This Week in the Cellar July 14 – July 19

July 13, 2009  |   Posted by : events  |   Wine Tasting   |   0 Comment»

VA VA VOOM ITALIAN BIANC $15.50 FLIGHT

Panizzi Vernaccia di San Gimignano 2007 Toscana

From the medieval town of San Gimignano a classic Tuscan white.

Taste: $5.00 Glass: $12.00

Enzo Mecella Pagliano Verdicchio di Matelica 2007 le Marche, Italia

A fuller bodied version of Verdicchio that lends itself to long aging.

Taste: $4.50 Glass: $9.50

Panizzi Vigna Santa Margherita Vernaccia di San Gimignano 2007 Toscana

Santa Margherita yields the best fruit of the region.

Taste: $6.00 Glass: $15.50

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ALLOW US TO INTRODUCE…NEW WHITE WINES $ 9.50 FLIGHT

Marquis Philips Baby Roogle Riesling 2008 South Eastern Australia

The Roogle is a mythical creation that is a cross between the American bald eagle and the Australian red kanagroo.

Taste: $3.50 Glass: $6.50

Ten Mile Lost Horizons 2006 California

Between 1841 and 1869 pioneers made their way west to California by the thousands-often on foot, at an average of ten miles a day. Blend of Chardonnay, Viognier & Chenin Blanc.

Taste: $3.00 Glass: $5.50

Velich Apetlon Darscho Chardonnay 2002 Burgenland, Austria

This wine is a selection of the best grapes from the different layers of soil around Lake Lacke.

Taste: $3.00 Glass: $5.00

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THE BEAUTY BARBERA $16.50 FLIGHT

Martilde Tina Barbera Organic 2005 Oltrepò Pavese, Italia

Barbera made from organic grapes and bottled without filtration.

Taste: $ 4.50 Glass: $ 9.50

Castello di Gabiano Rubino di Cantavenna 2005 Piemonte, Italia

75% low yield, old vine Barbera lightened and aromaticized with the addition of 15% Freisa and 10% Grignolino and matured for two years in large, neutral oak then in bottle for 3 months.

Taste: $6.00 Glass: $14.50

La Ghersa Camparó Barbera d’ Asti 2005 Piemonte, Italia

The vines used to make this wine average 25 years of age, reflecting depth and complexity.

Taste: $6.00 Glass: $15.00

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YOU ASKED FOR IT…PINOT NOIR, MERLOT & CABERNET $18.00 FLIGHT

Quattro Valli Ca’Delvento Pinot Nero 2007 Emilia-Romagna, Italia

Pre-Fermentation soak on the skins for 10 days captures the brightness of Pinot’s fruit.

Taste: $5.00 Glass: $11.00

Familia Schroeder Saurus Merlot 2005 Patagonia, Argentina

Following a 60/40 rule, this winery loves to use steel to keep the fruit bright with a balance of oak for body & aromatics.

Taste: $4.00 Glass: $8.00

Tenuta Bonzara Bonzarone Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 Emilia-Romagna,

Grown in San Chierlo, a zona on the hills of Bologna, near the border of Tuscany. Family driven all the way.

Taste: $9.00 Glass: $ 20.00

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