Farmhouse Restaurant Dinesite in River Market District, Kansas City
For our weekend getaway in Kansas City, we ventured into town for lunch along the mighty Missouri river. We found a spot near the river but absent any river views - The Farmhouse Restaurant in River Market District on picturesque Delaware street offers locally sourced, farm fresh to table casual dining.
We ate Kansas City grilled flank steak served on a brioche bun with home fries and a goat cheese arugula salad with farm fresh tomato.
We ate outside on the patio with picturesque street views and lively entertaining street scenes.
With our lunch we had from the winelist a Willamette Valley Oregon Pinot Noir from Alexana.
This was a later release of a highly rated earlier vintage of this label we had BYOB at our wine group dinner in Chicago a couple weeks ago.
Alexana Terrior Series Willamette Valley Oregon Pinot Noir 2018
Alexana’s Terroir Series Pinot was created from a diverse selection of clones and encompasses fruit from five of Willamette Valley’s top AVA’s which lends to this wine's complexity.
Alexana's motto is that diverse soils create complex wines, and their Terroir Series Pinot Noir strives for and exemplifies this. Made from five of Willamette Valley’s AVA's showcases a broad range of soils, clones, exposures, and micro-climates.
At the winery, the fruit was triple-hand-sorted allowing only the best berries to be selected into the blend. Alexana Pinot Noir was crafted by Bryan Weil who previously worked at Domaine Serene, one of our favorite Oregon Pinot Noir producers.
This is from the producers of its sister winery, Revana in California Napa Valley, St. Helena, and like Revana, Alexana is quickly building a reputation of excellence. In 2013 their Dundee Hills Pinot earned the #17 spot on the Wine Spectator Top 100 list.
This release final blend was composed from eleven different clones of Pinot
Noir, spent ten months in
barrel which contributes to its complexity yet it is smooth and nicely balanced for casual easy sipping.
This label is perennially a high-scorer and at less than $40, it provides high QPR (Quality Price Ratio).
Ruby colored, medium bodied,
smooth easy sipping, bright expressive cherry and boysenberry fruits give way to tones of dusty rose with notes of cola, hints of floral, smoke, anise
and dark chocolate with smooth polished tannins on the moderate finish. A very nice complement to the grilled steak and salad.
RM 89 points.
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Sitting on the outside patio provided for a nice comfortable and relaxed setting yet offered lively activity of street scenes and even social engagement with passers-by as desired.
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