{"id":442,"date":"2016-12-28T17:47:10","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T17:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=442"},"modified":"2017-01-01T21:45:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T21:45:16","slug":"signorello-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=442","title":{"rendered":"Signorello Estate"},"content":{"rendered":"

A visit to the Signorello Estate (http:\/\/signorelloestate.com\/<\/a>) winery can take on a few different personalities. Let\u2019s focus on the easy one first, tasting their wines.\u00a0 We rather like them, especially their Cabernet Sauvignon and their Syrah.\u00a0 According to Signorello\u2019s web site, their wines have been receiving considerable attention from the point-giving magazines. They are certainly a mouthful, with strong varietal flavors. Their top wines are now allocated, so if you\u2019re not a member of Signorello\u2019s wine club, the only way you\u2019ll taste their top-rated wines is to visit the winery.<\/p>\n

The tasting room is spacious and kept a little on the dark side, for a chateau-like atmosphere.\u00a0 In fact, as you drive up to the winery you may be reminded a bit of a slightly modern French chateau.\u00a0 And indeed although the owners bear an Italian surname, the wines are very much in a Napafied French style.\u00a0 There is a grandeur to the Signorello winery, combining the architecture and the landscape.\u00a0 You know you\u2019re in Napa Valley.\u00a0 In fact, you\u2019ll have just the sort of experience that many wine tasters came to Napa Valley for.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re lucky, your server will be Nathalie Birebent, whose lilting French accent makes the wines taste a little less Californian and a little more French.\u00a0 (More about Mme. Birebent later.)<\/p>\n

You may enjoy your tasting at the bar of the tasting room or outside on a sunlit terrace, and it is there on the terrace that the split personality of a Signorello visit kicks in.\u00a0 There is one of those infinity pools that seems to disappear over the edge, leading to a lovely view of Signorello\u2019s vineyards and Napa Valley generally.\u00a0 It is hard to think of anything more attractive on a lazy summer afternoon.<\/p>\n

But summer afternoons at Signorello are anything but lazy.\u00a0 Signorello has a working restaurant kitchen just opposite the bar and they do use it.\u00a0 The winery offers several different wine and food pairing tours and on the weekends there is often quite a party going on.\u00a0 So the calm of the interior belies the jangle of the terrace.\u00a0 If the latter is the scene you like, there are fewer places better than Signorello to enjoy it.\u00a0 If not, we recommend you visit Signorello on a weekday.<\/p>\n

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We have a special affinity for Signorello, beginning with the aforementioned Nathalie Birebent.\u00a0 Not only is she the spirit of the tasting room, but she\u2019s also the wife of Pierre Birebent, the winemaker.\u00a0 So Mme. Birebent brings a special level of knowledge to her service which magnifies the wine tasting experience.\u00a0 Lucie is a native francophone (and Steve can get along in French) so our conversations over a few pours is always quite lively when we visit Signorello.\u00a0 On one occasion, Pierre gave us a private tour which was a pretty amazing way to visit a winery.<\/p>\n

Overall, a visit to Signorello combines many of the elements that make wine tasting exciting: fine wine, knowledgeable servers, resonant architecture and (if you like) a party.\u00a0 There\u2019s the little thrill that comes from discovering wines that you can\u2019t find on the shelves of your local wine shop.\u00a0 We always leave Signorello with a smile on our faces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A visit to the Signorello Estate (http:\/\/signorelloestate.com\/) winery can take on a few different personalities. Let\u2019s focus on the easy one first, tasting their wines.\u00a0 We rather like them, especially their Cabernet Sauvignon and their Syrah.\u00a0 According to Signorello\u2019s web site, their wines have been receiving considerable attention from the point-giving magazines. They are certainly … Continue reading Signorello Estate<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=442"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions\/451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}