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# Yountville Pastrami Panini at The Napa Deli
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/fairfield-the-napa-deli-yountville-pastrami-panini/
- Published: 2026-10-10T23:19:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-10T23:19:13.000Z
- Description: Pastrami, sauerkraut, swiss, dijon on sliced rye. Sandwich Score 82, excellent. At The Napa Deli, Fairfield.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [The Napa Deli](https://onesandwich.com/fairfield-the-napa-deli/), a deli in Fairfield, California.

Rye BreadSwiss CheeseSauerkrautPastramiRye Bread

**82**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent. Small moves left on the board.

Reads as a reuben, three of six roles on the board.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

98

Harmony

100

Contrast

93

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

74

Quality

100

Envelope

98

More salt than 90% of the catalog.

Each bar is one pillar of the score, 0 to 100\. The tick marks what a sandwich at the summit needs; an amber bar is the one holding this sandwich back.

**sliced rye**, pressed: pastrami; sauerkraut; swiss; dijon.

## Balance

salt2.3 · 90thacid1.4 · 86thfat1.7 · 33rdsweet0.0umami2.0 · 74thheat0.3 · 73rdbitter0.3 · 75th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.3   | 90th               |
| acid   | 1.4   | 86th               |
| fat    | 1.7   | 33rd               |
| sweet  | 0.0   | n/a                |
| umami  | 2.0   | 74th               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 73rd               |
| bitter | 0.3   | 75th               |

**98** Balance, out of 100

The seven flavor axes of the whole sandwich, each summed across its layers. The shaded ring is the catalog's middle 80%; the small number under each axis is where this sandwich falls in the catalog. A shape that sits inside the ring is in the range most sandwiches live in; a spike past it is where this one stands apart.

## What each layer brings

| Layer                         | Role    | Flavor and texture                     | Points     |
| ----------------------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| sliced ryescored as Rye Bread | bread   | bitter 2 soft crusty                   | the frame  |
| pastrami                      | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | **+11**    |
| sauerkraut                    | acid    | acid 4 salt 2 pickled wet              | **+15**    |
| swissscored as Swiss Cheese   | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty        | **+8**     |
| dijon                         |         |                                        | not scored |

Points: what the Sandwich Score would lose if that one layer were left out, everything else the same. A negative number means the sandwich scores higher without it. Flavor runs 0 to 5 on each axis.

## Pairings

- **Rye Bread + Pastrami**: pastrami on rye, the new york standard
- **Pastrami + Sauerkraut**: peppery beef, sour kraut: the reuben axis
- **Pastrami + Swiss Cheese**: melted swiss rounds peppered beef
- **Sauerkraut + Swiss Cheese**: melted swiss rounds the kraut's sour

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.06 short).

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Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.