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June 2011
Free Thursday Tasting:

Wines of Argentina's Bodegas Sur de los Andes With Owner Guillermo Banfi

June 2, 2011 6pm - 8pm 


 

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Tomorrow night we are pleased to present Guillermo Banfi, owner of Bodegas Sur de los Andes, and a selection of his wines.  These great values all retail less than $15 dollars and represent the core varietals Argentina is known for: Torrontes, Cabernet, Bonarda, and Malbec.  Guillermo hired award-winning winemaker Pablo Durigutti, whose experience and skill make these wines high in quality yet low in price. 

 

 

 

 

See you there! 

 

Matt and Sam 



 

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Thursday Tasting Lineup

Bodegas Sur de los Andes

2009 Torrontés Valle de Famatina / Provincia de La Rioja, Argentina. Berries are pressed with low pressure to avoid crushing the berries and to keep its aromatic expression. The wine is fermented in a stainless steel tank during 17 days of fermentation using selective indigenous yeasts. Malolactic fermentation has been partially completed. Aromatic and easy drinking wine with floral aromatics underscored with hints of lemon and lime accents. The Torrontes wine is smooth and delicate with a pleasant and refreshing finish. To drink on its own or with fish, seafood or spicy, aromatic Latin and Asian foods. 13.4%.

Our Price: 15.97 

 

 

2008 Bonarda Agrelo and Santa Rosa, Mendoza, Argentina. Hand harvest in baskets of 150 kg (330 pounds). Manually sorted. After destemming, cold pre-fermentation. Fermentation performed in regulated tank during 20 days at temperatures between 27-29 Cº with indigenous yeasts. After fermentation wine is treated 3 months in oak. Bonarda is known for its fruity easy-going wines. Deep red color, this wine offers a nose of ripe dark berries. The palate is fruit forward, offering dense, rich berry tones with vibrant tannins. Try with burgers, pizza, grilled sausages and barbecues. 13.80 %.

 

Our Price: 13.57  

 

 

2008 Malbec Agrelo and Medrano, Mendoza, Argentina. Hand harvest in baskets of 150 kg (330 pounds). Manually sorted. After destemming, cold pre-fermentation. Fermentation performed in regulated tank during 20 days at temperatures between 27-29 Cº with indigenous yeasts. After fermentation wine is treated 3 months in oak. This Malbec has deep purple game color. Sweet jammy raspberry and blackberry and graphite aromas. A round entry leads to a dryish medium-bodied palate with sweet vanilla, tart black berry, and toasty pepper spice flavors. 13.90%

 

Our Price: 13.57  

 

 

2009 Cabernet Sauvignon La Consulta, Valle de Uco and Agrelo, Mendoza. Hand Harvest in baskets of 150 kg (330 pounds). Manually sorted. After destemming, cold pre-fermentation. Fermentation performed in regulated tank during 20 days at temperatures between 27-29 Cº with indigenous yeasts. After fermentation wine is treated 3 months in oak. Bright and deep purple black cherry color. On the nose touches of earthiness and forest floor. The attack features good body, minerality and earth, evolving to rich dry fruit with excellent balance, acidity and tannins in the mid palate and a pleasant and complex finish. 13.90%

Our Price: 13.57


2007 Malbec Reserva
This Malbec has an aromatically complex nose of blueberry, mint, berry fruits and mineral/wood/earth tones. Focused and intense, it shows fine depth and a sunny disposition. Underneath there is plenty of fruit and it expands with air. Precise and zesty.

Our Price: 19.57


2007 Malbec Gran Reserva A delicious wine made out of the best Malbec grapes from Mendoza. Deep ruby black colour with a purple rim. Sweet caramel, roasted nuts, creamy vanilla, and cinnamon sugar. Spicy sweet, silky medium-full bodied palate of berry Danish, wild honey flavors. Long, sweet fruit tart and tannin fade. Forward, rich, and spicy.

Our Price: 25.77

10% off of 4 bottles of wine

15% off of 12 bottles or more of wine

 

Friday Tastings are 4pm - 8pm

 

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Thursday - Saturday 10am - 8pm

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Matt Miller

East End Wines