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Wine Dinner Before Wine Tour!

Wine Dinner Before Wine Tour!

Saturday, 25 June 2022 12:36
Wine Tour to Provence with Jean-Chrsitian Rostagni and Contrast Tours - Want to Know More?
 
Join Jean-Christian and some of the travelers at RendezVous on July 6th
This dinner is to give a taste of some of the wines, and of what you could be doing during a wine tour in Provence. The dinner is very convivial, all at one table, sharing the food, discussing the wines, and solving some of the world's most persistent problems.
 
There will be pétanque before dinner, since Asheville is graced with RendezVous's superb pétanque facility (with "boules" available for you to play)
 
Pétanque is at 5:45
Dinner is at 7:30 at RendezVous

Only 12 seats available
$90 per person including gratuity and taxes
All the wines will be available for purchase through MetroWines.

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SALADE DE BETTERAVE AU CHÈVRE Roasted beets tossed with apples, walnuts, local goat cheese & Dijon mustard vinaigrette, served on fresh mixed greens
 
CHATEAU ROMANIN AOP BAUX DE PROVENCE BLANC 2019, BIODYNAMIC
Vermentino 40%, Roussanne 24%, Clairette 22%, Grenache Blanc 14%. Decanter Gold Medal with 95 Rating.

This is a stunning white, all in minerality. Superb balance and complexity, with delicate notes of melon, mirabelle.
STEAK AU POIVRE Beef‎ shoulder tenderloin steak encrusted with crushed black pepper, sautéed, & smothered in a Cognac cream sauce. Served with our house vegetable medley and pommes frites
 
DOMAINE ROSE DIEU, SAINTE CÉCILE LES VIGNES OLD VINES, 2018
50% Grenache, 25% Syrah, 25% Mourvèdre
Juicy and round, this Côtes du Rhône Villages delivers the sun from this terroir, with an abondance of cherry and a generous medium body.
 
PATRICK GALANT CAIRANNE VIEILLES VIGNES 2016
80% Grenache, 20% Syrah. 12 months in small oak casts.
A lot of depth and complexity in this classique superior cru, with aromas of violette, cherry, leather on a tamed full body with rounded tannins.
 
SCANADRE ROUGE, COSTIÈRES DE NÎMES 2011
50% Syrah, 20% Carignan, 15% Grenache, 15% Mourvèdre
A superb wine, 11 years old and totally fresh. Lots of depth and complexity with a dominance of cherry and griottes, and an overtone of cacao.
 
MOUSSE AU CHOCOLAT
Save little of the red wines above, notably the Scamandre, to enjoy this dessert fully.
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