wine Havana’s Wine List - Winner of Wine Spectator’s “Best of Award of Excellence” 2004-2020 (Only one of three restaurants in Maine with this award!) WHITE WINES for the Summer of 2021 FEATURED WHITE WINES BY THE GLASS glass bottle WHITES Chardonnay Catena - Mendoza, Vista Flores Vnyrd, Argentina ‘17 $9.95 $39 A great California style Chardonnay . but from Argentina Terrien - Sonoma Valley 2013 $13.95 $52 ... yes, 8 year old Cali chard - high acid, perfect balance, Meursault like in many ways Viognier/Marsanne D’Arenberg, The Hermit Crab” - Australia 2018 $10.95 $42 Lobster - perfect. Other seafood - perfect too Riesling Loosen Brothers, “Dr. L.” - Mosel, Germany 2020 $10.95 $42 Kabinett level, which is dry, crisp and delicious Sauvignon Blanc Joel Gott - California 2019 $9.95 $39 Focused is the word, along with bright. Classic Sauv. Blanc Rhone Blend Tablas Creek, “Patelin” - Central Coast, Cali. 2018 $13.95 $52 Pear, white peach, medium to full bodied, a delicious wine ROSÉ Bieler, “Sabine”, Pere et Fils - Provence 2020 $9.95 $39 SPARKLERS Cava - Mas fi, Brut Nature - Spain NV $8.95 $39 All served in 3.5 oz. pours Rose Cava - Miquel Pons, Brut Nature - Spain 2018 $9.95 $45 Moscato d’Asti - Maragliano, “La Caliera” - Italy 2018 half btl. $8.95 $29 Wild Blueberry - Bluet, Brut - Maine 2017 $8.95 $39 A fantastic, super-dry Maine sparkler SAMPLE ANY 3 WHITE OR RED WINES - $12.95 - 2 OZ. OF EACH Maine State law allows you to take your partially finished bottle of wine home with you! Signifies a wine grown and made biodynamically Signifies a wine grown and made organically Signifies a wine grown and made naturally In this case the grapes were usually grown either organically or biodynamically but the wine is usually fermented using naturally occurring wild yeast, and usually unfiltered with no additives whatsoever. Havana’s Wine List - Winner of Wine Spectator’s “Best of Award of Excellence” 2004-2019 (Only one of three restaurants in Maine with this award!) RED WINES for the Summer of 2021 FEATURED RED WINES BY THE GLASS glass bottle REDS Pinot Noir Tortoise Creek - California 2019 $10.95 $42 Light bodied and full of typical Pinot Noir fruit Valdiguie J. Lohr, “Wildflower” - Monterrey, California 2017 $8.95 $39 Carbonic maceration provides delightful results: light, floral and juicy, with fresh acidity. Beaujolais Maison L’Envoye, Morgon Cotes du Py - France 2018 $13.95 $52 Medium bodied, made from the Gamay grape. Fruity and delicious. Nebbiolo Villadoria, “Bricco Magno” - Langhe, Piedmont, Italy 2015 $12.95 $49 Medium bodied, elegant with subtle tannins and long finish Barbera Renato Ratti, “Battaglione” - Asti, Piedmont, Italy 2018 $10.95 $42 Medium bodied, Chianti-like, less cherry, more plum Malbec Altos las Hormigas - Mendoza, Argentina 2018 $9.95 $39 Meduim bodied, no oak, lots of dark fruit Cabernet Alexander Valley - Sonoma, California 2018 $12.95 $49 Meduim to full bodied, minimum oak, lots of rich, dark fruit Cotes du Rhone * Perrin - Cotes du Rhone, France 2019 $9.95 $39 Light to Medium bodied with rich fruit, spice and great balance. * Havana is proud to have been the first restaurant in Maine to offer our guests wines on tap. These keg wines are the ultimate in eco-friendly (a reusable metal keg eliminates the cost of glass, corks, foils and boxes creating no new waste) and the lack of content with oxygen will ensure these wines stay fresh for weeks. Best of all, the Perrin family of Beaucastel makes fantastic wines as we hope you will agree. We will fill a carafe for you in lieu of a bottle. SAMPLE ANY 3 WHITE OR RED WINES - $12.95 - 2 OZ. OF EACH Maine State law allows you to take your partially finished bottle of wine home with you! 15 GREAT WINES for $49 or LESS We wanted to take a bit of the work out - here are 15 fantastic wines priced at $49 or less selected for you from our admittedly way-too-big wine list. To make things even simpler, we put some basic tasting notes under each wine. Don't look for "reminis- cent of stone fruit with a hint of lychee" (who the heck knows what a lychee is anyway, let alone knows what they taste or smell like). Rather we have tried to put the wines in terms that everyone can relate to. WHITES Sparkling Wine Gruet, Brut, Blanc de Noirs, New Mexico NV 375 ml. $19 Good sparkling wine from New Mexico? Sure enough, and goes great with food too. Made from Pinot Noir grapes so a little more body than many sparklers Chardonnay Vincent Girardin, “Cuvee Saint-Vincent”, France 2018 $45 White Burgundy at $45? All the traditional Burgundy stuff is here, full bodied, a little oak, etc. Albarino As Laxas - Rias Baixas, Spain 2019 $45 From coastal Spain - what's that mean: crisp, dry, bracing, great with seafood, particularly shellfish Grenache Blanc Sans Liege, “Groundwork” - Paso Robles, California 2019 $44 Another perfect accompaniment for all types of seafood. Aromatic, dry white, no oak, startingly alive. Riesling - Kabinett St. Urbans-hof, Ockfener Bockstein Saar 2018 $49 Don't think sweet - think perfectly balanced, think peaches, think crisp & dry Gruner Veltliner Aichenberg - Niederosterreich, Austria 2019 $39 The wine geeks darling. Why? Because it has great flavor and goes great with food, our cuisine in particular Chenin Blanc Pine Ridge - Napa 2019 $35 Chenin Blanc should be the next grape thing - fresh, crisp, dry - another great paella wine REDS Pinot Noir Etude, “Lyric” - Santa Barbara, California 2018 $45 Honestly, as good or better than many much higher-priced Pinots - definitely not Burgundy though - this is a New World Pinot Noir meaning the fruit is more pronounced and it will satisfy many of you fruit bomb lovers - a good bridge for the “one orders seafood/one orders steak” dilemna Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Cataldi Madonna, “Malandrino” - Abruzzo, Italy 2017 $39 Medium bodied, cherries, earthy, traditional, can also “bridge the gap” of Tuna/Steak Malbec Bodega Noemia, “A Lisa” - Rio Negro Valley, Argentina 2017 $49 Why did everyone start drinking Malbec? - Because it is the BFF of red meat! 90 pts. w.s. Douro Quinta de la Rosa, “Rosa” - Portugal 2016 $29 Touriga Nacional and some other grapes you have never heard of - medium bodied, bright fruit Garnacha Bodegas Breca “Breca” - Calatayud, Spain 2017 $37 Deep, black, purple, spicy, full bodied, great wine, great value - 90 pts w.a. Cabernet Cousino Macul - Maipo Valley, Chile 2016 $29 Not too big, not too small, just right - good Cabernet is like Classic Rock to us - and this is just like that Textbook - Napa Valley, California 2018 $49 There is no Keynesian-based reason why great Napa Cabernet should all be $100+ - this proves it - fantastic wine Shiraz D’Arenberg, "The Footbolt" - South Australia 2016 $39 Not a mouth puckering, "too big for its' own good" Shiraz but still true to its' roots - spicy, jammy and big OUR ALL-STAR LINE-UP - $55 - $125 Here are some fairly stunning wines, selected from our list, priced between $55 and $125 chosen for typicitiy (e.g. the Pinot Noir tastes like a Pinot Noir, lighter bodied and elegant), deliciousness, and impact. Impact meaning that these are wines that we hope will "stay with you" for awhile. We certainly remember the first time we tried these beauties. WHITES Champagne Aubry, Brut, 1er Cru NV $89 One of the great grower/producers in Champagne - a top quality Champagne for a great price. Godello Raul Perez, “Ultreia La Claudina” - Bierzo, Spain 2014 $109 Medium-bodied, minerally, with great balance between acidity and freshness - 94 pts. w.a. Cotes du Rhone Chateau Beaucastel, Coudelet de Beaucastel - France 2019 $79 A suberb example of an all too often forgotten wine - whites from the Rhone Sauvignon Blanc Vie di Romans, “Piere Sauvignon” - Friuli Isonzo, Italy 2017 ( Tre Bicchieri) $65 Italy for Sauv Blanc? For sure, one of the best we have ever tasted. Riesling - Kabinett Donnhoff, Kreuznacher Krotenpfuhl - Nahe, Germany 2016 $69 Juicy peach and plum fruit, lemony citrus, savory salinity, and still nice and dry Albarino Palacios de Fefinanes, “1583” - Rias Baixas, Spain 2018 $59 Paella, perfect match. Lobster, perfect too. Chardonnay Patz & Hall - Sonoma Valley, Sonoma Coast 2016 $79 All the stuff you’d expect - but in all the right proportions. Full bodied and delicious. REDS Rioja Lopez y Heredia, “Vina Cubillo” - Crianza Spain 2011, 2012 $79 Perfect Balance between fruit, tannins, acidty, body, etc. - 92 pts. w.e. Super Tuscan Rocca di Frassinello, “Ornello” - Italy 2016 $69 Some Sangiovese, some Cab, some Merlot - “Elegant + understated” - 92 w.a. Grenache, etc. K Vintners, “The Boy” - Columbia Valley, Washington 2014 $99 . ripe, wild, peppery, meaty, rose petal and olive scented effort that has full-bodied richness, 95 pts. w.a. Burgundy Vincent Girardin, Vieilles Vignes - Volnay 2015 $125 A great producer with old vines from a great vintage - sure things in Burgundy are hard to find but this is it - a perfect match for a split table - goes well with our steaks and with richer seafood items Syrah Blends Sans Liege, “The Offering” - Santa Barbara 2018 $69 Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, big fruit, Chateauneuf-like Samsara - Santa Barbara County 2015 $79 Pristine, powerful and purple fruit - drinking very well right now - 92 pts. w.a. Malbec Catena, Paraje Altamira" - Mendoza, Argentina 2017 $79 "Really gorgeous" 92 pts. w.s. - powerful but not overwhelming, great with steaks Cab Blend Justin, “Isoceles” - Paso Robles, California 2017 $125 Always a “wine of the vintage” the Isoceles is a perfect match for lamb or beef Pinot Noir Anthill Farms - Anderson Valley, California