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Maison Ventenac Cuvée Marie

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Citrus Shrimp SaladCitrus Shrimp and Avocado Salad

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 pound medium pan-seared citrus shrimp (recipe here)
  • 8 cups greens (such as arugula, spinach, or spring mix)
  • fruity or lemon-flavored extra virgin olive oil
  • juice of ½ lemon or ½ orange
  • 1 avocado, sliced or diced
  • 1 shallot, minced
  • 4 ounces sliced almonds, toasted
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Prepare your own pan-seared citrus shrimp or click here for recipe.
  2. Toss the prepared shrimp with the salad greens in a large bowl.
  3. Lightly drizzle with olive oil, and if desired, some of the sauce remaining from the shrimp with a generous squeeze of citrus, and toss lightly to coat.
  4. Add the avocado, shallots and sliced almonds and then season with Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper and serve.

© Recipe and Photo courtesy of Foodie Crush. All rights reserved.

MARCH WINE CLUB:

Silky styleVentenac_Marie_wine_bottleMaison Ventenac
Marie.
Colombard
Pays d’Oc IGP, France

SILKY WINE STYLE

Fruity wine with primary aromas of grapefruit and lemon. A focus wine, well-balanced and fresh. Organic wine.

Analysis: 12% alcohol / volume
Varietal: 95% Colombard, 5% Roll
Appellation: Pays d’Oc IGP, France
Soil: Clay-limestone soil
Plots: Villeraze et Cantoaoussel
Yield: 75 hl/ha
Vine Density: 6500 vines/ha. Guyot single cane – 7 buds
Harvest: Nocturnal harvest. Carbonic snow at the parcel.
Sorting: Pneumatic press. Processing of first juices under inert gas (nitrogen) at 5°. Cold stabilization during 6 days and cold clarification.
Fermentation: At 15° in 300hl stainless steel tanks. No malolactic fermentation
Maturation: Aging on fine lees (2 months)

WINEMAKER’S NOTES:
“To enjoy the Marie’s cuvée, you have to enjoy simple things. Direct and immediate things. This wine is mainly about fruit. Intense. Citrus generally, grapefruit specifically. Then it’s about tightness and freshness. Finally, it’s a bit of iodine, saline, sapidity. Everything you need to pour a bit of sunshine into your glass.” – Maison Ventenac, Stephanie et Olivier Ramé

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