SOVA is hosting a wine tasting tonight with wines from the Pietra Santa Winery in Monterey, CA. Customers who opt for the tasting will get 2 oz. pours of each of the following wines for $15 and then have the opportunity to place orders for those they enjoy.
The wine tasting starts at 6:30. The information below was provided by SOVA.
About Pietra Santa Wines
Pietra Santa is a family-run estate creating artisanal wines just 25 miles from Monterey Bay in the beautiful Cienega Valley where cooling, maritime breezes that result in vibrant and flavorful wines. The estate's winemaking history dates back to the 1850s and bears the name Pietra Santa or “Sacred Stone” in honor of the unique granite and limestone soils found on the estate and in the best vineyards in the world.
2006 Pietra Santa Chardonnay
Crisp and fresh, this wine features lemongrass, pear and green apple flavors with bright acidity and subtle hints of oak. Lively fruit flavors dominate making this enticing and food-friendly wine great as an aperitif or a natural complement to seafood, chicken or pasta.
Sacred Stone
Ripe, juicy, and expressive, this unique blend features cherry and plum flavors with hints of earth and spice. Sacred Stone is soft and supple with attractive forward fruit and crisp acidity that makes it an ideal match for a wide-range of food. Merlot and Sangiovese from our estate vineyards provide the backbone of the wine, but the Syrah, Carignane, and Grenache add interesting spice and mineral notes.
2004 Pietra Santa Pinot Noir
Made in a traditional small-lot style using open top fermenters punched down by hand with 50% of the grapes fermented as whole clusters, this Pinot Noir offers rich character and vibrant flavors of wild berry, cherry and raspberry with enticing undertones of mocha. Lush and fruity with an elegant finish!
2004 Pietra Santa Sangiovese
Our 2004 Estate Sangiovese tastes of cranberry and Morello cherry with undertones of anise and a supple finish. The Sangiovese is produced exclusively from grapes grown on our estate and showcases winemaker Alessio Carli’s talent with the grape. Growing up in Tuscany, Alessio watched his father make Chianti and later honed his skills at the renowned Badia a Coltibuono. This special wine receives two weeks of extended maceration and two years of aging in seasoned French oak barrels for added depth and roundness.
2005 Pietra Santa Zinfandel
Our Zinfandel is produced from fifty-year old vines on a neighboring vineyard as well as grapes from our own estate including a treasured block planted in 1905. After fermentation, the wine undergoes extended maceration prior to aging for more than 2 years in French and American oak barrels. This bold and earthy Zinfandel tastes of ripe cherries and plums with compliments of toasty oak. It is well balanced with a persistent finish of black pepper and sage.
2002 Pietra Santa Cabernet Sauvignon
Grapes from these older vines yield rich and expressive flavors further enhanced by four weeks of extended skin contact and two years of aging in French oak barrels. The result is a wine with rich black cherry, cassis, tobacco and cocoa flavors with loads of complexity and a supple, elegant finish.
6 comments:
Any word on when the cheeses and other nibbles will arrive?
for all you folks that whine about prices on H St. $15 is a bargain for this event! Full disclosure, I'm not sleeping with the owner of Sova, in fact, I don't even know him and haven't even been to the place yet.
I had my first expeience at the SOVA wine bar last evening. It was simply lovely! Very cozy--the perfect place to unwind after a long day.
Anyway, I also spoke with the owner about the food issue. It seems there are quite a few steps to take before they get an additional permit to serve different foods. Don't worry--it's coming!
In the meantime: go to SOVA, order a glass of wine, and relax.
We will be providing cheese, crackers, grapes an such for the event tonight. It's all included in the event fee of $15. We'll also have a representative from the Pietra Santa Vineyard, in addition to other "wine professionals" .
Hope you can make it. K said it best. It will be a great way to relax after a long work day.
Frank from SOVA
Oh, and just for clarification about the food to come. It's not a permit issue, it's an issue of having to add additional refrigeration and other food service equipment to a space that still needs a bit of carpentry work and a good clean up. It's on the second floor behind the wine bar.
Frank from SOVA
Last night's tasting was a lot of fun! A writer from the Roll Call was there to snap pics for an upcoming article. The wine was quite good and we ordered a couple of bottles at a discount. The
Sommelier was also VERY generous with her pours :-)
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