During one of the several long weekends January seemed to have we, Megan, Debbie, Scott and I, decided to visit the vineyards that sat by themselves, the first was
Potomac Point Vineyard & Winery. One of my coworkers was married there and raves about it, so it was time for a visit. With the holiday weekend it was an easy drive down 95 to the vineyard which does sit alone near Quantico.
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| Behind the Bar |
It was a quiet day there and Potomac Point was much more Italian influenced that I expected. It was decorated with lots of dark wood, murals over the bar and there was an olive oil tasting bar too. We opted for the premier tasting rather than the basic so we were able to taste all 11 wines that were available, since its time to bottle soon they were sold out of a few. They had a very good 2009 Chardonnay Reserve aged in oak as well as the 2009 Petit Verdot-Megan said she could sit and smell this one for hours! To me it tasted similar to the Cab Franc, but was smoother. We also enjoyed the Custom Label White which is 50% Chardonnay & 50% Viognier and their 2010 Abbinato (50% Sangiovese & 50% Touriga) which had a butterscotch nose but we tasted cherry. After the wine, we tasted the lemon, orange, basil and rosemary olive oils which were also enjoyable.
Potomac Point has an onsite bistro so we moved to the next room where tables were made from barrels and enjoyed lunch. We opted for a bottle of the 2010 Norton to have with lunch since they were so low on quantities we were unable to taste it. Was that a great idea or what! All 4 of us loved the Norton & I'm pretty sure we all took a bottle home! We enjoyed our visit to this unique winery and recommend sitting down for the food, it was all very warm and delicious especially on a cold winter day.
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| Italian inspired art, photo by Debbie |
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