Clear the Cave - January - French Cultural Center

Thursday, January 31, 2019 From 7:00 PM To 9:00 PM Add to Calendar 2019-01-31 19:00:00 2019-01-31 21:00:00 Clear the Cave - January SOLD OUT Calling all wine lovers! Join us for a unique tasting featuring a special selection of wines from our very own cellar. The French Cultural Center, 53 Marlborough St, Boston, Massachusetts, United States America/New_York

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Over the past seven decades, we have had the opportunity to partner with an abundance of fine institutions, vintners, and wine collectors.

Alas, it is time again to make room for a new year of tastings. Join us for this fun evening of fine wine, featuring a broad selection of vintners that we know and love. This exceptional tasting will feature six wines, from various domains, regions, and even countries!

This tasting will be led by Certified Sommelier Alexandre Sojfer, resident Sommelier at La Voile Boston.

The event will start no later than 7:10 PM.

Members

$25

Non-members

$40

On the Menu

L’Ameillaud - Vin de Pays de Vaucluse - 2012 - Vaucluse, France
Smoky black and blue fruit scents are complicated by suggestions of licorice and cracked pepper. Focused and chewy on the palate, offering bitter cherry and black currant flavors and a hint of cured meat.

Tinhorn Creek - Merlot - 2010 - South Okanaga, Canada
Established by the Shaunessy and Oldfield families on the South Okanagan’s legendary Golden Mile Bench in 1993, Tinhorn Creek is a very special winegrowing project, comprising 150 acres of spectacular vineyards in two distinct areas, one on either side of the valley.

Domaine Isle Saint Pierre - Cabernet - 2010 - France
Isle Saint-Pierre is a small island in the middle of the Rhone River, just 25km south of Arles and 15km from the sea. The vineyards, planted at the very heart of the Camargue region, stretch over 170 hectares around the island.

Jackson Triggs - Sauvignon Blanc - 2013 - Niagara Estate, Canada
Pale straw colour with a lively nose of gooseberry and lemon; fruit character is replayed on the palate; crisp and dry, with light / medium body.

Réserve Durand - Sauvignon Blanc - 2015 - Sancerre, France
From a small producer in France's Loire Valley comes this dazzling white wine, rich with grapefruit and gooseberry aromas. The estate boast mature 25-30 year old vines and a mix of chalky, silicious soils.

Château Roc de Ségur - Bordeaux - 2011 - Bordeaux, France
This ripe, smoky, wood-aged wine shows ample fruit as well as solid tannins. The wine has richness and spice, the wood well balanced by black plum and final juiciness.

About Alexandre Sojfer

A Paris native, Alexandre is passionate about wine. He became an expert on the subject while working and studying across the globe—from France and England to Hong Kong and, of course, the USA. His dedication to the study of wines granted him immediate success and he became a Certified Sommelier in 2016.