The Sloan Sakai Team is looking forward to seeing you in Monterey next week! Don’t forget to stop by Booth #27 to meet with us and learn how our wide array of services could benefit your agency.
We will be participating in the wine tasting event, on Wednesday, November 13th, starting at 5:00p.m., to taste the following selection of wines below.
Firm Partner and Wine & Spirits Director Justin Otto Sceva has chosen four amazing California wines this year, plus a very special bonus to celebrate our 20th Anniversary! For a preview of what we’ll be pouring at Booth #27, please see below.
- Roederer Estate NV Anderson Valley Brut (MAGNUM): Roederer Estate’s Brut is a classic. It’s basically the platonic form for what you want from a great California sparkling wine – fresh and floral but also sophisticated, with a creamy texture and a long lingering finish (especially when poured from a Magnum!) It’s 60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir, and 100% delicious. Remember, good sparkling goes with everything, and you should be drinking more of it!
- Gamling & McDuck2018 “Henry Vineyard” Napa Valley Chenin Blanc: The couple behind Gamling and McDuck are inspired by their mutual love for Loire wines, and they only produce Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc. This particular offering is from the oldest surviving Chenin Blanc in all of Napa, planted in Pope Valley around 1947. It’s filled with tropical and stone fruits layered on notes of chamomile, lanolin, and petrichor. It’s a serious, utterly honest and deeply tasty wine.
- Arnot-Roberts 2022 “Peter Martin Ray Vineyard” Santa Cruz Mtns. Pinot Noir (MAGNUM): Last year was the first time in a while we didn’t pour any Arnot-Roberts, so this year we’re doubling up! This Pinot is richer than Arnot-Roberts’s usual style, but its still pretty light footed and balanced. Dark cherries and pomegranate fruit with undertones of tobacco and menthol. When I tried this wine for the first time in December 2023, it immediately became my first pick for this year’s event.
- Arnot-Roberts 2021“California Red Wine” Bordeaux-Style Blend: This old-school blend is made of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon (Massa Vineyard(Carmel Valley), Bedrock Vineyard (Sonoma Valley) and Gordenker Vineyard (Moon Mountain)), 20% Cabernet Franc (Persia Vineyard (Chalk Hill)), and 20% Merlot (again Massa Vineyard). This powerful wine is a phenomenal example of what Bordeaux-style California red wine can and should taste like, but far too often does not.
- Double Top Secret Special Bonus Wine (Password Required): To celebrate our firm’s founding 20 years ago, we will also be pouring a 2004 Quintessa Estate Red Wine – if you want to try it, you need to ask for it and tell us the password, which is the year the firm was founded. You do the math! We only have one 750ml bottle, so first come first served!
When you visit our booth, don’t forget to drop off your business card so you can be entered into our raffle to win a Powerbeats Pro Earbuds! The drawing will beheld at 3:00pm on Thursday, November 14th.
Have a great week at CALPELRA everyone!