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Cost: $42.50 Chef's 5-Course Tasting Menu + $20 Paired Wine Flight
Please join us (21 and up only, please) this Saturday anytime from 5:00 on for our weekly chef's 5-course tasting menu. The menu selections and wine flights change every week. Cost is a mere forty-two fifty for all five courses and twenty bucks for all five paired wines. If you'd prefer not to order the paired wine flight, wines by the glass or bottle, as well as beer and cocktails, are also available. Here are the details for this upcoming Saturday. Wine notes and bottle prices are at the end of this announcement if you're interested.
NOTE: Due to the complexity of this menu we regret that we will be unable to accommodate any modifications to the menu. This includes allergies and food sensitivities.
CHEF'S 5-COURSE TASTING MENU ~ $42.50 | WINE PAIRING FLIGHT ~ $20
Asparagus + Green Garlic Bisque | Nettle Pesto | Toasted Walnuts
2017 El Enemigo Chardonnay (3 oz. pour)
Housemade Cavatelli | English Peas | Wild Mushrooms | White Wine + Shallot Beurre Monté
2017 Paul Hobbs "Crossbarn" Pinot Noir (3 oz. pour)
Pan Roasted Chicken Thigh | Fava Bean + Pancetta Hash | Whole Grain Mustard Chicken Jus
2017 Tres Picos Garnacha (3 oz. pour)
Oven Roasted Petit Filet | Roasted Celeriac Risotto | Black Truffle
2016 Happy Canyon "Piocho" Bordeaux Red Blend (3 oz. pour)
Lemon Pound Cake | Farmers Market Strawberries | Whipped Crème Fraîche
2018 Michele Chiarlo "Nivole" Moscato d'Asti (3 oz. pour)
LOCATION & PHONE
Wine Vault & Bistro is located in the heart of San Diego between Little Italy and Old Town at 3731-A India Street on the upstairs terrace. Follow the black handrail up the stairs from the sidewalk to our front door. Our phone number is (619) 295-3939.
PARKING ~ FREE & PAID
Valet parking is available for $8.00. The drop-off point is two doors south of our entrance in front of Shakespeare Pub at the corner of India and Winder. Also, on-street parking is usually available within a 3-block radius. Remember that it’s OK to park in yellow commercial zones after 6:00 and that meters are also free after 6:00. You can also park in the lot behind Shakespeare Pub two doors down, but do not park in El Indio's lot unless you want your car towed! If you can’t find parking next to the restaurant, there’s always LOTS OF PARKING on San Diego Avenue and the adjacent side streets just past the Chevron station across Washington Street. So please don't drive yourself crazy endlessly going around in circles waiting to pounce on that perfect spot when there's TONS OF PARKING less than three blocks away!
WINE NOTES & BOTTLE PRICES
2017 El Enemigo Chardonnay ~ $24
(Argentina) Review by James Suckling: 98 points and #21 of Top 100 wines of 2019. A tight and beautiful white with a dense palate of ripe lemons and apples. Layered and refined with phenolic tension. Complex yeast and hints of oak and flor. Full body. Great length. 80 percent flor-growth in barrel.
2017 Paul Hobbs "Crossbarn" Pinot Noir ~ $28
(Sonoma Coast) Winemaker's Notes: Deep garnet in the glass with aromas of dried cranberries, bramble berry, and baking spices like Cinnamon and nutmeg. On the palate, tart acid with flavors of cherry and Santa Rosa plum. Juicy and spicy with earthy notes of black tea and red clay. A light to medium weight on the palate with a medium finish dusted with well-developed tannins.
2017 Tres Picos Garnacha ~ $17
(Spain) Winemaker's Notes: Very intense cherry red colour with tones of purple. Presents in the nose a great concentration of aromas of ripe red fruit with floral nuances. In the mouth, it is a well structured rich wine that evokes tastes of blackberry, plum and tones of leather and vanilla, with a soft and silky tannin.
2016 Happy Canyon "Piocho" Bordeaux Red Blend ~ $26
(Santa Barbara County) Winemaker's Notes: Aromatically, the wine is uplifting, with notes of dark cherries, earth, cedar wood, raspberries, and plums. On the palate the wine is richly concentrated, beautifully focused, with deep-set dark cherry, chocolate, cedar flavors, complimented with black olive and fine-grain tannins. The wine continues with red and black plums, saddle leather, berries and dusty tannins. The wine is wonderful to drink today and will continue to evolve in balance, length and complexity as the more structured Cabernet Sauvignon matures. This wine will continue to develop and excel over the next ten years.
2018 Michele Chiarlo "Nivole" Moscato d'Asti ~ $23
(Italy) Winemaker's Notes: This sweet, fragrant, lightly sparkling wine has vivid aromas and flavors of peach, apricot, grapefruit and sage on a light body with a delicate finish typical of Moscato d’Asti. An excellent companion to fresh pastries and fruit such as strawberries and peaches.
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