MENU 7/15/24
FOOD:
New: Tomato-based Pickled Shrimp!
Cherry Peppers Stuffed with Pecorino Cheese: $1.5
Burrata with Red Pepper Bits in Garlic Oil: $6
Mixed Olive Tapenade with Pita Chips or on Tribeca Bread: $8
Black Olive Spread on Tribeca Bread: $7
Mixed Olives with Tribeca Bread: $6
Chicken Salad on Tribeca Bread: $8
Sweet Grass Dairy Pimento Cheese, Thomasville, GA on Tribeca Bread or on Sesame Tamari Crackers: $8 Roasted Garlic Hummus with Pita Chips: $8
Parmesan Spread on Tribeca Bread: $8
Cheese Plates: $10 and $12 (For bread to accompany, see below*)
Assorted Salamis with Assorted Cheese or Assorted Salami Plate with Mustard: $12
Roasted and Salted Rosemary Marcona Almonds or Salted Truffle Marcona Almonds: $4 Shelled Pistachios: $4
Chile and Lime Cashews: $4
Affiorato Hand Pressed Olive Oil from Italy with Tribeca Bread: $5 (or flavored olive oils from Puglia) *Plate of Tribeca Bread from New Jersey: $3
Mixed Chocolate Bars: $12
Cocktails:
Moonstone Plum Infused Sake (slightly sweet), Oregon: $8
Moonstone Pear Infused Sake (dry), Oregon: $8
Ruffino Wine Limonata: $6
Flybird Prickly Pear or Watermelon Cucumber Margarita Cocktail (made with Agave wine) over Ice: $6 SPARKLING WINES and DRY ROSE (Still):
1) Zeni Pinot Grigio Ramato Fontane 2022 (still): $9 Copper color, onion skin; fruity aroma reminiscent of ripe pear; dry and sapid taste.
2) Nino Franco Primo Franco Prosecco Superiore DOCG 2021, Valdobbiadene: $12 Intense bouquet of exotic fruit and ripe apples with notes of almond and candied lemon peel. The palate is typically sweet and fruity, balanced by an amiable acidity, finishing with a pleasant freshness.
3) Champagne Louis Nicaise Brut Reserve: $14 Great price! Champagne Louis Nicaise is located in the heart of Hautvillers, the village made famous by Dom Perignon and known as the birthplace of champagne. They produce about 6,000 cases per year. Grower-Producers, the Nicaise family have been making champagne for 4 generations from their 9 hectares of Premier Cru vineyards, all in Hautvillers, but it is only very recently that the quality took a big jump up after the arrival at the domaine in 2007 of the new generation represented by Laure Nicaise-Préaux and her
husband, then 25 year old Clement Préaux. Clémént apprenticed at Anselme Selosse and worked at the co-op of Mailly before becoming part of the Louis Nicaise family. As his father-in-law has given him more control, Clémént has reduced the dosages on the wines and pushed the quality upwards. Blend: 40% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Meunier, 30% Pinot Noir. Dosage of 8.5 grams. A nose that has a lot of complexity with aromas of white fruits, citrus, dried fruit, white flowers, brioche and honey Flowers ventilation. Rich material recorded by a fine and refreshing bubble offers a well-balanced wine.
4) Champagne Christophe Mignon ADN de Meunier Rose Brut N.V.: $18 Dark salmon color, with elegant
ruby highlights, delicate and persistent ring of bubbles. Fruity powerful and enjoyable, with almonds, spices and
black chocolate notes. Powerful, intense and vinous in the mouth, with forest fruits, strawberry and raspberry notes Ends with silky, pure and expressive finish. Specialist Christophe Mignon comes from a long line of farmers in the hamlet of Le-Mesnil-le-Huttier, 13 miles west of Epernay. His 6.3 hectares of vines were planted by his great-grandparents and are spread among thirty parcels between the villages of Le Breuil and Festigny in the Vallée de la Marne. This area south of the Marne River and along the Flagot tributary is known for its high percentage of Pinot Meunier, which is particularly well suited to the deep clay and chalky Tuffeaux soils that dominate the terrain. This 100% Pinot Meunier Rose is fresh and lively with very fine bubbles. Citrus and hints of caramel dominate the palate of this layered and extremely elegant rose.6 gr/l dosage.
WHITE WINES
6) Le Rocher des Violettes Montlouis sur Loire Touche Mitaine 2019, Touraine France: $10 Chenin Blanc. Winemaker notes: An elegant and focused Montlouis from a very cold site that shows notes of flint, white flowers, pineapple, and Anjou pear. A strong mineral component keeps everything fresh and clean, leading to a long salty finish.
7) Philippe Girard Sancerre Blanc 2023, Loire: $11 The vineyard is located along the banks of the river Loire. Aromas of peach, citrus and mineral notes fill the glass. Flavors of lime, gooseberry and a herbaceous quality coat the mouth. Succulent and perfectly balanced with a mouthwatering finish. Silex (flint) soil.
8) Daou Bodyguard Chardonnay 2020, Santa Barbara County: $12 Conceived by brothers Georges and Daniel Daou, Bodyguard Chardonnay is a wine of uncommon opulence. The 2020 vintage offers fragrant aromas of golden apple, buttered toast, honey and lilac. Subtle notes of Bartlett pear, star fruit, hibiscus and nutmeg round out the elegant, floral bouquet. The texture is smooth and silky, cascading across the palate with enticing flavors of spiced pear, Granny Smith apple, golden kiwi and honeysuckle, all underlain by mouthwatering minerality. Secondary layers reveal nuances of white peach and toasty oak, hazelnut, honeydew melon and citrus zest. A crisp, clean finish shows remarkable length with lingering notes of lemon curd and pineapple.
RED WINES
9) Lingua Franca Estate Pinot Noir 2016, Eola-Amity Hills: $15 The wine is medium intense, complex with floral, mineral, flint and red cherry, black plum fruit tones, and a long finish. The fruit is sorted in the vineyard, then sorted by hand, finally by a special destemmer/sorter, handled so as to preserve the terroir of this remarkable site.
10) Zymē Valpolicella Rêverie 2019, Veneto: $10 Pale red with luminous purple highlights in appearance. Bouquet has notes of sweet briar, wild and morello cherry,
slightly peppery. On the palate, crisp, tangy, fruity, medium-bodied, with strawberry, sour cherry, and raspberry. Quite lengthy finish. Grape varietal: Corvina, Corvinone , Rondinella , Oseleta.
11) Achaval Ferrer Quimera 2015, Argentina: $13 Quimera is architecture and design; it is a unique warm-blend that was conceived at the vineyard. Every year Santiago and Roberto look for the meaning within the earth in the search for the impossible wine, making it unique year after year. Thus resulting in a wine with deep shades, aromas that range from stony and earthy, of dark fruits to delicate accents of rosemary, open mouthed, almost feminine and deliciously sour. Quimera is heuristic; it is personal discovery and the search of perfection.
12) Arrowood Cabernet Sauvignon 2019, Knights Valley: $13 The 2019 Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is bold with black forest fruit, fresh plum and anise, nuanced with violet, pine resin, sage, notes of crème brûlée and clove. Densely concentrated and intensely flavorful on the palate with dark fruits such as black berry, graphite and cocoa nibs. Blend: 98% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Malbec.