L27 Wine Dinner | Clos Solène
Join us 27 floors above the city for an evening with Clos Solène. Reserve your seat for an unforgettable evening, curated by Chef Mark Vuckovich, pairing the winery's best wines with a Mediterranean-inspired five-course dinner.
6:30 PM: Reception
7:00 PM: Dinner
TICKETS: $150 per person
21 and over.
ABOUT CLOS SOLÈNE
The Westside Vineyards
For the past 10 years, Clos Solène has been purchasing fruit, and will most likely always purchase fruit. As a Rhone producer, 90% of the wine he makes is Rhone inspired, but Guillaume likes to play with other varieties to learn and accomplish something he couldn’t do in France. Guillaume’s philosophy is to create blends that represent different soil types and climates and to achieve this you must use many different terroirs. However, all of the fruit that is purchased is coming from the west side of Paso Robles, mainly from the Willow Creek District and the Adelaida District. The soil types represented are clay, loam, calcareous, limestone, and shell. The west side of Paso Robles is highly influenced by the Pacific Ocean with cool nights, foggy mornings, and warm days. This region is known for having the largest day to night temperate swing, as much as 50 degrees, of any growing region in California.
Bien Nacido Vineyard
As Guillaume’s passion for California soil grew, Clos Solène started to lease some of the best blocks of Pinot Noir, Syrah, and Chardonnay from Bien Nacido Vineyard in Santa Maria Valley. Bien Nacido is recognized for its meticulously maintained vines and for its cool climate influences. Clos Solène makes limited production cuvées for their wine club members from Pommard and Martini clones.
The Estate Vines
When Guillaume and Solène acquired the estate in January of 2017, the existing vineyard was planted in 1998 onto vigorous rootstock. The rows were planted a little wider than Guillaume would have planted, but he felt that it was a great place to start, especially having 20-year-old vines in place, which is considered “old vines” for this area. After testing to make sure the vines were clean of any and all viruses, Guillaume decided to re-graft the whole 8 acres and turn the plot into a nursery for future planting. Today, there are 10 different varieties and 16 different clones. Half of the vineyard was grafted to Rhone varieties (Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre). The Rhone varieties were grafted based on the soil, mostly shale with steeper slopes. The other half of the vineyard was grafted with Bordeaux varieties, where the soil has a better capability to hold water.
