La Strada Events

Wine Dinner Monday, March 15, 2010 at 7pm

La Strada will be presenting a Piemonte Wine dinner with special guest Giovanni Pasquero Elia of Paitin vineyards. The cost is $125 per person (all inclusive).

A brief description of the wine cellar and the offerings for dinner follow. The menu below has been created to bring out the best of these wines and reflect the Piemonte region.

The more than centennial history of wine cellar Paitin started in 1796, when Benedetto Elia purchased a very beautiful property from Luigi Pellissero.

The first Barbaresco wine was bottled in 1893. At present Secondo Pasquero is working in the cellar together with his sons Giovanni and Silvano, who also opened, in1997, a farmhouse. Very good bottles are produced from 17 hectares land.

The favourite piece of wine cellar is Barbaresco Sorì Paitin Vigne Vecchie, full garnet red coloured, smelling of red fruit, violet, liquorice and cacao. It expresses good tannin in mouth and a rather powerful structure, which gives this big wine a striking persistence.

Barbaresco-base is anything but easy, since it shows a really satisfying and intriguing complexity, produced by its dark violet reflexes and sour cherries perfumes.

Nebbiolo d'Alba Ca Veja is also a well structured wine, while Arneis Vigna Elisa, Barbera d'Alba Serra Boella and Dolcetto d'Alba Sorì Paitin are worth tasting for their pureness.

Insalata
Pera Arrosto Insalata
Roasted Pear and Prosciutto Salad with roasted chestnuts and white truffle foam
Paitin Arneis Vigna Elisa 2008

Primi
Risotto Porcini
Porcini Risotto
Paitin Dolcetto d’Alba 2008

Secondo
Tajarin di Barbera
Barbera Tajarin and Watercress with a Gorgonzola Walnut Sauce
Barbera Serra Boella 2007

Pesce
Soffritto di Tonno
Sautéed Tuna stuffed with anchovy and porcini mushrooms with a Nebbiolo sauce
Nebbiolo d'Alba　"Ca Veja" 2007

Carne
Manzo Brasato al Barbaresco
Braised beef in a Barbaresco sauce
Barbaresco Sori Paitin 2005

Dolce
Torta di Mandorle con gelato di olio d'oliva
Almond cake with extra virgin olive oil gelato
Rotari Talento or Rosé sparkling wine

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