Perfect Pairing - Wines for Four Courses: Brut Rose, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Cabernet Sauvignon

Create a perfect meal around these four beautifully balanced, food-friendly wines. Bubbles with oysters? Or endive salad? Chardonnay with risotto? Lobster salad?  Pinot with lamb chops? Cab with portobello? Steak? You can't go wrong with this lineup. So, invite some friends over and open some wine. 

Domaine Carneros - 2019 Brut Rose, 750mL - 1 Bottle

Produced in méthode traditionnelle and aged for three years, this wine expresses great balance while emphasizing fruity and floral characteristics. Rosé wines are often believed to be made only from Pinot Noir, but the best, including ours, have Chardonnay added for structure. The latest vintage of our beloved Brut Rosé entices with luscious notes of rose petal, honeysuckle, and grilled peaches.

Name of Winery: Domaine Carneros

Bottle Size: 750mL

Number of Bottles: One

Varietal: 58% Pinot Noir, 42% Chardonnay

Appellation: Carneros

Domaine Carneros is a singular Napa Valley winery best known as a small grower-producer of méthode traditionelle sparkling wine, Pinot Noir, estate vineyards, and a breathtakingly beautiful château. Founded by the noble family behind Champagne Taittinger, Domaine Carneros was established in 1987 when Claude Taittinger selected a 138-acre parcel in the heart of Carneros, Napa Valley, wisely choosing Eileen Crane -- often referred to as America's doyenne of Sparkling Wine -- to oversee the development of the Taittinger style in Carneros. In 2020, after 33 years, Crane passed the torch to a new CEO, Remi Cohen, whose role carries on the Taittinger tradition of visionary female leadership.

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Groth 2020 Chardonnay, Hillview Vineyard, Napa Valley, 750mL - 1 Bottle

This single-vineyard Napa Valley Chardonnay is sourced exclusively from the Groth family’s Hillview Estate south of Yountville. This limited-production wine highlights the beautiful fruit — with sweet peach, citrus and exotic tropical notes, along with an underlying minerality — that so often exemplifies white wines from the Oak Knoll District.

Name of Winery: Groth Vineyards and Winery

Bottle Size: 750mL

Number of Bottles: One

Varietal: Chardonnay

Appellation: Napa Valley

South of Yountville, tucked alongside the foothills of the Mayacamas in the Oak Knoll District, our Hillview Estate benefits from the cooling breezes of the San Pablo Bay. We purchased the 44-acre site in 1982 in search of an excellent Merlot source to blend with our Cabernets. Napa Valley’s sub-appellations did not yet exist back then, so we had no concern about whether the property fell within Oakville limits; we simply sought out the best Merlot vineyard we could find.

In 1996, our second winemaker, Michael Weis, saw that the site’s micro-climate and diverse soil types were ideal for growing world-class Chardonnay, so we strategically replanted 26 acres to the variety, reserving approximately 12 acres of our finest Merlot vines.

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B Cellars 2018 Pinot Noir, Calesa Vineyard, Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County, 750mL - 1 Bottle

Calesa Vineyard is located in Petaluma Gap, California’s newest AVA and a region steeped in history. The vineyard name pays homage to that history when the property served as a resting stop for horse drawn calesas, Spanish or buggy or stagecoach. Planted in shallow, rocky soils on steep hillsides, Calesa’s vines thrive in the coastal wind and cooler temperatures. Dramatic temperature shifts allow enough mid-day warmth to ripen the fruit before chilly afternoon wind and fog flow through the “wind gap” that is the hallmark of this AVA. Wines from this vineyard distinctly showcase their place of origin and are truly deserving of the single vineyard designation.

Name of Winery: B Cellars

Bottle Size: 750mL

Number of Bottles: One

Varietal: Pinot Noir

Appellation: Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County

From B Cellars: Our vision embraces responsible use and protection of our natural environment through conservation and sustainable business practices. Central to B Cellars purpose is maintaining equilibrium between guest engagement through curated, highly personalized wine and food pairing experiences and the primary use of the winery as an agricultural facility. 

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Pott Wines 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, 750mL - 1 Bottle

The 2019 is singing with life and achieves perfect balance. Plum, toffee, cherry, sage, honey comb and roast beef, finishing with very tight grained tannin toffee, vanilla, coffee, black cherry, plum and dark chocolate lingering and fading in the end.

Name of Winery: Aaron & Claire Pott and Daughters

Bottle Size: 750mL

Number of Bottles: One

Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon

Appellation: Napa Valley

Eminent Napa winemaker, Aaron Pott, began his passion project known as Pott Wines after around 25 years of professional experience in the industry. The focus is on hand crafted wines sourced from vineyard sites all over Napa, including Pott’s 1/3 acre vineyard on Mt. Veeder which he self-titled, “Chateauneuf du Pott.” With his vineyard expertise and connections throughout wine regions across the world, Pott Wines express the wonderful eccentricities of the time and place of grapes and their terroir.  

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