This is a very earthy dish – the farro and almond milk cooked to create porridge. A great combo with the young lamb (it’s a mother’s milk approach), whereas the black fermented garlic and the carrots are deep and earthy.Wine match Vasse Felix Cabernet Merlot 2010, Margaret River, WA
This is a beautiful dish that balances intense and earthy flavours on the one hand, with the complex interplay of lots of subtle ingredients on the other. Lamb rump would normally crave a big cabernet, but this might just overpower the rest of the dish. So, a variation on the same theme leads us to a medium-bodied cabernet merlot blend from a moderate climate region like Margaret River. Vasse Felix is legendary in the region and this wine combines elegance with pure fruit and lovely soft tannins. It will give work well with the lamb without killing the other flavours in the dish.
-Dan Coward