napa rose.

on friday, i went out to get a few drinks with one of my favorite boys. :) We went to "Napa Rose" inside the grand californian hotel at disneyland.

we shared an appetizer of "Sautéed Hand Harvested Diver Scallops with a Sauce of Lemon and Lobster, accented with Tahitian Vanilla", which was priced at $17. as someone who isn't particularly fond of scallops, i thought it was VERY good. i especially liked the lemon and lobster sauce, which i enjoyed by sopping up the thick broth in bread, scooping a little lobster on the slice with each bite.

for my wine, i started with a 2006 Verve Negroamaro, made from 100% negroamaro di salento grape. i was unsure where the italian region specified on the menu was (apulia), until i checked online and realized that "apulia" was just english for the puglia region of italy (located in the "heel" of italy). it was an IGT wine, which doesn't meet the stricter DOC or DOCG italian wine standards. regardless, at $14.75/glass, it was a nice wine. well balanced, not too fruit forward, and went well with the heavier lobster cream sauce.

my second glass was a 2004 tempranillo by (ugh) clos du bois from alexander valley. i usually would NOT order a clos du bois wine from a wine list, but it was the only tempranillo on the list and it was only $9.50/glass, haha. not terribly exciting, but not horrible. it definitely was more acidic than the first wine, but that was to be expected, i suppose.

all in all, napa rose was a nice restaurant. it limited the disgustingly gross "overly-happy" staff that usually frequents all of disneyland. the service was prompt and the presentation was nice. the wine list was long, and impressive (it has made wine spectators wine list in the past). parking wasn't even horrible, considering where i was, and was free for the first 3 hours. overall a nice experience. :)