Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar is now offering a new way for guests
to mix and match in the bar area from now until May 31, 2012. The popular
steakhouse and wine bar is rolling out “Small Plates, Big Pours” – a selection
of seven innovative Small Plates matched with an oversized wine pour from the
Fleming’s 100 – for just $24.95 (plus tax and gratuity). Maeve Pesquera,
Fleming’s Director of Wine, has chosen each of the seven Big Pour wines to pair
with the flavors of the steakhouse Small Plates.
The Small Plates include: Sliced Filet Mignon, Shrimp Scampi Skewers,
Petite Lamb Chops, Seared Ahi Tuna, New Bedford Scallops, Filet Mignon Skewers,
and Lobster Tempura.
The Big Pours are: Penley Merlot, Paco & Lola Albariño, Cline
Cashmere Red Blend, A to Z Wineworks Pinot Noir, Cakebread Sauvignon Blanc, B.R.
Cohn Silver Cabernet, and Silverado Chardonnay.
Guests can select one Maeve’s suggested pairings listed below or create a
unique flavor combination of their own by mixing and matching their own wine and
food pairs:
Sliced Filet Mignon and Penley Merlot
Beef filet, mushroom
risotto and Merlot all exhibit a smooth, melt-in-your-mouth quality and
harmonize well together
Shrimp Scampi Skewers and Paco & Lola
Albariño
Albariño’s crisp minerality echoes the fresh ocean flavors of
the shrimp, and the green apple and floral notes of the wine are a wonderful
complement to the spicy chimichurri sauce
Petite Lamb Chops and Cline
Cashmere Red Blend
Oak-aged red wines almost always pair well with
grilled meats, and the lamb has flavor compounds that pair particularly well
with the chocolate notes and hints of black pepper in this
Syrah-Grenache-Mouvèdre blend
Seared Ahi Tuna and A to Z Wineworks
Pinot Noir
The bit of spice in this perfectly smooth Pinot Noir soothes
the piquant notes of the mustard sauce served with the tuna dish
New
Bedford Scallops and Cakebread Sauvignon Blanc
The fruity minerality of
this refreshing Sauvignon Blanc accentuates the buttery richness of the
scallops, and its citrus qualities echo the dish’s Meyer lemon-honey glaze
Filet Mignon Skewers and B.R. Cohn Silver Cabernet
Powerful
foods need a powerful wine, and the full, rich flavors of this Sonoma Cabernet
pair well with the robust flavors of seared beef, creamy gorgonzola and smoky
bacon
Lobster Tempura and Silverado Chardonnay
The richness and
sweetness of the lobster echo the rich flavors of crème brûlée and citrus found
in this medium-bodied Chardonnay
“Guests could pick a pairing with a
blindfold on and still would not go wrong with the seven wine selections on our
Small Plates, Big Pours menu,” says Russell Skall, Fleming’s Executive Chef.
“Larger groups can experiment by ordering several of the Small Plates to see who
comes up with the favorite pairing of the evening,” he adds.
Skall enjoys pairing the Sliced Filet Mignon with Shitake Risotto with
the Penley Merlot or the B.R. Cohn Silver Cabernet. When paired with the merlot,
the filet causes the berry and plum flavors of the wine to shine, but when
paired with the tighter tannins in the cabernet, new flavors evolve.
There
are four Fleming’s in Phoenix at Scottsdale at Lincoln Road, North Scottsdale at
DC Ranch, Peoria and Chandler. For more information or to find your nearest
Fleming’s location, please visit
www.FlemingsSteakhouse.com. Follow
Maeve Pesquera and Chef Russell Skall on Twitter @WineMaeven and
@RussellOnSteak.
