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We are on Nantucket for the weekend. Last night we popped into The Boarding House, off and on our favorite restaurant on the island. I ordered the belly tuna tartare - yeah, not very original, but it was layered with goat cheese - and a local fluke served with local beets and a walnut aoli. Pretty tasty.
To drink, a bottle of N & N Truchard Vineyard Chard from Carneros. Nickel and Nickel being an off shoot of Far Niente - a brand that I said I would never like - but the sons are surpassing the father with their single vingeyard single varietal wines. This is the second time I tried the Truchard Chard - the first being in July at Boarding House as well. It is $75 on their wine list, I think about $24 wholesale.
It is a surprisingly lightly oaked Cali Chard, slightly grassy and bitter, with bright acidity and an oaky finish. Somewhat spicy for a chard, with starfruit & guava notes, and a super mellow finish. Not what I would drink on a hot day in the summer, but delish nonetheless.
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