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Full of Life Flatbreads 2011

This casual restaurant is a terrific source of spectacular pizza (sorry, I can’t get use to the term “flatbread”). Located on the approach to Los Alamos, a tiny one-horse village in the Santa Ynez wine region, they are only open Thursday through Sunday, and while they do have a good beer and wine list, most people BYOB. The quality of the ingredients in every dish – the heirloom salad, tomato soup, stuffed artichokes and exquisite pizzas - was sensational. Each dish was just bursting with flavor. It’s a shame that a place that is this good, this much fun and so casual with such an emphasis on high quality raw materials has to be 3,000 miles away from me.

The wines included a delicious 2008 generic Brewer-Clifton Santa Rita Hills Chardonnay and a young, magnificent 2003 Guigal Côte Rôtie La Landonne that was black as a moonless night and still needs another 5-6 years of bottle age. Revealing lots of earth, truffle, asphalt and meat juices, it worked wonders with the flatbreads. The 2000 Sine Qua Non Incognito remains one of the greatest, possibly THE greatest fully mature Grenache ever made in California. If I recall correctly, about 5% Syrah was blended with the Grenache, and the result is a magnificent wine boasting loads of kirsch liqueur, lavender, spice box, pepper and meat juices, a velvety, opulent texture, stunning purity and a singular personality. This phenomenal wine is fully mature, and is not likely to improve any further. Those lucky enough to have bottles in their cellars are advised to drink it up.

Full of Life Flatbreads, 225 Bell St., Los Alamos, CA 93440 Tel. (805) 344-9400

Food:
Course 1: Tomato Soup
Course 2: Stuffed Artichokes
Course 3: Heirloom Salad
Course 4: Double Sausage Flatbread (pizza)
Course 5: Veggie Flatbread (pizza)

Wine:
2008　Brewer-Clifton Chardonnay Santa Rita Hills
2003　Guigal Côte Rôtie La Landonne
2000　Sine Qua Non Incognito (Grenache)

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[2] mixiユーザー 10月12日 17:30

島☆人さん！

おめでとうございます。。

おかげでローヌに興味が向き色んなローヌワインに出会う機会に恵まれました！
素敵な時間過ごせた事もお礼申し上げます～！感謝！

[3] mixiユーザー 10月12日 18:19

島人さま
開設2000日おめでとうございます。迷える子羊をたくさんのローヌ仲間と巡り逢わせてくれたのは、このコミュです。これからも私達を導いてください

[4] mixiユーザー 10月12日 20:29

島☆人隊長おめでとうございます

"black as a moonless night"?

お星さまはどこに行ったんでしょ？

一度飲んでみなくては。

[5] mixiユーザー 10月13日 23:23

じゃっきーさん、みっきさん、たけちゃんさん、Satoritさん、コメントありがとうございます。

上記引用文に深い意味はありません。

私もhedonistに一歩近づこうと、先日2003ギガルの三銃士＋Ex Votoを一寸飲んでみました。
満月の夜に飲んだにもかかわらず、確かに、今は4本とも"black as a moonless night"な感じです。
でも、周囲の星たちは輝いて見えました。

5～6年後、マウナケアの天辺で、天の川の降り注ぐ沢山の星たちに囲まれ、再度同ワインを飲んでみたいです。
（full moonの夜に天の川は見えませんが・笑）

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