Free Friday Tasting: Chilean Wines With Askari O.H.

July 2012

Free Friday Tasting:

Chilean Wines With Askari O.H.
Friday, July 6, 2012 4pm - 8pm

Weekly Wine Update

The Line Up

Weekly Wine Update

Friday's Lineup

Greetings!

We hope everyone had a happy 4th! Friday we will be presenting our favorite value wines from Chile with Askari O.H. A lovely summer-friendly Chardonnay will be followed by two Carmeneres and a Reserve Cabernet. More info below. See you there!

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Matt and Sam

Weekly Wine Update

These are higher-end/collector wines and other items worthy of note, currently in stock.

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Prieure de St. Benedictine 7 ● - 28.57 - Dark fruit, licorice, coffee, smoke. Palate of strawberry & raspberry. Balance. Organic. Loire.

Respide-Medeville Graves Rouge 09 - 28.57 - Promising 09 at a nice price - persistent drying tannins, big fruit extraction. Deep, lengthy.

Valduero Duero Crz 05 - 28.57 - Ribera del Duero. Meaty, blackberry nose, herby & floral. Soft dark fruit on the palate. Mineral on finish.

Truchard Chard 07 - 28.57 - Pear, toasty oak, honeycomb. Tangerine & spice. Soft, buttery. Balanced by medium acid. Long finish. Floral.

Camaraderie Tempr 07 - 27.97 - Inky, raspberry, cigar box. Jam backed by firm tannins. Black cherry and more tannins. Aging well, Washington

Coenobium 2010 - 27.57 - Crazy orange organic white from nuns and Giampiero Bea - orange peel, toasted nuts, cedar, spice, melon. Killer.

Conte Brandolini Vistorta Merlot 06 - 27.57 - Nose of red fruit, plum, olive. Concentrated palate with currant and bramble. Friuli. Silky.

Dr Loosen E-T Kab 09 - 27.57 - Rich, lemon-lime, honey dew, racy acid beauty. Balanced, long finish. Mineral, smoke & stone. Juicy & tangy.

Left Coast Lat 45 06 - 27.57 - Big red fruit, showy, 12 acre. Warm vintage - a little jam, smoke, red fruit, spice. Lengthy, smooth. Bacon.

L'Etoile Montborgeau 08 - 27.57 - Jura. Leesy, mineral - apple & marzipan, oxidative. Fresh, wants food. Fino sherry character. Hazelnut.

L'Oratoire St. M Cair 07 ● - 27.57 - Great vintage, floral & lush. Earth & tar, very full, lots of wine for the $. Ripe, structured. Organic

Oberto Langhe Nebbiolo 09 - 27.57 - Great nose, fruity, easy drinking - cherry, strawberry, roasting coffee, oak on the finish. Velvety end.

Pascal Jolivet Sancerre 10 - 27.57 - Pretty citrus & grass. Bright. Dry, clean. Balanced grapefruit & mineral. Herby. Dry with honey note.

Penna Arneis Moiolo 08 - 27.57 - Nice nutty palate, with dried tree fruit and a citrus backbone. Hardly any comes to USA. 250k made. Funky.

Ridge 3V Son Zin 2010 - 27.57 - Natural yeast ferment 10 days. Blackberry, anise, full with black plum & cherry. Round tannins, soft acidity

Two Mountain Cab Sauv 06 - 27.57 - Yakima- - Rattlesnake Hills - Deep fruit and cedar & tannic grip. Full and round. Concentrated. Volcanic.

Friday Night Tasting Lineup

2011 Galan Chardonnay

This Chardonnay is in their entry level range and is quite different from the intense tropical fruit-flavored wines produced in Chile's Central Valley. Highest terrace, light spritz, rationally oaked. Used French & American barrels. Bright straw color with subtle aromas of peach, melon and spicy pear. Supple rounded pear, peach and fig flavors with a gentle creaminess and a touch of hazelnut. Crisp acid, a little less nut and creaminess compared to the 2010. In the cool-climate South American wine regions of Argentina's Uco Valley and Chile's Casablanca, Chardonnay has started to develop a presence. In the 1990s, Chardonnay became the second most widely planted white grape variety in Argentina-second only Torrontés. In Chile, it has surpassed Sauvignon Blanc and Sauvignon Vert to be the most widely planted white wine grape.

Our Price: 9.97

2010 Galan Carménère

Dark ruby color. Notes of cherry, dark berries, tobacco and licorice on the nose. Light-bodied, but still shows concentration of black fruits, black berry in particular. Light black pepper on the finish. Now rarely found in France, the world's largest area planted with this variety is in Chile in South America, with more than 8,800 hectares (2009) cultivated in the Central Valley. As such, Chile produces the vast majority of Carménère wines available today and as the Chilean wine industry grows, more experimentation is being carried out on Carménère's potential as a blending grape, especially with Cabernet Sauvignon.

Our Price: 9.97

2011 Dona Catalina Carménère Reserve

This wine displays the brightest qualities of the Varietal Carménère. Ruby color, ripe red fruits, and a strong bouquet that accents hints of raspberries. Dona Catalina Carménère opens up with hints of vanilla and clove on the nose, but finishes with a strong black pepper presence on the finish. It is a true balance between fruit and spice for Carmenere.

Our Price: 11.97

2010 Galan Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

The wine possesses a dense ruby/purple color, and offers exceptionally expressive aromatics consisting of smoke, black cherries, raspberries, and a touch of blackberries and cassis. The Private Reserve wine's full-body with velvety tannins give way to a slightly spicy, long, and moderately tannic finish. In Chile, the wines were historically limited by the excessively high yields that were commonplace throughout the country. As producers begun to concentrate on limiting yields, regional differences began to emerge that distinguished Chilean Cabernets.

Our Price: 11.57

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