The Great Unknowns

     Thursday February 19, 2009

Reservations Closed
Course Pairing / Description Wine
PROSCUITTO WRAPPED ASPARAGUS
GARLIC CROSTINI WITH SHAVED ASIAGO CHEESE

ORGANIC BASIL FED ESCARGOT
HERB BRUSHED PUFF PASTRY, CREAME SPINACH
Tormaresca Neprica 2007
PORTUGESE SEAFOOD PAELLA STEW CHORIZO SAUSAGE, CHICKEN, SHRIMP & CLAMS IN RICH SAFFRON-TOMATO BROTH
Domini Duoro 2003
GRILLED E.V.O.O. MARINATED ENDIVE & ORGANIC GREENS RADICCHIO, ROASTED ONIONS, KALAMATA OLIVES, MICRO HERBS, SHAVED ASIAGO
Serra da Estrella Albarino 2007
GRECIAN KATAFI CRUSTED COLLOSSAL SHRIMP CUCUMBER, GRAPE TOMATO & FETA SALAD, LEMON -HERB BUTTER
Vatistas Assyrtiko 2006
GRILLED ARGENTINIAN MARINATED RIBEYE CAP CHIMMICHIURI ROASTED FINGERLING POTATO, SHALLOTS & BACON, GRILLED JUMBO ASPARAGUS
Graffigna Malbec Grand Reserve 2004
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.
Betts & Scholl Grenache 2006