Aventura 50 MY
COMAR Yachts: V.le Traiano 27 00054 Fiumicino, Roma - Italy
Aventura Catamarans: Parc d'activité économique de Bizerte Site de Menzel Bourguiba - Tunisia
Vieux Magnifique Tunisie Appellation D'Origine Controlee IER CRU Sidi Salem 2017 : Domaine NEFERIS, 2 Rue Yasmine El Menzah 1 , 1004 Tunis
NEJIB ZNEIDI "LA-PLAGE". Oil on Canvas | 60x80 cm
Welcome back to Navel Gazing at Camp David.
This week we are going to the dark side…a beautiful Power Catamaran from exotic Tunisia…
The Aventura 50 MY!
Today we will,
1. Review its specifications, pricing and layout against three similar new vessels.
2. Do a full tour asking, "What would Sylvia say?"
3. Naval Gaze at an innovation and/or adjustment that might make life aboard easier
4. Have a look at the used market for 3-5-year-old comparables.
5. And finally give it a "Dave Score" and compare the result with all our previously reviewed yachts.
As always, all this fun will be sandwiched between a pairing of wine and a work of art from the same region as the guest yacht, in an effort to capture the culture and people who gave birth to these wonderful vessels.
You may recall that when I did the last review on an Aventura, the 37, I failed to find a single bottle of Tunisian wine anywhere in Vancouver with which to pair the yacht. Hearing of my plight, Laurent Snieg, Aventura's North American representative, assembled a wonderful care package of Tunisian wine and treats and had it shipped to me after last next trip to the factory. Thank you so very much Laurent!
Waves, wine, art, and ideas…What a civilized way to spend thirty minutes, so let's get going.
From high above Vancouver, we head east across North America the Atlantic and the continent, to the banks of the Tiber, near Roam Italy and the yards of COMAR Yachts home of last weeks guest yacht, the C-Cat 56. From here we head across the Atlantic to Tunisia and the home of this week's Power Cat, the Aventura 50 MY. Finally, we hop a little east to Domaine NEFERIS, home of this week's wine pairing…
Vieux Magnifique Tunisie Appellation D'Origine Controlee IER CRU Sidi Salem 2017
Nestled in a mountainous amphitheatre in Cap Bon, Domaine Neferis' 222 hectares is well sited for the production of 400,000 bottles of quality wine annually.
The slopes channel sea breezes and the elevation gives an extended growing season. Domaine Neferis is the Tunisian land-owning partner. Calatresi, a high quality Sicilian venture, makes the wines. However, the thinking here is Tunisian, with added influence from Australian winemakers helping to gain the best expression from the wines. The estate is progressive in other areas too: the wines are made by Tunisia's only female winemaker, and the winery is experimenting with solar power for its needs.
Vieux Magnifique 2017 is Cherry red wine with intense color and beautiful, sticky tears. Pure and intense on the nose with aromas of red fruit and tobacco. Round onset in the mouth. Good structure with a reasonable amount of pleasant acids and fine tannins, alcohol percentage 13.0 % and dry. In the mouth red fruit, a little spicy and wood aging perceptible. Juicy mouth texture, harmonious, medium plus body, elegant quality and very pleasant medium finish.
Innovation Corner
• Aventura 50 MY: www.aventura-catamarans.com/e...
Art of The Region
NEJIB ZNEIDI "LA-PLAGE". Oil on Canvas | 60x80 cm
For our art of the region pairing today we are enjoying NEJIB ZNEIDI "LA-PLAGE". Oil on Canvas.
Born in Tunis, Nejib started painting at a young age. His art was rather figurative, but he also dabbled in abstract, contemporary and modern.
Nejib is inspired and I looks for his ideas in nature and expresses his love for the natural world through his colorful canvases.
Currently he is a professor of painting at the cultural center with the Tunisian Ministry of Culture.