This Saturday, a Maestro of Malbec!
In This Issue:
Tasty Tuesday: Go Ouest!
Saturday Tasting: Manu and his Masterful Malbec

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Walking in a Winter
Wonderland
   So, all things considered, it's fair to say that last year's local "Snowmageddon" (pictured above) had a bit more pizazz than what we've experienced so far this year. This week's stranded automobiles (and ensuing explosions) have been kept to a minimum, and we've so far seen neither hair nor hide of the enormous yeti-like beasts that tore through our fair Triangle last year. What, no one else remembers that!? In any case, we're not complaining and hope that everyone who was trapped indoors had plenty of wine to help them stay warm and plenty of power to help power stuff. Cheers!
*wonderland not guaranteed 
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Masterful Malbec!
Cahors K-lloge

  This Saturday, Emmanuel Rybinski of Clos Troteligotte will be returning (after almost precisely a year since his previous visit) to share some of his extraordinary wines from Cahors, the region that gave the world Malbec. Read more in our Saturday Tasting section below... 

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Tasty Tuesday:
Go Ouest!
The Sud-Ouest, that is...
This Tuesday, February 24th, we present our FREE
 midweek wine tasting!  Every Tuesday is tasty...

5:00 - 7:00 pm
    As previously mentioned in this humble newsletter, we have a special guest joining us this Saturday from one of the most famous corners of France's southwest, the massively Malbec-laden land of Cahors. Next Tuesday, we'll highlight three more distinctive and diverse specialties from other corners of Southwest France. Expect Cabernet Franc & Tannat (in rare pink attire) the Mansengs (Petit & Gros), and Negrette. Go Ouest!
 
And don't forget:
Our Tasty Tuesday 15% Half-Case Discount!
After you taste, put together 6 bottles from our Tasty Tuesday lineup, and we'll take an entire 15% off!
 

 This Saturday from 12 to 3 PM
"try before you buy" at
our FREE tasting
.
Cahors: Birthplace of Malbec

feat. Clos Troteligotte
(The estate's Emmanuel Rybinski will be pouring at our Durham store. The wines, themselves, will be sampled at both locations!)
   This Saturday at our free tasting, we welcome the wines of a most dedicated and forward-thinking ambassador of Malbec's origins. Southwestern France's Cahors is a beautiful and imposing medieval city, and the countryside which surrounds it is the original stomping ground of the majestic Malbec (originally known as C�t). Clos Troteligotte has become one of this landscape's stars, and the estate's Emmanuel Rybinski (better known as Manu) is visiting us once again to pour four of his always-impressive wines and share with us his penchant for clever puns revolving around the letter, "K."
Emmanuel Rybinski 
   We'll begin somewhat unexpectedly with an adventurous white made from Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, and Viognier, which is both very vibrant and strikingly aromatic.  Next, a pair of his famously structured, minerally Malbec cuv�es (the "Knom" and the "K-or" - grown organically and vinified without oak aging) will be showcased. These will be followed by a gorgeous cuv�e of microlot Malbec, the sumptuous, barrel aged "K." Go C�t!


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Clos Troteligotte 
"CSbV" 2012 

{organic} 50% Chardonnay, 30% Sauvignon Blanc, 20% Viognier  

(Cahors, Southwest France)

BRIGHT & TROPICAL, TOAST, REFRESHING & SUMPTUOUS
Emmanuel Rybinski is a veritable maestro of Malbec. With this cuv�e, however, he turns his sights toward a trio of France's most distinguished white grapes, each finding itself a long way from home in Rybinski's Sud-Ouestern vineyards. The result is vibrant and unique - filled with bold tropical fruit, balancing acidity, and a kiss of toasty...


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Clos Troteligotte 
Cahors 2011
"K-nom"  

{organic} 85% Malbec, 15% Merlot  

(Cahors, Southwest France)

PLUM & BLACKBERRY, LIGHT SMOKE & MINERAL, FIRM TANNIN
Emmanuel Rybinski is a relatively recent graduate of oenology school, yet his experience in winemaking has taken him from France to Australia to California to learn about varied winemaking techniques around the world. Returning to Southwest France's Cahors, he turns out fantastic Malbec-based wines. Taking over...

 
 
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Clos Troteligotte 
Cahors 2011
"K-or" 

{organic} 100% Malbec

(Cahors, Southwest France)

BLACKBERRY, PEPPER & ANISEED, A TOUCH OF COCOA
Emmanuel Rybinski knows that great wine is made on the vine, and he devotes most of his time to carefully farming his small vineyard (which of course makes us at Wine Authorities get all swoony). Debudding and judicious pruning means that his Malbec bunches have plenty of room to grow healthy and ripe, qualities...
 

