2011 Littorai Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

We had our friend over for dinner during the middle of the week. We wanted to begin dinner with oysters, so we drove to Matunuck Oyster Bar in South Kingstown, Rhode Island where they will sell you oysters that you can shuck yourself. We were directed to the oyster bar where Mike, with an obvious passion for his job, explained the three different types of oysters they had on sale that day and gave me a taste of one of the Quonsets. Yumm! Mike also showed my husband how to shuck the oyster, it took him only a few seconds and made shucking look easy. We bought the Quonsets and the Matunucks for dinner. We drank a 2014 Chateau D'Epire Savennières with the oysters and the acidity of the Savennières was the perfect foil for the oysters. This is what we hope to be able to do, pair our Chenin Blanc wines with the local seafood and it appears that oysters will be the perfect match!

For our main course, my husband made pan seared duck breasts with berry sauce, an Internet recipe courtesy of Chef Robert Irvine. A fresh green salad with tarragon vinegar, honey mustard dressing and mushroom wild rice were the accompanying dishes. We paired the meal with this 2011 Littorai Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir.
We toured the Littorai facility in 2012, but we did not buy any wine at that time and always regretted it. Somehow we acquired this singular bottle of Littorai Pinot Noir and enjoyed it with our meal. The only thing that I can recall is that this Pinot Noir was perfect with the duck breast---I was too busy enjoying the company of our friend and the meal that my husband prepared, to critique the wine. May be next time we find ourselves in the possession of another Littorai, I can be more analytical.