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Jovanina Wine List.Pages WINES BY THE GLASS WINES BY THE BOTTLE *selections from the tap are priced as glass/half liter/.750L BUBBLES 2017 Adami Sul Lievito — 54 SPARKLING Unfiltered Prosecco Gruet — 13 Brut Rosé, New Mexico 2017 Vietti Cascinetta Vietti— 39 Moscato d’Asti Piper Heidsieck — 15 Champagne NV Piper Heidsieck — 80 Champagne Bellafina — *11/28/42 Prosecco NV Veuve Cliquot Ponsardin— 135 Champagne Lucien Albrecht — 15 Sparkling Rosé, Alsace NV Henriot — 115 Champagne NV Berlucchi — 78 WHITE Franciacorta 2017 Pighin — 14 Sauvignon Blanc, Friuli-Venezia Giulia NV Gruet — 40 Brut, New Mexico 2017 Landhaus Mayer — 12.5 Gruner Veltliner, Austria NV Gruet — 42 Sparkling Rosé, New Mexico 2017 Fontanafredda — 12.5 Gavi di Gavi NV Lucien Albrecht — 55 Sparkling Rosé, Alsace 2017 Aperture — 13 Chenin Blanc, California WHITE WINES 2016 Acinum — 10.5 Garganega, Soave Classico CRISP & REFRESHING 2017 Au Bon Climat — *13/35/55 NV Broadbent — 35 Chardonnay, Santa Barbara Vinho Verde, Portugal 2018 Greywacke — 48 STILL ROSÉ Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough 2017 Jean-Luc Colombo Cape Bleue — 12.5 2017 Venica & Venica — 59 Syrah, Mourvedre Provence Sauvignon Blanc, Friuli-Venezia Giulia 2017 Pighin — 39 RED Sauvignon Blanc, Friuli-Venezia Giulia 2017 Cloudline — 15 2017 St. Supery — 68 Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley Sauvignon Blanc, Napa 2017 Degani — 12.5 2017 Frog’s Leap — 65 Corvina, Rondinella, and Molinara, Valpolicella Sauvignon Blanc, Rutherford 2016 Cantina Tollo Valle d’Oro — 10.5 2015 Schiopetto — 68 Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Friulano, Friuli-Venezia Giulia 2014 Poggerino — 15 2017 Fontanafredda — 48 Sangiovese, Chianti Classico Gavi di Gavi 2016 Stemmari — *12/34/45 2016 Felline — 39 Nero d’Avola, Sicily Verdeca, Puglia 2017 Noemia A LISA— 13.5 2016 Acinum— 36 Malbec, Patagonia Garganega, Soave Classico 2016 Bridlewood — 15 2016 Anselmi — 52 Cabernet Sauvignon, Paso Robles Garganega, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Veneto 2016 Planeta — 65 SWEETS Carricante, Mount Etna, Sicily 2012 Castellare di Castellina S. Niccolo— 15 2015 Borgo del Tiglio — 125 Trebbiano, Malvasia, Vin Santo del Chianti Classico Chardonnay, Friuli-Venezia Giulia 1987 Bodegas Toro Albala Don PX — 15 2016 Albert Bichot — 62 Pedro Ximenez, Sherry Chardonnay, Chablis NV Blandy’s — 12 2017 Miner Family — 62 Prosecco Chardonnay, Napa NV Dow’s — 10 2012 Au Bon Climat Relevant — 75 White Port Douro Chardonnay, Santa Maria Valley NV Porto Barros — 10 2016 Frog’s Leap — 75 10-Year Tawny Douro Chardonnay, Napa 2015 Newton — 135 WINES BY THE HALF BOTTLE Chardonnay, Napa 2017 Michele Chiarlo Nivole — 35 Moscato d’Asti LIGHT, AROMATIC & FLORAL WHITES 2017 Alois Lageder — 38 2015 Carabella — 42 Pinot Grigio, Alto Adige Pinot Gris, Willamette Valley 2014 Trimbach — 40 2016 Feudi di San Gregorio — 62 Gewurztraminer, Alsace Greco di Tufo, Campania 2015 Poliziano — 49 2016 Librandi — 36 Prugnolo Gentile, Vino Noble del Montepulciano Greco Bianco, Ciro, Calabria LIGHT, AROMATIC & FLORAL WHITES (CONT.) 2016 Albert Bichot — 62 2014 Marchesi di Gresy Martinenga — 125 Chardonnay, Chablis Nebbiolo, Barbaresco 2016 Ken Forrester FMC— 125 2013 Cantine Povero — 95 Chenin Blanc, Stellenbosch, South Africa Nebbiolo, Barolo 2017 Champalou — 71 2013 Luigi Einaudi Terlo — 135 Chenin Blanc, Vouvray Nebbiolo, Barolo 2017 Pighin — 62 2016 Planeta Cerrasuolo di Vittoria — 62 Pinot Grigio, Friuli Venezia Giulia Nero d’Avola, Frappato, Sicily 2014 Marco Felluga Molamatta— 68 2016 Tenuta San Guido Guidalberto— 152 Pinot Bianco, Collio, Friuli Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Bolghieri 