Pinot Noir Tasting at the Edge Steak + Bar at the Four Seasons on Brickell
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - 07:00 PM
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"It's a hard grape to grow. As you know. Right? It's, uh, it's thin-skinned, temperamental, ripens early. It's, you know, it's not a survivor like cabernet, which can just grow anywhere and thrive even when it's neglected. No, pinot needs constant care and attention. You know? And, in fact, it can only grow in these really specific, little tucked-away corners of the world. And only the most patient and nurturing of growers can do it, really. Only somebody who really takes the time to understand pinot's potential can then coax it into its fullest expression."
Miles - Sideways
Pinot Noir has taken the country by storm and since the “Sideways” phenomenon almost everyone in the U.S. that drinks wine has searched out a glass of Pinot Noir to taste what all the excitement is about. This evening we will feature selections from three of the best areas for this varietal in this country: Sonoma, Santa Rita Hills and Oregon. This evening we have one of the most exciting new Pinot Noir producers of California Pali wine company along with one of the pioneers of Oregon, Erath Vineyards.
Check out the listing of events posted through the end of the year at the Edge Steak + Bar, we will be here every other Tuesday night for a unique and different wine tasting event.
This venue has a lot of potential for our events with so many different spaces available at the hotel we will have a variety of different themed events as well as winemaker dinners coming up here in the very near future.
Chef Aaron Brooks will be sending out a few small courses to accompany the tasting wines. The fee for this event is $35 + tax. For reservations call 305-358-3535 or e-mail: maria.torres@fourseasons.com.
Valet Service at the hotel is $9 for three hours.
Pinot Noir Tasting at the Edge Steak + Bar at the Four Seasons on Brickell
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
7:00 PM
Tasting line-up:
2009 Pali Pinot Noir Riviera Sonoma Coast
Price: $21 Sale $18.48 Case $215
This is the entry level wine from Pali and is a blend of several different vineyard sites in the Sonoma Coast fruit. Dark cherry fruit very ripe almost liqueur like in concentration and depth of flavors oriental spices, pretty floral notes. Rich ripe cherry fruit, brown spice, and pretty floral notes with good freshness for such a ripe and lush wine. Finish 40+ Very Good +
2010 Pali Pinot Noir Alphabets Willamette Valley
Price: $22.25 Sale $19.58 Case $227
The 2010 vintage in Oregon was cooler than in 2008 or 2009, resulting in wines that are more typically Oregonian, with deeper, earthier flavors, as opposed to candied, ripe fruit. A smoky minty nuance to the red cherry and strawberry fruit, a nice amount of spice on the nose here very pretty. A good amount of that spice for the nose showing up on the palate with smooth velvety tannins and lovely freshness bright raspberry and strawberry fruit through the finish. Finish 40+ Excellent
2009 Pali Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills Fiddlestix Vineyard
Price: $51 Sale $44.88 Case $521
A very pretty bouquet with a pot pouree of flowers delicious red cherry pie like fruit and exotic spices. Sweet red berry fruit on the tongue with silky smooth texture and very elegant showing lots of that floral perfumed nuance from the nose through the finish. Finish 40+ Excellent + Only 110 cases produced.
2008 Pali Pinot Noir Shea Vineyard Willamette Valley
Price: $51 Sale $44.88 Case $521
Shea Vineyard in Willamette Valley, Oregon is owned by Dick and Deirdre Shea and was first planted with wine grapes in 1989. Today Shea Vineyard has 135 acres planted with Pinot Noir and another 5 acres planted with Chardonnay. The vineyard sits on sedimentary soil over fractured sandstone. Shea Vineyard is one of only 32 farms out of 500 in the Yamhill River basin that has been recognized by the Conservation Security Program as "meeting the highest standards of conservation and environmental management."
A good amount of spice on the nose with black raspberry fruit, minty notes very exotic spice, very complex. A big Pinot Noir with lots of spice and minty notes to the finish very fresh and bright finish smooth velvety tannins but with very good freshness and that minty note. Finish 45+ Excellent +
2009 Erath Pinot Noir Estate Willamette Valley
Price: $35 Sale $30.80 Case $357
Winery Notes: Erath's Estate Selection is a blend of the finest vineyard sites from across the Willamette Valley. If Oregon’s beauty could be captured in a bottle, it might be found in Erath’s 2009 Estate Selection Pinot Noir. Comforting wafts of balsam, vanilla and bay leaf swirl together with characteristic fresh cherry and soft floral notes. A bright palate of red plums and currants affords a sweet, juicy entry that builds and flows with a subtle smokiness, seamlessly surrendering to a lingering finish.