 

  

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Clos Troteligotte 
Cahors 2011
"K" 

{organic} 100% Malbec

(Cahors, Southwest France)

FIRM BLACK PLUM, TOASTED OAK, DARK MINERALITY
Somewhat nebulous in name yet undeniably focused in personality, Emmanuel Rybinski's "K" reveals its deliciously dark aura from the very first sip. This very contemporary representative of the famous "Black Wine" of Cahors is indeed very black in both flavor and appearance. Opaque in the glass, it's...
 
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Six for Sixty
deal!

Here's our deal this month; a package of six reds or six whites for $60 plus tax.  You can double down and buy two: one of each or two of one for $110 plus tax.  Sorry, no other discounts apply.

Show me the six
REDS


Show me the six
WHITES

 
[click links to see this month's selection!]

on the Enomatic
in Durham:
Enomatic
Here's what's on tap!
Subject to change on
a whim or fancy...

Whites (48˚F):

 

Laballe

Gascogne Blanc
"Les Terres Basses"

$9.99 on sale

 

Vasquez

Ribeiro Blanco 

"Os Pas�s"

$36.99 on sale

 

Dr. Heyden 

Silvaner

"Alte Reben"

$15.99 on sale

Cave Freudenreich 

Riesling

"Terre d'Apollon" 

$17.99 on sale

 

Reds (65˚F):

 

Hook & Ladder 

Zinfandel

$25.99 on sale

 

Meinklang

Zweigelt

"Graupert"

$17.99 on sale

 

Lua Cheia 

Douro

"Lua Nova" 

$11.99 on sale

 

Domaine Vissoux 
Beaujolais Primeur
Vieilles Vignes 

$15.99 on sale

 

Clos de Pavillon 

Saint-Emilion

"La Petite Folie 

$26.99

 

Domaine Cedric Bardin

Coteaux du Giennois 

$19.99 on sale


Chateau Lusseau

Graves Rouge 

"Cuv�e Berengere" 

$19.99 on sale

 

Baileyana

Pinot Noir

"Firepeak" 

 $22.99 on sale

 

on the Enomatic
in Raleigh:
Enomatic
Here's what's on tap!
Subject to change on 
  a whim or fancy...


Whites (48� F):

 

Chauvini�re

Muscadet
"Clos Les Montys"

$13.99 on sale

 

Estiban Martin 

Chardonnay 

"Unoaked"

$8.99 on sale

 

Laballe

Gascogne Blanc

"Les Terres Basses" 

$9.99 on sale

Steininger

Gr�ner Veltliner 

$13.99 on sale

  

Gilles Noblet 

Pouilly Fuisse 

$28.99 on sale

 

Angel Rodriguez 

Rueda Verdejo 

"Martinsancho" 

$18.99 on sale

 

Clos Lapeyre 

B�arn Ros�

$20.99 on sale

Dr. Heyden

Riesling Oppenheimer Kabinett  

$14.99 on sale

 

 

Reds (65� F):

 

Bodegas Tempore

Garnacha Joven 

"Terrae"

$10.99 on sale

 

Weingut Sch�fer

"Red Sheep"

$11.99 on sale

 

Casa Contini

Biferno Riserva

$13.99 on sale

 

Cooper Mnt Vineyards
Pinot Noir
"Cooper Hill"

$19.99 on sale

 

Terrabianca

Dolcetto d'Alba

"Brichet" 

$16.99

 

Chateau La Colombi�re

Fronton Rouge 

"R�serve"

$15.99 on sale


Hillinger

"Hillside" 

$27.99 on sale

 

Ancient Peaks

Cabernet Sauvignon

$19.99 on sale

 

Lua Cheia 

Douro Tinto 

"Lua Nova"

$11.99 on sale

  

Melville

Pinot Noir 

$34.99 on sale

 

Hyatt 

Syrah

$11.99 on sale

 

Vi�a Aliaga 
Tempranillo 

$9.99 on sale

  

Marichal

Tannat

"Premium Varietal" 

$14.99

 

Arnoux

Ventoux Rouge 

"Vieux Clocher" 

$10.99 on sale


Kanonkop

"Kadette"

$14.99 on sale

  

Domaine Bardin 

Coteaux du Giennois

 $19.99 on sale 

 


Composition

 

Upcoming  Tastings!* 

 
Saturday Tasting
2/21/15
Carhors: The Birthplace
of Malbec 

Tasty Tuesday
2/24/15
Sud-Ouest-Fest!!!
(a tasting of three wines) 
 
*Subject to change!

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