It was a hot day and so we sat in the air-conditioned inside, rather than the deck we've sat in the past. There was a good view over the car park and valley to the distant mountains
The place was very quiet, with just one car in the car park and one other table occupied at 13:30 but more people came later.
Champagne flutes were on each table and asking for a sparkling wine was insufficient since the wine list had 16 with just two token still wines as guests.
Joan selected the J C le Roux MCC Brut, a blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay made by the Method Cap Classique, i.e. traditional method of secondary fermentation on the final bottle.
It was delicious Champagne quality wine. To eat we chose the hamburgers without the bacon, cheese and avocado (?) toppings, but with a green salad.
Sweet bread and individually wrapped in waxed paper sticks of butter came first.
The burger was excellent, thick and meaty with a crumbly home made texture and the chips were the tops, made from fresh potato, hand cut and fried just right and drained free of fat. That tasted wonderful.
Service was attentive and just right. It was an experience to repeat.
Afterwards we wandered down a glass walled corridor they grandly call their auditorium. It looks into the cellar where a riddling rack sits in front of a line of gyro pallets, then there is the glycol bath for freezing the bottle necks when removing the lees and the bottling line. Nothing was happening in the cellar at the time.
Two large flat screen TVs were telling the story of making sparkling wine but the soundtracks cancelled each other out and what we heard was at a very superficial level.
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| Joan in the frame |
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