2010 Erath Pinot Noir Leland Willamette Valley
Price: $39.50 Sale $34.76 Case $403
Winery Notes: A classic nose showcasing red currant and cherry flavors is vanilla spiced and scented with a tantalizing whisper of cinnamon-laced chocolate. The cherry notes carry through the palate, blending with cranberry and soothing mid-palate graham. A silky mouth feel yields to a characteristic – and pleasing – lift of Leland acidity.
2010 Erath Pinot Noir Prince Hill
Price: $42.00 Sale $36.96 Case $429
Layered and complex, this Pinot invites you to linger and explore. The first swirl reveals warm fragrances of sandalwood, rising bread dough and graham that later also reveal hints of mint and aromatic carnation. A sweet entry of framboise yields to a silky mouthful of cherry, root-beer and baking spice. The lingering finish leaves a soothing vanilla-infused impression.
Menu:
Chestnut and Foie Gras Soup, Black Pepper Grissini
La Belle Farms Duck, Drunken Cherries, Maitake Mushrooms, Eggplant Puree
A bit about Pali Winery:
In 2005, entrepreneurs Tim Perr and Scott Knight pooled their resources and their passions to found a winery dedicated to producing small lots of artisan Pinot Noir that they loved to drink.
They established a state-of-the-art winery and tasting room in the town of Lompoc, CA and named the winery “Pali,” after their hometown Pacific Palisades on the coast just west of Los Angeles. Today, Pali Wine Co. produces a Cuvee series of wines defined by their appellation of origin and named for different neighborhoods in the Pacific Palisades. They also produce a very limited amount of vineyard-designate wines.
The goal at Pali is to make wines that speak well of their origin and their varietal, and to bring those wines to the consumer at the best price without compromising quality. While Pinot Noir remains their first love and a significant part of the production at Pali. They also produce a few other varietals when they have the opportunity to make a wine they think is worthy of sharing.
Pali’s appellation cuvée program wines offer the opportunity to affordably explore premium, appellation-specific Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and select other varietals. Each of these wines is named for neighborhoods in their hometown of Pacific Palisades, CA.
Pali’s vineyard-designate wines allow for the exploration of top vineyard sites on the West Coast. These wines are strictly allocated and are from carefully-farmed, distinct and recognized vineyards and are handcrafted using small-lot, minimally-invasive winemaking at Pali’s winery in Lompoc, CA.
With the exception of the Proprietors’ Reserve wine and large format bottles, all Pali Wine Co. wines are enclosed with screwcaps. They came to the wine business first as wine lovers and collectors, and they felt it important that their investment, and that of their customers, be both protected and accessible for maximum enjoyment.
They have an expert team in charge of ensuring excellence in every step of Pali’s growth and development. Tim Perr is their Managing Partner. Scott Knight, who joined Perr to form Perr&Knight in 1994, heads up sales with National Sales Director Gary White. Stacey Rosser, Pali’s first employee and former bank lending officer and market researcher, is manager of direct sales, compliance and marketing. It’s a small but dynamic team with a passion for start-ups.
Pali Wines Available:
CHARDONNAY CHARM ACRES SONOMA COAST 2010
Price: $19.50 Sale $17.16 Case $199
Red delicious apple and pineapple like fruit on the nose with a touch of fresh buttered toast and light mineral notes. Fresh and fruity on the tongue with a light stone like mineral quality , fresh peach and apple blossom notes on the finish. Finish 35+ Still like apple juice on the nose, holding together nicely but not gaining in complexity, a light salty note on the finish. Very Good
PINOT NOIR ALPHABETS WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2010
Price: $22.25 Sale $19.58 Case $227
The 2010 vintage in Oregon was cooler than in 2008 or 2009, resulting in wines that are more typically Oregonian, with deeper, earthier flavors, as opposed to candied, ripe fruit. A smoky minty nuance to the red cherry and strawberry fruit, a nice amount of spice on the nose here very pretty. A good amount of that spice for the nose showing up on the palate with smooth velvety tannins and lovely freshness bright raspberry and strawberry fruit through the finish. Finish 40+ Excellent
PINOT NOIR RIVIERA SONOMA COAST 2010
Price: $21 Sale $18.48 Case $215
The 2010 "Riviera" Pinot Noir is light ruby in color, with a lovely nose of cherry, cranberry, blackberry, Asian spice, and gunpowder. The palate is rich and layered, with powerful flavors of black cherry, blackberry, sassafras and spice. The finish turns lighter with raspberry flavors lingering overtop of earthy, rustic tannins that will lengthen with time.
