Free Friday Tasting: Italian Wines and Kakawa Chocolates!

August 2011

Free Friday Tasting:
Italian Wines with Mid-State AND
Kakawa Chocolate with Tom Pedersen
August 26, 2011 4pm - 8pm

Weekly Wine Update

The Line Up

Weekly Wine Update

Friday's Lineup

Greetings!

This Friday we are tasting Italian wines with Mid-State Wine and Liquors, including a rare showing of 1.5 liter bottles of Pinot Grigio and Merlot! As an added bonus, we are proud to have local chocolatier Tom Pedersen of Cocoa Puro sampling his chocolate covered cocoa beans :)

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Matt and Sam

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Weekly Wine Update

These are a few high-end wines currently on the shelf we wanted to let everyone know about.

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Domenech Teixar 08 Monsant - 74.27 - Coming - Powerful, meaty, fruit. Ripe & warm, with some spice & mineral - long finish. Elegant, expressive. Sent.

Martin Estate Cab Rutherford 03 - 73.97 - Blockbuster - blackberry, plum & fig. Complex & spicy, peaking in about a year. Cassis, blueberry. Bright.

Livio Sassetti Brunello 04 - 71.97 - Floral with plum plus earthy mushroom on the nose - full, with ripe tannins, berry & meat on the palate. Great.

Perez Sketch 09 - 71.97 - Coming - Only 2 barrels produced - clean, light, herbaceous. Great acidity & mineral. Still showing very young.

Mugnier NSG Fourches 07 - 70.57 - Plum of Nuits-St Georges, delicious & drinking now - softer, ready to go. Black cherry, smoke, soil. Pure.

Lignier Gevry Chambertin Les S 06 - 70.57 - Silky & lingering, textured w/o being so broad as to lose focus. Fine. Deep, w/ mineral & acid finish.

Perez Muti Caino 08 - 70.57 - Only 1 barrel made. Aromatic, spice, bright acid - Red Caino grape in Rias Baixas. Micro. Esoteric coolness.

Pride Mountain Vineyards Cab 07 - 70.27 - Blue-black, cassis jam, cocoa. Firm but ripe tannins. Sonoma/Napa. Espresso. Toast. French oak.

Karl Lawrence Cab 07 - 68.97 - Decant 3 hours. Black & red fruit, spice, vanilla. Oak - smoke, chocolate - ripe. Plum & currant. Very Napa.

Karl Lawrence Cab 06 - 68.97 - Inky & classic, starting to come on-line. Steak. Still wants about 2 hour decant. Currant, plum, licorice. Oak, cherry.

Lignier Mrey St. Denis 06 - 68.57 - So good - wants some air (1 hr) - red & black fruit, Toblerone & deep fruit, red berry cream, ripe tannins.

Vilmart & Cie CG Cellier Brut NV - 67.57 - Tart apple & peach, delicate, mineral, creamy, pear, yeast, bracing, grapefruit, brioche, complex!

2009 Spinelli Pinot Grigio 1.5 L
Abruzzo. This well-priced Pinot Grigio from the Abruzzo region in central Italy offers loads of mature fruit, apricot and cantaloupe melon backed by a creamy, silky texture. There's note of butterscotch or yellow candy at the back. (WE). Dry, full-bodied, ripe pear aromas. Production Area - In the heart of the province of Chieti, between the Maiella National Park and the Adriatic Sea. Hilly, with medium altitude of 230 metres above sea level, prevalently clay and limestone. Vinification and Aging - Short cold maceration of the crushed grapes, soft crushing and fermentation with controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks. Straw-yellow color. Typical aroma, well-fruited with floral notes and hints of melon and lemon. Fresh taste, pleasant and harmonic. Excellent with the cuisine based on fish, it matches well also with delicate meat-based dishes. Very good with hors d'oeuvres and as aperitif.

Our Price: 11.97

2009 Caruso Inzolia
Sicily. Inzolia is a white grape variety grown mainly in Sicily. It is also known as Anzonica. This Sicilian white is made entirely of the Inzolia (or Insolia) grape, and exhibits aromas of field flowers, gooseberry, and yellow plum. Light flavours of fresh apple, pear, and pleasing citrus brighten the palate, which culminates in a dry finish. A crisp, medium-bodied white with good length. Open this bottle up tonight alongside grilled trout with lemon and capers, or roasted pork with apple.

Our Price: 17.27

2009 Mormoraia Vernaccia di San Gimignano
Tuscany. Tenuta Mormoraia Vernaccia di San Gimigniano is aged on lees in stainless steel tanks, and then allowed to rest in bottle for at least one month prior to release. This intensely aromatic white displays notes of apple and rose petal, while the crisp, dry palate boasts bright flavors of almond, wild flowers, and grapefruit. True to type, the finish is subtly bitter. Enjoy as an aperitif or paired with seafood.

Our Price: 22.27

2009 Spinelli Merlot 1.5 L
Abruzzo. In the heart of the province of Chieti, between the Maiella National Park and the Adriatic Sea. Hilly, with medium altitude of 230 metres above sea level, prevalently clay and limestone. Vinification and Ageing - Traditional with skin contact by maceration of the skins with controlled temperature in stainless steel fermentation vessels. Ruby red. Herbal hints and light spicy notes blend together with aroma of mature fruit. Fresh, harmonic, mid bodied and good length. Hors d'oeuvres, first courses with tomato sauce, meat-based second courses, semi matured cheese.

Our Price: 11.97

2009 Bartali Chianti Ducetto
Tuscany. A fresh, fruity 100% Sangiovese, this wine is fermented entirely in stainless steel to keep its flavors ripe and round. Juicy and intense with aromas of cherry, blackberry, and stone, this pairs well with meat, pasta, and vegetable dishes. Dry, with bright cherry, orange peel, anise, and earth flavors.

Our Price: 18.97

Tom Pedersen - Kakawa Cocoa Beans - MKT - "Tom Pedersen of Cocoa Puro located in Austin, Texas is the specialist confectioner behind this amazing chocolate product. These rich and decadent cocoa beans are the result of painstaking labor. These rich and decadent cocoa beans are the result of painstaking labor. After hand-selecting the best criollo/trinitario beans, they are carefully small batch roasted and then panned (coated), first in white chocolate, then in milk chocolate, then in dark chocolate. Finally, the beans are rolled in a luxurious cocoa powder." - Review from Piece, Love & Chocolate Online.

Our Price: 6.97

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15% off of 12 bottles or more of wine

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Matt Miller

East End Wines