Natural Wine with M. Lapierre, Raisins Gaulois, Beaujolais, France, 2011 (and Northern Style Jambalaya)

If you want to do more reading on this wine and it's history, head over to:
Remembering Marcel Laperrier
Kermit Lynch's Bio on Marcel
Sommier Journal's interview with Mathieu

As for the wine, it is light, clean an persistent. It floats on the palate with a cleansing finish. I don't know how many times I can repeat the same thing. It's paring very well with Northern Style Jambalaya.


Northern Style Jambalaya: 

Ingredients:
1 Thyme Sprig
1 Diced clove of garlic
3 Stalks of Celery
2 Bell Peppers
4 Carrots
1 Spanish onion
1/4 cup of chives.
1 28oz can of diced tomatoes (or fresh)
3 Fresh Roma tomatoes.
1 bay leaf
4 Tbs butter
Roughly 3 Tbs four
Chicken Stock
Red Wine (Light red wine, like a Pinot Noir or Gammay.)
20 oz of Aborio Rice.
1lb Bratwurst sausages.
2 Cans of beer
Salt/Pepepr

Corseley chop the vegetables and put in bowl. Set aside.

In a 4 quart pot pour your beer, fill with water and bring to a boil. Add Brats and cook 3/4 of the way through.

When the sausage is about 1/4 of the way cooked, melt 4 tbs of butter in a large pot add enough four to make a mush. This is your roux, let it turn golden brown and add the chopped veggies (minus the tomatoes) and cook until they sweat out. Drain tomatoes and add them along with enough wine to replace the liquid drained from the can. Bring mixture to a simmer. When the sausage is 3/4 of the way done cut it up into discs and brown in an 8 in omelet pan.

After a few minuets and add the rice and sausage. Stir and add chicken stock to the top of the mixture. Wait, when the rice absorbs all the liquid, add some more chicken stock. Continue to add stock until rice is done. You can add wine if you want. When the rice is done so is your Northern Rice dish. Salt and pepper to taste.