If we have a little bit of history together, you might know that Washington is important to me. Given my political history, notably as a photographer, I have been there countless times. It is therefore amusingly, sort of suiting, that the bouquet final of the dinners before the September Provence Wine Tour, is in Washington, NC, my new found love on the Pamlico River.
Washington exudes the spirit of Eastern North Carolina, a small and charming colonial town surrounded by swamps probably filled with alligators, Amazonia in north America.
The Hackney is one of the town's crown jewels. A restaurant of legends, set in a bank, with a chef ripe for awards, and an elegant cuisine where local produce meet uncompromising refinements.
Dinner is at 6:30.
Only 40 seats with a good portion of them gone already, reserve now.
$135 plus gratuity and taxes
MENU:
NC LUMP CRABMEAT, local tomatoes, crème fraiche, chives
DOMAINE RICHEAUME, RICHEAUME BLANC 2020, Provence, Biodynamic
25% Vermentino, 25% Grenache Blanc, 25% Sauvignon Blanc, 25% Viognier
A dry and perfectly balanced Provence white based on minerality, with an aromatic roundness on pear, mirabelle, melon.
SEARED GROUPER, Cantaloupe, NC country ham
CHATEAU LÉHOUL GRAVES BLANC FÛT 2019
65% Sémillon, 35% Sauvignon Blanc, aged in oak
Citrus aromas competing with exotic fruit ones, lychee, mango, punctuated by wood notes. A very complex and fresh wine, able to stand firm and play with food flavors and enchant one's tastebuds.
SEARED BEEF FILET, charred greens, carrots, egg emulsion
CHATEAU LÉHOUL GRAND VIN DE GRAVES 2018
Cabernet Sauvignon 50%, Merlot 50%
A formidable wine, second only to few Grand Crus, with pronounced aromas of black currant, tobacco, chocolate, coffee. A lot of complexity, delivered by a smooth medium body with perfectly tamed tanins.
PEACHED CHARLOTTE, crème anglaise
MAS DE CYNANQUE, MÉANDRES, VDF de SAINT CHINIAN 2017, Organic
40% Albarino, 40% Petit Menseng, 20% Grenache Gris
A surprising wine like no other, with varietals like no other, delivering a light grappa and champagne aromatic sensation.
Please contact the Hackney for reservations (252) 623-2368, or email me and I will set you up.
Washington exudes the spirit of Eastern North Carolina, a small and charming colonial town surrounded by swamps probably filled with alligators, Amazonia in north America.
The Hackney is one of the town's crown jewels. A restaurant of legends, set in a bank, with a chef ripe for awards, and an elegant cuisine where local produce meet uncompromising refinements.
Dinner is at 6:30.
Only 40 seats with a good portion of them gone already, reserve now.
$135 plus gratuity and taxes
MENU:
NC LUMP CRABMEAT, local tomatoes, crème fraiche, chives
DOMAINE RICHEAUME, RICHEAUME BLANC 2020, Provence, Biodynamic
25% Vermentino, 25% Grenache Blanc, 25% Sauvignon Blanc, 25% Viognier
A dry and perfectly balanced Provence white based on minerality, with an aromatic roundness on pear, mirabelle, melon.
SEARED GROUPER, Cantaloupe, NC country ham
CHATEAU LÉHOUL GRAVES BLANC FÛT 2019
65% Sémillon, 35% Sauvignon Blanc, aged in oak
Citrus aromas competing with exotic fruit ones, lychee, mango, punctuated by wood notes. A very complex and fresh wine, able to stand firm and play with food flavors and enchant one's tastebuds.
SEARED BEEF FILET, charred greens, carrots, egg emulsion
CHATEAU LÉHOUL GRAND VIN DE GRAVES 2018
Cabernet Sauvignon 50%, Merlot 50%
A formidable wine, second only to few Grand Crus, with pronounced aromas of black currant, tobacco, chocolate, coffee. A lot of complexity, delivered by a smooth medium body with perfectly tamed tanins.
PEACHED CHARLOTTE, crème anglaise
MAS DE CYNANQUE, MÉANDRES, VDF de SAINT CHINIAN 2017, Organic
40% Albarino, 40% Petit Menseng, 20% Grenache Gris
A surprising wine like no other, with varietals like no other, delivering a light grappa and champagne aromatic sensation.
Please contact the Hackney for reservations (252) 623-2368, or email me and I will set you up.