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Rogers & Company Newsletter
Peay Vineyards New Releases
August 2011
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Greetings!
It is truly a pleasure for me to promote the Peay Vineyards wines. Small, artisan wineries like Peay get wine-guys like me all excited. They further the romance of wine - three people working diligently on a isolated, weather beaten slice of limestone in a northern California redwood forest, pushing their vines to the extremes of viticulture, forcing them to pull from the soil the necessary trace minerals and nutrients to produce terroir driven, lively, beautiful wines.
We have secured our allocations for the new vintage releases, so I wanted to provide you an opportunity to reserve cases before we release them publicly. This e-mail is for only those clients who have purchased wines from Peay Vineyards over the past three years that we've been the agent for this exciting boutique winery.
Some Accolades: "Artisan Winery of the Year" 2008 and 2009 Wine & Spirits magazine "Winery of the Year" 2009 San Francisco Chronicle "Over the past four vintages, Peay Vineyards has proved itself to be one of the greatest properties in the US, if not the world" - vintrust.com "Quite possibly the greatest chardonnay produced in California." (2006 vintage) - vintrust.com ".. to taste the indisputably original savour of Pinot Noirs from producers such as Flowers, Hirsch and Peay is to marvel at America's Pinot Noir treasures." - Matt Kramer, Wine Spectator, November 30, 2009 As always, our allocations are limited, so I'll do my best to fill all requests. Prices are best estimates, per bottle, taxes in, exclusive of container deposit. Please visit Rogers & Company for our full catalogue and Peay Vineyards for more information about the winery. All the best. Chris.
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Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2009 [750ml/12case] $56.95
ETA early September 2011
 "Vanessa Wong and the Peay brothers mixed 60% fruit from their Annapolis estate with 40% from the Hirsch and Campbell Ranch sites - a trio of coastal heavy hitters.
The texture sells it: plenty of fruit richness without relying on lees or wood notes. Intense, precise flavours, with a smoky and stony countenance. Pine bark, fig and key lime, with melony richness to balance. Give it a good three years to improve."
"Recommended Sonoma Coast Chardonnays",
San Francisco Chronicle, April 3, 2011
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"Estate" Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2009 [750ml/6case] $77.95
ETA early September 2011
 "Light yellow. High-pitched aromas of lemon curd, green apple and honeysuckle, with sneaky iodine and spice nuances that gain power with air. Dusty, precise and palate-staining, offering dense citrus and orchard fruit flavours with zero fat. Notes of ginger and agave appear on the finish, which is linear and very persistent. I really like this wine's focus."
92 points, International Wine Cellar, May/June 2011 |
'Ama' Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2009 [750ml/6case] $56.95
ETA early September 2011
"Vibrant red. Pungent, sexy aromas of black raspberry, cherry pit, cocoa powder and incense. More serious, even masculine, compared to the Pomarium. Fresh and gripping, with impressive sappiness and extract to its dark berry and bitter cherry flavors. Finishes vibrant and very long, with palate-dusting floral, mineral and spice nuances. This is the inaugural vintage for this wine, which is sourced from a section of the Peay vineyard that's planted to a suitcase clone and Dijon clone 828."
93 points, International Wine Cellar, May/June 2011
"BEST BUY. This has the conifer-forest spice and mineral tannin of far-coast Pinot, rounded and sweetened by new oak. The fruit is lean, just plump enough to support the oak, needing little bottle age to show itself so cleanly. This is the first vintage of Ama, a selection that includes a block of clone 828 (planted in 2001) and a suitcase clone from the Cotes de Nuits planted in 2002. 550 cases."
90 points, Wine & Spirits, April 2011
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'Pomarium' Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2009 [750ml/6case] $79.95
ETA early September 2011
"Vivid ruby. Sexy aromas of pungent cherry, spicecake and fresh rose, with an almost liqueur-like suggestion of raspberry compote. Suave, silky and densely packed, with intense minerality giving the primary but complex red fruit and floral flavours terrific definition and cut. Impressively balanced pinot with the spine to age slowly and gracefully. The endless finish features harmonious tannins that are broad and very fine."
94 points, International Wine Cellar, May/June 2011
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'Les Titans' Sonoma Coast Syrah 2008 [750ml/6case] $65.95
Limited availability, Private Order Only
 "Glass-staining purple. Spicy raspberry and candied cherry aromas are complicated by smoky minerals, dark chocolate and fresh violet. Sweet red berry flavours show very good depth and definition, with subtle anise, smoke and violet pastille qualities building with air. The clean finish offers a brisk bite of cracked pepper, a touch of darker fruit and very persistent spiciness. This very seductive syrah displays no rough edges and wonderful energy." 93 points, International Wine Cellar, May/June 2011 |
"La Bruma" Sonoma Coast Syrah 2008 [750ml/6case] $65.95
Limited availability, Private Order Only
 "Bright purple. Sexy black raspberry and floral aromas are complicated by smoky minerals, Moroccan spices and a hint of licorice. Silky, alluringly sweet dark berry flavours pack a serious punch but come off as almost weightless, with tangy minerality adding spine and back-end cut. Gains weight and power with air and finishes with lingering smokiness and a hint of candied violet. This clocks in at a low 13.4% alcohol but hardly wants for power, depth or ripeness."
93 points, International Wine Cellar, May/June 2011
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Chris McLean
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