The Great Unknowns
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The Great Unknowns
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Doors open at 6:30 PM for registration & hors d'oeuvres. Dinner begins at 7:00 PM sharp.
Menu & Wine Pairings
Tormaresca Neprica 2007
PROSCUITTO WRAPPED ASPARAGUS
GARLIC CROSTINI WITH SHAVED ASIAGO CHEESE
ORGANIC BASIL FED ESCARGOT
HERB BRUSHED PUFF PASTRY, CREAME SPINACH
GARLIC CROSTINI WITH SHAVED ASIAGO CHEESE
ORGANIC BASIL FED ESCARGOT
HERB BRUSHED PUFF PASTRY, CREAME SPINACH
Domini Duoro 2003
PORTUGESE SEAFOOD PAELLA STEW
CHORIZO SAUSAGE, CHICKEN, SHRIMP & CLAMS IN RICH SAFFRON-TOMATO BROTH
Serra da Estrella Albarino 2007
GRILLED E.V.O.O. MARINATED ENDIVE & ORGANIC GREENS
RADICCHIO, ROASTED ONIONS, KALAMATA OLIVES, MICRO HERBS, SHAVED ASIAGO
Vatistas Assyrtiko 2006
GRECIAN KATAFI CRUSTED COLLOSSAL SHRIMP
CUCUMBER, GRAPE TOMATO & FETA SALAD, LEMON -HERB BUTTER
Graffigna Malbec Grand Reserve 2004
GRILLED ARGENTINIAN MARINATED RIBEYE CAP CHIMMICHIURI
ROASTED FINGERLING POTATO, SHALLOTS & BACON, GRILLED JUMBO ASPARAGUS
Betts & Scholl Grenache 2006
FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE TORTE & GRILLED BANANA
BROWN BUTTER CARAMEL, FRESH BERRIES, CHOCOLATE CIGARETTE
The palate of the "O.G." is elegant and ethereal, with confetti-like strands of strawberry, raspberry, sweet cooked fruits mixing with whispy notes of bramble, pine needles, crushed flower petals, potpourri and spice. With time in the glass, the wine gains a darker complexity - orange zest and roasted earth providing a background to the technicolor strawberry and raspberry.