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 This Week's Village Wine Cellar Features!
K-Vintners and Charles Smith Wines, Washington    

Located at the base of the Blue Mountains in Walla Walla (Washington State), Charles Smith opened his first winery, K Vintners, in December of 2001.

The first release,1999 K Syrah from Walla Walla Valley, initiated the style of winemaking that Charles continues today: small lots of single vineyard Syrahs and field blends of Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache, Tempranillo and Viognier, all of which are hand-picked, foot-stomped, fermented with naturally occurring yeasts and basket pressed.

In 2006, Charles Smith created Charles Smith Wines:

The Modernist Project, which centers around the trend that most people generally consume wine without delay. The intent is to create wines to be enjoyed now, but with typicity of variety (Merlot that tastes like Merlot) and true to the place of origin. The wines are full of flavor, balanced, and approachable.

 

•  2010 K- Vintners, Proprietary Red, "The Creator", Old Stones Vineyard, Walla Walla Valley, Not Yet Reviewed; $62.00: Bow down. Single vineyard, low yield, complex, and very individual. Tapenade, herbaceous (dried herbs), menthol, pencil shavings and undergrowth. With an abundance of stucture and true sophistication. You'll say hallelujah, he's done it again. - Charles Smith        

• 2009 Charles Smith Wines, Proprietary Red, King Coal, Stoneridge Vineyard, Washington State, 94 pts., Wine Spectator; $110.00: This fantastic co-ferment leads with cabernet all the way. In an instant you recognize Stoneridge Vineyard in this wine. With its savory herb and pipe tobacco aromas, to the currants, lavender, and black olive, it comes together so harmonious and regal it can only be related to the Royal City.  -Charles Smith

• 2009 Charles Smith Wines, Syrah, Royal City, Stoneridge Vineyard, Royal Slope, Columbia Valley, 97 pts., Wine Spectator; $150.00: Man this is it! Wow! You name it, it's got it. Hickory, black cherry, Venezuelan chocolate, pie crust, camphor, beeswax and suede, It is complex. It is elegant. It is Royal City. -Charles Smith

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Pay one penny for one bottle of Clos LaChance Sauvignon Blanc upon spending over $100.00 on any wine purchase. Normal retail price is $15.00 per bottle. Limit one purchase per family per day.    

 A blend of 82 percent sauvignon blanc, 15 percent semillon and 3 percent muscat blanc, the wine is fermented in stainless steel tanks except for 16 percent that goes into neutral French oak barrels. This is a stupendously lively and refreshing sauvignon blanc that bursts with a flurry of grapefruit and lime peel, dried thyme and fennel and hints of grass and hay. Flavors lean toward juicy pear infused with tangerine and hay and a touch of leafy fig, all ensconced in an attractive texture that neatly balances crisp acidity with moderate lushness. A trace of grapefruit bitterness makes for a bracing finish. Here's a clean, bright, tasty sauvignon blanc that will make pleasant quaffing this Spring and Summer, either as aperitif or with such dishes as grilled shrimp or ceviche.