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This Wednesday -- the wines have been chosen....
Wednesday July 11th (7pm-8:30pm)
The Southern Rhone Valley
(and one amazing Minervois)
(and one amazing Minervois)
$20/person
With some spectacular vintages in stock we have an amazing breadth and depth of wines to choose from for this class. Come taste what makes the Southern Rhone one of our favorite regions for both every day value and special occasion gems. Taste 8 wines featuring some of the biggest names in the Rhone Valley, Chapoutier, Pegau, and many more.
2010 Chateau Virgile
Costières de Nîmes Blanc...$11.99
Château Virgile’s white is truly a classic Rhône blend. The
Roussanne, with peach and apricot flavors, gives the wine weight, texture, and
body. Next, the Marsanne adds lively acidity, a hint of minerality, and citrus
fruit flavors. Finally, the Viognier adds tropical fruit flavors to the wine,
as well as beautiful, floral aromatics. This is a great wine for just about any
type of shellfish, especially seared scallops.
2011 Domaine Charvin
Cotes du Rhone Rose…$15.99
Domaine Charvin Cotes du Rhone Rose delivers perfumed notes
of cherry blossom, rose petal, and orange rind with medium body, racy acidity,
and a clean, dry finish.
2009 Le Plan de Pegau
Cotes du Rhone…$17.99
The Plan Pegau Lot 2009 (all from the 2009 vintage) is a
blend of Carignan, Merlot, Syrah and Grenache. It exhibits more beef and
texture than previous examples, no doubt due to better raw materials. Chewy and
heady with lots of garrigue, pepper, lavender, herb and spice characteristics,
smelling this wine is like walking through an open air Provencal marketplace.
2010 Domaine de
Servans Cotes du Rhone…$12.99
Domaine de Servans produces a truly classic Côtes du Rhône.
The nose is perfumed with bright red raspberry, and cherry aromas. In the mouth
the wine is dominated by the Grenache which produces dark black cherry flavors,
with hints of black pepper and garrigue spices. The finish is balanced and
silky with soft velvety tannins. This a fun, versatile wine that is a great
match for grilled meats, burgers, back-yard barbeque and even pizza
2008 Chapoutier
Bila-Haut Occultum Lapidem Cotes du Roussillon Villages…$19.99
Consistently high-toned evocations of flowers and garrigue
herbs as well as a mouthwatering salinity add to the allure and the finish here
will leave your tongue delightedly tingling and panting for repeat sips. The
pleasure from this amazing value should be replicable for at least the next
half dozen years. 92/100 The Wine
Advocate
2009 Saint Damien
Gigondas…$29.99
he 2009 Gigondas Vieilles Vignes (a blend of 80% Grenache
and 20% Mourvedre from 40-year-old vines) is a rich, full-bodied Gigondas with
notes of crushed rock, boysenberry, black raspberry, camphor, and a hint of pen
ink. The wine displays terrific fruit on the attack, a medium to full-bodied
mouthfeel with good acid, superb purity, texture, and length.
91-93/100 The Wine Advocate
91-93/100 The Wine Advocate
2009 Anne Gros et
Jean-Paul Tollot Minervois "Les Fontanilles"…$29.99
This cuvée is made of 4 grape varieties, coming from soils
dominated by Assignan sandstone, which face north and west. These small plots,
surrounded by scrubland, pine trees, thyme, rosemary and cistus, comprised of:
20 year old Grenache,, 20 year old Syrah, year old Carignan, 40 year old Cinsault.
90/100 Wine Advocate
90/100 Wine Advocate
2009 Domaine Grand
Veneur Chateauneuf du Pape… $39.99
The 2009 Chateauneuf du Pape (a 3,500-case blend of 70%
Grenache, 20% Syrah and 10% Mourvedre from nearly 70 year old vines) exhibits
abundant notes of sweet cassis, licorice, kirsch, garrigue and tobacco leaf in
a full-bodied, layered, opulently textured style. This hedonistic turn-on
should continue to drink well for a decade or more.
92/100 Wine Advocate
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