SILENT-Fine Wine

Item Description

Chocolate and red wine are both delicious indulgences but sinfully delicious together!

This lot is a classic pairing: bittersweet dark chocolates alongside strong red wines with concentrated fruit notes.

Enjoy separately, or pair for the perfect match.

This item includes:

• 4 bottles of 2013 Vite Vecchio Zinfandel.
• Three bars of dark chocolate, hand-picked by the Chocolate Garage to pair with Zinfandel.

About the wine

From the winemaker:

"Vite Vecchio is a very limited production, family operated estate grown Zinfandel from the renowned Dry Creek Valley of Sonoma County, California, where wines of distinction have been cultivated for over 150 years. Our vines are head pruned and dry farmed in the old world style. We manage and nurture our vineyard as well as handcraft our wines.

Old vines in the truest sense, these small berry clusters yield less than two tons per acre of intensely flavored fruit. These ancient vines cling to the gravelly and alluvial soils of the Dry Creek Valley to produce wines layered in bright cherry, wild berry jam and cracked black pepper flavors balanced with crisp acidity and supple tannins, which result in a lingering smooth finish. Cold soaking and gentle punchdowns are used to maximize color and flavor. VITE is aged 16 months in French oak. The wine is then bottled unfiltered to retain its intense varietal character."

About the chocolate

You will receive two bars of Areté 70% dark chocolate and one bar of Patric Chocolate's 70% Cocoa Signature Blend.

Areté

Areté is a bean-to-bar artisanal chocolate maker crafting single-origin cocoa into chocolate and confections in small batches. David and Leslie Senk, the duo behind the Areté brand, make their chocolate in Milpitas.

Tasting Notes: Red fruit and red wine notes and a well-balanced deep, dark chocolate base.

Patric Chocolate

Patric Chocolate is an American craft chocolate company that makes chocolate from scratch–from the cocoa bean. Founded upon chocolate maker Alan “Patric” McClure’s passion for fine chocolate, over the last decade Patric has gone from little more than a dream to a respected leader in the burgeoning craft chocolate movement.

Tasting Notes: Cirtus and berry highlights, and hints of coffee and roasted nuts in the finish.

Item Special Note

This item will be available for bidding at the Portola Farms auction event on May 14.