Oyster Nabe and wine

I mentioned that we hadn't had California Chardonnay for a while, and JC brought back home this wine.
Baxter Chardonnay Mendocino Oppenlander Vineyard 2014

Sweet white flower and citrus. Refreshing sharp acid.
It was a little like Chablis with less ocean elements.

We had this wine with Oyster Nabe (oyster and green onion are cooked in sake, dashi, miso and ginger) and Shungiku Salada (dressing: salt, powdered Chinese stock and sesami oil).

We brought in a rival: Printz Riesling Auslese Rheingau 1999
Beautiful Riesling. It was sweet but not luscious. Acid gave good balance.

Riesling was the better choice for the Nabe: the bitterness in chardonnay collided with the delicate flavor of oyster.

Shungiku is the vegetable with distinct bitterness, and it was good with Chardonnay.

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