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Cuvaison Estate Carneros Pinot Noir
A seductive, elegantly styled Pinot Noir. Reminiscent of raspberry, wild strawberry, pomegranate and lilac notes, gently spiced with aniseed, sassafras and a touch of juniper berry. On the palate the wine showcases structure over bombast with bright acidity, clean fruit and graceful tannins that linger.
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Product Description
Cuvaison Estate Wines (Calistoga) is an intimate winery located near the northern part of the Silverado trail on the east side of the road at 4550 Silverado Trail North. They are one of a select few Napa wineries to have two wineries and two tasting facilities. Lots of oak trees grace this property which sits on the edge of the hills just above the valley floor. The word “cuvaison” is French and refers to the period of time during fermentation when the fermenting juice is kept in contact with the seeds and skins so as to transfer color, structure and aroma to the actual wine. There is an interesting story to how the winery was purchased. Adda Schmidheiny was visiting San Francisco and happened upon a bus tour going to the Napa Valley. She requested permission to come on board and after enjoying several quality Napa wines she took some dirt back in a silk handkerchief to Switzerland to present to her family. This was the initial impetus for getting into the California wine business! The Schmidheiny’s also purchased 400 acres in Carneros and much later additional land in the Mt. Veeder appellation. Their family has a long history (since 1912) of running a hugely successful International concrete and aggregate company (Holcim LTD). The family enjoys wine of course – besides Cuvaison they own Chapel Hill Winery in Australia and additional vineyards in Argentina and Switzerland. Our estate grown wines capture the uniqueness of our Carneros and Mount Veeder estate vineyards and reflect the finest attributes of each vintage. From vine to bottle, we do our best to maximize our sustainability efforts in order to minimize the impact on our environment.
Garnet red in colour. The aroma shows Alpine strawberries, blackcherry, plum, allspice and sassafras. The palate has a rich fruit concentration, cherry, raspberry, cola and licorice. A precocious, palate and pleasing on the finish.
Grower: Cuvaison Estate
Grape Variety: Pinot Noir
Style: Floral and Savoury
Country: USA
Appellation: Carneros
Vintage: 2017/18
Closure: CORK
Alcohol: 13.5% ABV
Bottle Size: 75cl
Twice Cooked Pork Belly with Noodle Chow Chow
Cooking Time: 01 hrs 05 mins (approx.)
Number of Servings: 4
INGREDIENTS
For the sweet and sour sauce //
600ml/21¼fl oz water
150ml/5¼fl oz malt vinegar
3 tomatoes, halved
4cm root ginger, finely chopped
50ml/1¾fl oz syrup from jar of stem ginger
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tbsp demerara sugar
1 tsp cornflour, mixed with 1 tbsp tomato ketchup
1 kg/2¼lb pork belly, cooked the day before
For the noodles //
500g/17½oz packet of 4-minute dried medium egg noodles
1 tbsp sesame oil mixed with 1 tbsp vegetable oil
4 shiitake mushrooms, sliced
4 baby sweetcorn, quartered
½ yellow pepper, cut into thin strips
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
2.5cm fresh root ginger, finely chopped
2 spring onions, cut into 4cm pieces
6 mangetout
1 carrot, cut into matchsticks
3 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
1 tsp Thai fish sauce (nam pla)
1 tsp soy sauce
1. Put all the sweet and sour ingredients, except the corn flour and tomato ketchup, in a saucepan, bring to the boil and leave to simmer for 30 minutes.
2. Then stir in the corn flour mixture and cook until thick and glossy.
3. Drop the noodles in a large pan of lightly salted boiling water, bring back to the boil and cook for 4 minutes.
4. Drain and cool under cold water.
5. Divide the pork into four portions and warm on a griddle pan for 4 minutes on each side.
6. Then heat half the mixed oils in a large frying pan or wok, add the cold, drained noodles and stir-fry until lightly coloured.
7. Transfer to a plate and keep warm.
8. Add the remaining oil to the wok and stir fry the vegetables for 2 minutes, starting with the mushrooms and sweetcorn, then adding the pepper, garlic and ginger, then the spring onions, mangetout and finally the carrots.
9. Add the noodles, sweet and sour sauce, coriander, fish sauce and soy sauce to taste and mix well.
10. Serve with the warm pork belly.
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