State of Love and Trust I Sleight of Hand/Storyteller dinner at Sauvage

Innovative five-course dinner prepared by Jesse Skiles and his amazing team of co-chefs, wines paired with Trey Busch of famed Sleight of Hand Cellars. Orchestrated by Michael Alberty of Storyteller Wine Co.
Both the food and wines speak for themselves, but paired together, the night was magic and music.

Lobster bisque, celery root & lobster salad

• 2012 Sleight of Hand Chardonnay The Enchantress Old Vine

  USA, Washington, Columbia Valley, Yakima Valley

  Crushed rock, vanilla, lemon zest and spring pea pod aromatics. Creamed lemon curd on the palate with crisp acidity, pears, cumquat with plenty of grip.

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Swiss chard ravioli with brebis cheese and five herbs, including stinging nettles

• 2011 Sleight of Hand The Spellbinder

  USA, Washington, Columbia Valley

  Blend of Merlot, Cab Sauv, Malbec, Sangiovese, Syrah
  Sweet black licorice scents=Good and Plenty, maple, eucalyptus, toasted cigar box and herbaceousness. Shy to start this conceded with graphite, dark fruit, bramble and rhubarb. Somewhat drying, this finished softly and winding with toasted fennel seed and root stalk.

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Smoked duck salad with tolosa beans, burdock root, black trumpet mushrooms and cherry vin

• 2011 Sleight of Hand The Archimage

  USA, Washington, Columbia Valley

  Blend of Cab Franc, Merlot, Petite Verdot, Cab Sauv.
  Spiced dark fruit, fennel, smoked beef and chanterelles in the nose. Big and juicy red and black fruit, dialed back and refined balance the smoked plum, leather, green tannins prove this has the stuffing for longevity. This is a powerful and muscular wine.

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Smoked Kobe beef colilotte, mashed parsnips & lini yolk béarnaise

• 2010 Sleight of Hand Cabernet Sauvignon The Illusionist

  USA, Washington, Columbia Valley

  Blend of Cab Sauv., Petite Verdot, Merlot
  Wafted of charcoaled coffee beans, young black fruit, forest floor and mushrooms. Beef on the tongue with savory grilled hickory smoked meats and rehydrated dried black cherries, this was tight as a top hat, dry and lovely. Plenty of intrigue, fantastically balanced, this was my favorite of the night.

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Goat cheese tort with blood orange marmalade and pomegranate gastrique

• 2012 Renegade Wine Co. Rosé

  USA, Washington, Columbia Valley

  Characteristic grapefruit top notes along with strawberries, chervil and chalk aromas. Big, soft and tart Oregon strawberries showing crisp, biting acidity, and ruby grapefruit. Steely, sharp and cleansing as it goes down.

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• 2012 Sleight of Hand Cabernet Franc Magician's Assistant Rosé

  USA, Washington, Columbia Valley

  With a nose of tangerine peel, Chablis, saline sea mist and chalk like minerals, this was gorgeous. The palate is soft with blood orange, masonry, slate and rounded with an aspic like feel on the back end. Very interesting, boasts complexity.

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Bonus!

• 2010 Sleight of Hand Cabernet Sauvignon The Black Circle Scooteney Flats Vineyard

  USA, Washington, Columbia Valley, Red Mountain

  Tar coated fruit, wafts of bold and spiced cherry, hedonistic and woody herbal toned aromatics run wind. This powerful cab is beaming with beguiling flavors of sarsaparilla root, copper, crushed stone, bell pepper, drying sloe berry and a sustained finish with incredible tannic grip. Give this 5-7 years to reach adulthood.

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Fantastic night! Thanks Trey, Jesse and Michael Alberty!