Annual Cliff Lede valentine's dinner in their tank room. Always a great time with wine, food, live music (plenty of pours on the wine)
WINES:
2015 FEL Brut sparkling
2021 Cliff Lede Marla Blanc(semillon)
2020 FEL Pinot Noir
2019 Cliff Lede High Fidelity cab
2009 Cliff Lede Songbook cab
2019 Cliff Lede Songbook cab
DINNER:
Appetizers of Kumamoto oysters, Maine lobster arancini, goat cheese coquette.
Beet Salad
Potato gnocchi with truffle
Prime beef tenderloin with truffles
Chocolate framboise and red velvet cake — 10 months ago
I really liked this one. Would buy again $6 — 3 years ago
Sour and peppery — 2 years ago
A real pleasure to drink. 2007 is in a great window of cellar age. Still showing loads of black fruit, cassis, dark chocolate. Some minty freshness and eucalyptus. Very soft, plush palate. — 5 months ago
Last night we opened the 2019 Cliff Lede Napa Valley Claret Bordeaux Blend. Twin Peaks Vineyard Yountville, California. A blend of 73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot.
On the nose the is black cherry, blackberry, fig, black currant, cassis, vegital notes, vanilla and dark soil.
On the palate there is black cherry, blackberry, black plum, black plum, lack currant, bell pepper, chocolate covered cherry and gravel.
This wine is full bodied with a velvety mouthfeel medium to medium + acidity and medium to medium + soft smooth fine tannins that move seamlessly into a long black fruit pencil lead finish. Looks to be a great weekend. Please stay safe and be healthy. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 6 months ago
Juicy, authentic and refreshing so fruitful with passion fruit 🍊 and citrus tangerine, grassy yet the sweet fruity brings the layer with its long finishings of fresh fruit and summery vibe
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Tropical summery flower with a rainbow on top
🌈 — 3 years ago
Jess
Deep ruby color.
Aromas of ripe dark fruit, spice, black pepper...almost herbal.
Dry. Flavors of fresh ripe blackberry, black pepper, cinnamon, soft licorice. Medium-rich, velvety tannins.
Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 3/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 2 months ago