The dressing base was verjus, which is made from pinot grapes before they ripen. My favorite was the bib lettuce salad and vinaigrette dressing - I can't guarantee it will be a taste explosion for everyone but it was for me. A lot of the food was grown on the premises in a garden I could see from my table - cherry tomatoes, olives, almonds. Meat, cheese, bread and various vegetables were served in dishes that our group passed around to each other. Prefer steak, chicken, pasta, pizza with wine, so I was surprised how much I enjoyed the food served with the wine tasting here (the Hacienda tasting). We will definitely be back.Cool, mellow Sonoma vibe and excellent food. Make sure to schedule at least ninety minutes out of your day for Scribe, so you can relax and enjoy everything Scribe has to offer. Sitting outside, you feel the sea breeze, see the astonishing views, and have the comforting feeling that everything is right in the world as long as you have a glass of wine in your hand. Scribe is a winery where you can sit back and hang out all day. We finish the tasting with the 2017 Estate Pinot Noir, and we’re sad our tasting is over.
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We were so blown away by the 2016 Skin Fermented Chardonnay that we left with a couple of bottles. It was so crazy to have a chardonnay taste like this. It tasted like citrus peel–like a lemon or orange peel perhaps. The skin fermented chardonnay had a funk on the nose, smelling like honeysuckles. Side-by-side, they could not have been more different. We still had a couple of sips left of the first chardonnay, so we were able to compare the 2016 Estate Chardonnay to the 2016 Skin Fermented Chardonnay.
It wasn't on the tasting menu that day, but she looked, and there was a bottle open. I can't choose, they both were so, so good!īefore we moved onto the last wine, I asked our hostess about the skin-fermented chardonnay as this was a wine that my friend told me was a must taste. My next favorite was the hand-stretched mozzarella or the garden squash and green beans with chili oil. I'm so excited to make the verjus vinaigrette for my salads at home. The verjus vinaigrette is fantastic, it's so light and fresh, as soon as I found out we could buy one, it became a must buy. The grapes are picked in the late summer, which is earlier than usual, meaning the sugar is still relatively low, and acidy is high. The verjus is made on their property from pinot noir grapes, but is non-alcoholic. Our hostess lets us know that it’s Scribe’s verjus vinaigrette. My favorite small bite was the salad, specifically the dressing. They were delicious and just the perfect amount of food to complement a wine tasting and serve as a light lunch. This chardonnay is unique, it tastes like green sour apple and has some minerality. We taste the 2018 Estate Riesling and then move onto the 2016 Estate Chardonnay. This winery has so much unique and rich history, and we're only on the first wine. We learn that it's the original foundation of the house, which did not survive the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. However, their location is pure Carneros with the cooler sea breeze coming from the Pacific Ocean and the feeling of saltwater in the air.Īs we sip our rosé, I notice the perimeter of the deck is brick. This was because Carneros wasn't considered as high esteem as it is today. In an ironic twist, The Dresel's politically maneuvered their winery to be officially categorized as Sonoma, rather than Carneros, which surrounds their vineyards. In fact, their long driveway is named after the original owners, Dresel. The original owners were from Germany, and before Prohibition, they grew mostly German grapes. We learn that the winery itself has been around since before Prohibition. Our tasting hostess greets us and describes the history of Scribe as she pours our first wine, the 2018 Rosé of Pinot Noir. Today we’re doing their “Hacienda” tasting, which includes four wines and a plethora of small bites.
Scribe is reservation only, make sure you call at least a week or so in advance. We check in for our tasting on the patio. We park, and begin to walk towards the winery.
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