Charlie Trotter's wine list has received the Wine Spectator's coveted Grand
Award and the James Beard Foundation's Outstanding Wine Service Award. This list
is created with Charlie's culinary philosophy in mind - that food and wine are
intended not only to complement each other, but to inspire one another, making
the selection and interplay of the wine and food an integral part of the dining
experience.
In addition to housing the classic food wines from Burgundy and Bordeaux,
Charlie Trotter's offers the connoisseur a great selection of
wine from Rhone, Alsace, and Champagne. The cellar also has great breadth in
Californian, Australian and German wines.
Charlie Trotter's treats wine with the utmost care and dignity. We house all
of our wines in temperature and humidity-controlled redwood cellars and serve
them in Riedel crystal stemware.
With over 1,800 selections to choose from, our wine list offers a great selection and
breadth from practically every wine producing country
including the United States, Italy, Austria, Spain,
Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, Hungary, and South Africa. The wine program
offers a great selection of wines by the glass that changes frequently to
accommodate each evening's menu.
The
wine
program
at Charlie
Trotter's is devoted to enhancing the dining experience of our
guests. This is accomplished not only by the wine list itself, but also by our
wine storage conditions, the wine team, and the education of the service
staff.
In 1994 we made
the decision to serve
wine only.
While classic aperitifs such as Campari andLillet, as well asclassic after dinner beverages
such
as
Cognac,
Armagnac and Grappa are
available.We believe that food and wine belong together.
Having said that, there are no rules
here and our sommeliers and service team are available to guide our guests
through the journey and geography of our wine list and
menus.
Our wine
list provides choices to complement our cuisine, in
all ranges. The strong sections of the
list
include
Burgundy,
Bordeaux
and
California, as well as other major
regions of the world. It balances between the great vintages of classic regions,
to unknown, small-production wineries, sure to be future stars.
Each section of the wine list is
introduced by a short description of the general characteristics of the wines it
contains such as regions, grape varietals and producers.
Some of the highlights of
our wine program include:
·
20 vintages of
Penfolds
"
Grange
"
dating back to 1960, plus 6
vintages in Magnums
·
12 vintages of Grace Family
Vineyards Cabernet
·
48 selections of Angelo
Gaja, in various sized formats
·
24 selections of single
vineyard Cote-Rotie from Guigal
·
Classic Bordeaux including
1865 Lafite, 1870 Lafite in 750 ml and Magnum, 1900 Lafite and Margaux, 1900 La
Mission Haut Brion in Magnum, 1921 Petrus in Magnum and 1945 Latour, Margaux and
Haut Brion
·
Vertical of Chateau
Mouton-Rothschild from 1945 to 2003
·
Chateau d'Yquem from 1845
and 1857
·
Magnum of 1945
Romanee-Conti
·
23 selections of Henri Jayer
including 8 vintages of Echezeaux starting in 1982
·
Over 48 selections from
Domaine Leroy including the 1949 Musigny
·
Over 130 selections in large
formats including 12 vintages of La Jota Imperials starting in 1982, 9 Double
Magnums of Angelo Gaja's Barbarescos and an Imperial of 1990
Penfolds
"
Grange
"
which is only 1 of 5
Imperials of Grange ever made.
·
An entire section
celebrating Oregon Pinot Noir, including 8 vintages of Eyrie "Reserve" dating
back to 1975
·
An entire section of the
list devoted to wine $75 or less which contains over 200
wines
·
An entire section of the
list devoted to wines from
North
America
·
A
selection of nearly 100 half bottles
· Two wine pairing choices which, above and beyond our wines by the glass, both include
a different wine paired with each course of our menu
·
A non-alcoholic beverage menu for those guests who choose not to drink alcohol
– these are fruit and/or vegetable blends, infusions or juices created by
ourculinary team
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