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2 Killer Mountain Cabs
under $30 a bottle
OBSIDIAN RIDGE Red Hills, Lake County 2007 and
AUDELSSA Sonoma Valley 2007
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Greetings!
Hope you had a great Labor Day weekend. I had a great one. While Joe watched the shop over the weekend, Holly and I went to the water. Monterey Peninsula. Crashing waves, sea air, great food and wine to match. I was on a string of ordering a different Morgan wine every place we went. Since they're based in Salinas, not far away, you see them a lot. I had the streak at 3 (Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay) until we went to a Passion Fish Restaurant in Pacific Grove. PETER MICHAEL Chardonnay "Cuvée Indigène" 2008 for $120? Heck yeah! And it was delicious: rich and creamy with loads of fruit and cashmere texture. Dynamite with our fried oyster salad and sautéed sea scallops. Afraid we have no Cuvée Indigène to sell here. I wish
Attention!Any guesses who
this is playing?  |
Back Room Wines' Ukulele
Concert and Party is tomorrow night: this Friday,
September 10
Ukulele artist GERALD ROSS and Back Room Wines launch
the Wine Country Ukulele
Festival with a Ukulele Concert and Party.
IT WILL BE A BLAST!
The party starts at
5. Gerald Ross performs from 6 to 8 P.M.
Enjoy our island-inspired wine cocktails served along with complimentary Ukulele nibbles.
Also, a ukulele-maker will be showing off their work...a collection of their gorgeous ukuleles will be on display and the craftsmen will be here to answer questions.
Wine tasting, Island Wine Cocktails, plus our half bottle and bottle selection.
The choice is yours. Pick your drinking pleasure and we'll set you up.
MORE DETAILS HERE.
Special bonus for those attending the Ukulele Concert at The Napa Valley Opera House immediately following the Back Room Wines concert.
Bring in your Opera House concert ticket for a $5 wine bar credit.
I said go Johnny go. Johnny be good.
Dan
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Money Wine
September 9,
2010
Money Wine: a wine
that anyone who loves good, rich, utterly delicious wine will enjoy A LOT, and
is an EXCEPTIONAL
VALUE.
TODAY
Two KILLER Mountain Cabernets for very good prices.
They're not Napa Valley, but darn close.
OBSIDIAN RIDGE Cabernet Sauvignon
Red Hills, Lake County 2007 $28$28/bottle, $300/case  |
If you've been reading and shopping with Back Room Wines for a while, you may recall Obsidian Ridge Cabernet 2003, the inaugural release.
The 2003 was good...would love to try one now. Year after year, this Cabernet achieves steal, super value or "Money Wine" status. Explaining why it's so good is easy: 2600+ foot elevation, hillside vineyard of red soil and obsidian rock means the vines struggle, the grapes grow thick-skinned and intense, the resulting wine is super-concentrated. Why it's such a good price I guess makes sense: because they can. Land doesn't cost so much in Lake County. Planting a world-class vineyard costs the same as in Napa, but in the "big picture" of cash in-cash out, $28 a bottle to you works. As a merchant, and for you Big Cab lovers out there, it DEFINITELY works!
This rugged, complex MOUNTAIN CAB is ever-so-slowly
emerging from its slumber. Give it lots and lots of air (in you own a Vinturi, use it). Smell and taste black
currants, dark chocolate, mocha, tobacco, black olive. Boasts a ton of tannins. The key is that the fruit is plenty rich and concentrated to seemingly softent the tannins. So, BIG CAB lovers can enjoy it now. If you let it breathe. All the better if you drink it with a beautiful piece of red meat.
BUY OBSIDIAN RIDGE CABERNET HERE
AUDELSSA Cabernet Sauvignon
Sonoma Valley 2007 $25$25/bottle, $270/case  |
I can't think of a better wine to pull out the term "iron fist in a velvet glove" than this Audelssa. The power and intensity indicate it's a Mountain Cab, but the tannins are supple and smooth. You know, like velvet.
Like the Obsidian Ridge, Audelssa planted and owns their vineyard. We're in Sonoma Valley here, around 15 miles north of the Sonoma-town in the hills east of the valley floor. We're on the Mayacamas Mountain range, in fact, on the Sonoma side. It's an a amazing vineyard-one that makes you wonder why someone would take such efforts to do this. It's steep, rugged land that's hard to get to and hard to work. Grapes don't like it here either because they have to work hard to grow. The wine they make is very fine, however, and when you drink it you'll be happy.
Winemaker Erich Bradley (co-owner and winemaker for Sojourn Cellars) brings a softer "Burgundian" approach to the Audelssa wines. Tannin management and coaxing layers of flavors to come out make for a tasting experience that makes the $25 price almost laughable. Smell and taste smoky black cherry, mocha, black olive, dark earth and Maduro cigar (Maduros are the almost-black colored cigars. They're kinda chocolaty and of course smoky.). It's a silky pleasure in the mouth and then it gets richer, fuller and more complex on the 20 second finish. Multi-layered, delicious now and will improve for another five years, this is highly recommended if you like Bordeaux from a great vintage like 2000 and 2005.
BUY AUDELSSA CABERNET HERE
3 WAYS TO ORDER
Order the respective wine by clicking its "ORDER HERE"
link,
reply to this email, or call, toll free:
877-322-2576
Thank you!
Dan
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Fun in Napa tonight!
| Back Room Wines is not having a tasting tonight. We close at 7 O'Clock.
WHY? Because, Joe, Holly and I will be down the street pouring wine at
Gloria Curry Day Spa's 11th Anniversary Bash from 5:30 to 8:30.
COME ON BY!
Local merchants are pouring wine and serving food. Great food and wine, raffle prizes galore, and a great time.
It's a free event, with donations to The Napa Food Bank and Napa Humane most welcome.
The party is at 1027 McKinstry Street, right next to the Oxbow Public Market and just a
5 minute walk from Back Room Wines. Here's a map.
Call (707) 226-7980 for more information.
It's from 5:30 to 8:30 TONIGHT (Thursday).
More details here
Hope to see you tomorrow night for the Ukulele Party AND
tonight at Gloria Curry's 11th Anniversary "Bash."
Back Room Wines is keeping your social calendar booked. We're here to help.
Drink more Prosecco.
Dan
Daniel Dawson
Owner, Back Room Wines Corner of First & Main Streets (First Street
Entrance) Downtown Napa, California 94559 Phone: (707) 226-1378 Toll Free # is
877-322-2576 email: daniel@backroomwines.com |
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