2017 Chateau Musar Jeune — 65 2015 Tenuta San Guido Sassacaia— 320 Viognier, Vermentino, Bekka Valley, Lebanon Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Bolghieri Sassacaia 2017 Bodegas Naia — 39 2003 Chateau Musar — 170 Verdejo, Rueda, Spain Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault, Carignan, Bekka Valley, Lebanon 2017 Landhaus Mayer — 41 Gruner Veltliner, Austria EASY DRINKING, 2016 Martin Codax — 37 MEDIUM-BODIED REDS Albarino, Rias Baixas 2017 Vietti Tre Vigne — 64 Dolcetto d’Alba FULL-BODIED, 2015 Russiz Superiore — 74 Cabernet Franc, Collio, Friuli AROMATIC & FLORAL WHITES 2016 Domaines Schlumberger le Princes Abbes — 48 2016 Morgan Cotes du Crow — 39 Gewurztraminer, Alsace Syrah, Grenache, Monterey 2017 Vietti — 68 2014 E. Guigal — 85 Roero Arneis, Piedmont Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, Gigondas, Rhone Valley 2017 Boundary Breaks — 62 2014 Michele Chiarlo — 74 Riesling, Finger Lakes Nizza, Barbera d’Asti 2015 Kuen Hof — 85 2016 Cantina Tollo Valle d’Oro — 35 Riesling, Alto Adige Montepulciano d’Abruzzo 2017 Trefethen — 68 2015 Duckhorn — 115 Riesling, Napa Merlot, Napa 2016 Felline — 56 DRY ROSÉ Primitivo di Manduria, Puglia 2010 Otanon Riserva — 65 2017 Jean-Luc Colombo Cape Bleue — 48 Tempranillo, Rioja Syrah, Mourvedre Provence 2016 Leone de Castris — 63 2015 Feudi di San Gregorio — 42 Aglianico, Campania Negroamaro, Malvasia, Puglia 2016 Antica Masseria del Siglio — 60 Aglianico, Campania RED WINES 2011 Chateau Rollan de By — 95 LIGHT & DRY Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet France, Petit Verdot, Medoc 2017 Nicole Chanrion — 61 Gamay, Cote de Brouilly, Cru Beaujolais 2017 Cloudline — 56 FRUIT-FORWARD, FULL-BODIED REDS Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley 2016 Ridge Pagani Ranch— 95 Zinfandel, Napa 2014 Albert Bichot — 85 Pinot Noir, Fixin, Burgundy 2016 Craggy Range Gimblett’s Gravels — 64 Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, New Zealand 2015 True Story — 95 Dundee Hills, Willamette Valley 2017 Noemia A LISA — 52 Malbec, Patagonia 2015 Alexana Revana Vineyard — 105 Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley 2014 Devil Proof — 225 Malbec, Alexander Valley 2017 Degani — 39 Corvina, Rondinella, and Molinara, Valpolicella 2016 Bridlewood — 58 Cabernet Sauvignon, Paso Robles 2015 Tenuta Sant’Antonio — 58 Corvina, Rondinella, and Molinara, Valpolicella Ripasso 2015 Aperture — 125 Cabernet Sauvignon, Alexander Valley EARTHY REDS 2015 Sequoia Grove — 75 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa 2013 Fattoria Selvapiana Bucercheriale Riserva — 95 Sangiovese, Chianti Rufina 2014 Ridge Montebello Vineyard — 125 Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Cruz Mountains 2014 Poggerino — 82 Sangiovese, Chianti Classico 2014 Jordan — 120 Cabernet Sauvignon, Alexander Valley 2012 Cantine Bonachi — 105 Brunello di Montalcino 2015 St. Supery — 160 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa 2015 Jean-Michelle Gerin — 54 Syrah, Northern Rhone 2016 Justin — 68 Cabernet Sauvignon, Paso Robles 2015 Chateau de St. Cosme — 190 Syrah, Viognier, Cote Rotie, Rhone Valley 2014 Staglin Family Salus — 180 Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford 2015 Vietti Vigna Vecchia Scarrone — 138 Barbera d’Alba 2016 Orin Swift Papillon — 160 Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, 2016 Aia Vecchia Lagone — 52 Malbec, Cabernet Franc, Napa Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon,Cabernet Franc, Bolghieri 2016 Travalglini — 38 Costa della Sesia Nebbiolo, Piedmont 2014 Vietti Masseria— 175 Nebbiolo, Barbaresco .
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