, I’ll be back at DB Bistro.