Fine wines -- best without food?

[JamieGoode]

I've thought a lot about food and wine matching recently -- and while I generally think that there is often a synergy between good food and good wine that elevates noth to a higher level, with fine wines I think its different.

I beginning to veer towards the direction that my finest wines are best appreciated on their own. They don't need the synergistic kick from the food, and all the food will be doing is clouding or competing with their subtle complexities.

I was discussing this with a wine buddy on saturday night, and this was his bias, too. Save your finest wines to be savoured on their own.