PINOT NOIR RIVIERA SONOMA COAST Magnum 2009
Price: $42 Sale $36.96 Case $215
Black raspberry and cherry fruit with notes of oriental spice, light floral nuance and a touch of fresh earth. A smooth and silky wine on the palate with bright raspberry fruit and a nice touch of spice and pretty floral notes on the finish. A bit more stuffing here than the Alphabets. Finish 40 Excellent
PINOT NOIR SUMMIT SANTA RITA HILLS 2010
Price: $31.50 Sale $27.72 Case $322
Wild strawberry and raspberry coulis like fruit on the nose with pretty floral notes with a touch of spice very well endowed bouquet. A rhubarb and cherry liqueur like fruit jammy on the tongue with silky smooth velvety tannins very big but has lots of everything, a very well endowed Pinot Noir with lots of sweet fruit a big hand of alcohol and is still fresh on the finish. Finish 40+ Excellent
PINOT NOIR WINDSOR OAKS RUSSIAN RIVER 2010
Price: $52.50 Sale $46.20 Case $536
This is a new vineyard source for Pali with raspberry coulis like fruit very ripe and forward with fresh rose petal floral notes with light toasted oak nuance. A very floral wine on the palate also with again a lot of forward fruit and a bit hot but still has nice balance and a touch of spice. Finish 40+ Excellent +
PINOT NOIR MOMTAZI WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2008
Price: $53.25 Sale $46.86 Case $544
PINOT NOIR SHEA WILLAMETTE VALLEY 2008
Price: $51 Sale $44.88 Case $521
One of the most famous vineyards in the Willamette, Shea produces incredibly complex wines with depth and longevity. A good amount of spice on the nose with black raspberry fruit, minty notes very exotic spice, very complex. A big Pinot Noir with lots of spice and minty notes to the finish very fresh and bright finish smooth velvety tannins but with very good freshness and that minty note. Finish 45+ Excellent +
PINOT NOIR FIDDLE STIX SANTA RITA HILLS 2009
Price: $51 Sale $44.88 Case $521
A very pretty bouquet with a pot pouree of flowers delicious red cherry pie like fruit and exotic spices. Sweet red berry fruit on the tongue with silky smooth texture and very elegant showing lots of that floral perfumed nuance from the nose through the finish. Finish 40+ Excellent + Only 110 cases produced.
Another Project from the folks at Pali Winery - Tower 15
This label is dedicated to Rhone varietals and these are becoming very hot in the Paso Robles region of California and are some of the best values in the wine market today.
2010 Tower 15 Grenache Blanc Paso Robles
Price: $20.75 Sale $18.26 Case $212
The grapes come from Sexton Vineyards, 1100 cases producedThis is the second winery for Pali with notes of white flowers and melon like fruit with and a floral and mineral note. Nice ripe white peach and melon fruit on the tongue with notes of fresh white flowers and that mineral clean finish, balanced and fresh finish. Finish 35+ Very Good
2010 Tower 15 The Jetty Paso Robles
Price: $23 Sale $20.24 Case $235
A blend of 62% Grenache, 33% Syrah and 5% Mourvedre all from purchased fruit. Fresh berry pie fruit, blackberry and blueberry fruit on the nose with pretty violet floral tones and black licorice spice. Sweet berry fruit on the tongue with a good amount of that floral perfume on the finish, a good amount of sweet fruit but still has nice freshness through the finish. Finish 35+ Very Good +
2009 Tower 15 The Swell Paso Robles
Price: $23 Sale $20.24 Case $235
A blend of 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Petit Verdot with a good amount of dark pepper spice and violet floral notes with dark damp earth and some bitter chocolate notes through the finish. Big and juicy black cherry fruit on the tongue with dark currant and cassis fruit, smooth tannins very ripe and rich with notes of dark earth and spice but the focus here is one the ripe rich fruit very drinkable style. Finish 35+ Very Good +
2009 Tower 15 Petite Sirah Paso Robles
Price: $20.75 Sale $18.26 Case $212
Dark blackberry and blueberry like fruit on the nose with a liqueur like quality very intense fruit, black soy, bitter coco and sweet tobacco spice. Dense and rich with layers smooth silky tannins very big and chewy with lots of jammy fruit with violet floral notes through the finish with notes of black soy and blueberry jam on the finish. Finish 40+ Very Good +
They also have a little dessert wine for the sweet tooth that is Excellent and a very good value for this category of Botrytis or Sauternes like dessert wines.
2008 The Central Late Harvest Chardonnay Santa Maria Valley (375ml)
Price: $27 Sale $23.76 Case $276
A lovely honeyed quality and ripe peach very ripe and forward with exotic spices and hibiscus floral notes to the nose. A very rich and decadent wine on the tongue with layers of sweet creamy fruit hints of butterscotch, the fruit for this comes from the old Sierra Madre vineyard from Byron. Lovely sweetness with a long and balanced finish. Finish 40 Excellent +
