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December 2011
Free Friday Tasting:

 

Spanish Wines With Askari O.H. 

December 9, 2011 4pm - 8pm

 

 

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Greetings!

 

One of our crowd-favorite local importers, Askari O.H., will be on hand this Friday to taste through a selection of mostly new Spanish wines here at the shop.  The lineup includes an interesting white wine (Albarino), three unique reds, and a wacky, delicious dessert wine!  This lineup is guaranteed to impress.  Don't miss out! 

 

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Friday Night Tasting Lineup  

 

2010 Castillo de Maetierra - Guerilla Albariņo La Rioja

The first Albariņo to be made in La Rioja. Balanced, with great fruit. Good acidity and freshness. Lengthy finish. Great for fish (try butterfish!). White fruit of melon & pear, malic green apple, mineral. Apple fruit comes through on the palate & finish. This is interesting because of how wildly different La Rioja is to the region of Albariņo's origin, on the opposite side of Spain, where there is high rainfall, high humidity, moderate temperatures, and limited sunlight.

 

Our Price: 16.57

 

 

2009 La Garnacha Salvaje de Moncayo Ribera del Quelies Organic vineyard on the slopes of Moncayo. Ripe black fruit & toasty spice on the nose, with red & black fruit & cocoa on the palate, sweet ripe tannins. Red fruits open up on the palate, herby balsamic note. Mineral. Brief oak aging (5 months in French barrels). 55 year old plus vines growing out of slate & pebbles.  

 

Our Price: 12.57

 

 

2006 Lopez de Haro Rioja Crianza 

With a little Garnacha (9%) and Graciano (4%). Mature fruit & a pretty nose. Soft and elegant on the palate, with the oak in balance with the expressive fruit. Gravity fed winery. Calcareous clay delivers great acidity. Aged more than 3 years in oak & bottle. 13% alcohol.

 

Our Price: 15.57

 

 

2006 Monastir Cluny s. X 

Jumping out of the glass with fruit preserves, toasty oak, cigar box, earth, lots of dark fruit on the palate with medium acidity. Lengthy finish, lots of pretty robust tannins still. Tempranillo, Cabernet, Merlot. Very elegant blend, really love the red fruit & dark berries.

 

Our Price: 25.57

 

 

2007 Maetierra Libalis Melante Muscat ā Petit Grains Dessert

Valles de Sadacia. Naturally sweet, late harvest dessert wine. The first sweet wine made from Muscat in La Rioja. Floral & honey notes on the nose. Very fruity, tropical, mango even, on the palate, without cloying sweetness. A bit less viscous than many dessert wines, pretty clean. Melon. Sugar is under control. Good juice, with a light almond nuttiness on the finish. Unique.

 

Our Price: 17.57 

 

10% off of 4 bottles of wine

15% off of 12 bottles or more of wine

 

Friday Tastings are 4pm - 8pm

 

Our hours are:

Monday - Wednesday 10am - 7pm

Thursday - Saturday 10am - 8pm

Sunday - closed

 

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Matt Miller

East End Wines