Staff Selections • David Mahoney
Seasonal Pick 2024
Tablas Creek Patelin de Tablas
(Paso Robles, California )
Surdyk's Price
Few American wineries can boast of a more impressive pedigree than Tablas Creek. Founded in 1987 by a Franco-American partnership between the Perrin family of Château de Beaucastel fame and their groundbreaking U.S. importer, the Haas family, the winery played a leading role in introducing Rhone wine grapes not only to the newly designated Paso Robles AVA but to the greater American wine industry. Borrowing the French slang for “neighborhood,” Patelin de Tablas draws from a dozen Paso Robles vineyards to fashion a convincingly Rhone-style red blend of Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre, and a soupçon of Counoise. With its captivating spice and dark fruit flavors, this would be parfait with an herb-roasted pork loin. 121980
Brian's Cheese Pairing:
Montgomery’s Cheddar, Somerset, Great Britain (Cow Milk)
Montgomery’s farmhouse cheddar is a hand-made traditional English clothbound cheese produced by the Montgomery family, who have been making this cheese for over 100 years. The muslin wrapping allows the cheese to breathe and interact with the area’s climate and surroundings. It’s a big earth-forward cheese with prominent nutty and grassy notes with a bright citrus finish. The pleasant musty, dusty earthiness and huge structure are a perfect complement (and equal partner!) to the big concentrated dark red fruit, spice and funky minerality of the Rhone varietals. This is a match made in heaven!
reg $33.99/lb SALE $27.99/lb