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| Sam Coturri of Winery Sixteen 600 with chef Nick Demarest of Baker and Cook |
I can't think of anyone who has done more to promote Grenache, a climate smart–I would add climate sane–grape that can express the best of California than Phil Coturri and his son Sam, who run the family winery Winery Sixteen 600 in Sonoma. So, as International Grenache Day is just three days away (Friday), you may want to know how to celebrate what Sam Coturri (is he joking or not?) calls the "most important holiday of the year."
It is with great pleasure to let you know their team, together with Baker and Cook chef Nick Demarest, are offering a special pairing of the Coturri's outstanding Grenache (and a few more of their wines). See video on Instagram for more.
See menu below. (Boldings are mine and are wines I have regularly reviewed for Slow Wine Guide over years.)
The rosé alone is simply astounding, made with famed Rhone winemaker Philippe Cambie's protocols and formerly under his guidance. It's now made under the hand of his collaborator and a Rhone winemaker in her own right–Isabel Gassier, a fifth generation vigneron from the Southern Rhone region.
Oh and maybe I forgot to mention Phil Coturri has been the organic rockstar vineyardist in Sonoma–as well as in Napa–he recently completed a huge replant at Mayacamas, in addition to his ongoing work at Oakville Ranch in Napa, new work at Neotempo)–for decades. He was also "instrumental" in getting the Moon Mountain appellation created. It may well be the most organic AVA in the North Coast.
In the AVA, he planted, farmed or farms for Hamel Family, Lasseter, Kamen, Moon Hollow, Repris, Stone Edge and more, including Dick Arrowood's no longer organic estate at Amapola Creek; sold upon his retirement as well as Phil's own three acre estate. That organic culture has spread, and now Gallo is on the verge of certifying its historic Monte Rosso vineyard, the old vines where Coturri grew up learning how to farm wine grapes.
Together with the Otellini family, he turned Rossi Ranch into another fine spot for Grenache–To Kalon for Grenache as
Phil Coturri magically managed to let the Miner family allow him to plant Grenache on their hallowed Cabernet site, Oakville Ranch in Napa, a mountaintop vineyard full of volcanic soils and a site every 100 point winemaker in Napa wants to make wine from (as some have done).
Space is limited. Here is the announcement from their Instagram feed.
GRENACHE DAY DINNER!
Join our own @grapeswithaview & friends at @bakerandcooksonoma (https://www.instagram.com/bakerandcooksonoma/?locale=zh_tw&hl=ar) this Friday, September 20 for a very special pairing menu. Call (707) 509-9225 for reservations.
first course:
duck rilletes and duck liver mousse toasts with apples, radishes, mint, micro greens and lemon
á deux têtes, 2022, grenache rosé, sonoma valley
second course:
grilled shrimp, canard farm melon and soba noodle salad with ginger-sesame vinaigrette, spicy peanuts, crispy shallots, cilantro and basil
sixteen 600, 2022, rossi homage blanc, sonoma valley
the entrée:
lamb shoulder braised in grenache with paul’s farm tomatoes and saffron-crème fraiche mashed potatoes
wine: sixteen 600, 2018, muchas piedras vineyard, moon mountain district
& á deux têtes, 2018, oakville ranch grenache, napa valley
dessert:
local pears poached in grenache with vanilla mascarpone and pistachio praline
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call or text 707-509-9225 for reservations
$145 per person with wine pairing plus tax & gratuity
$100 per person food only plus tax & gratuity
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