JULY 2017 Monthly Newsletter

July Tasting Events

JOIN US ON FRIDAY, JULY 14TH, 5:30 -7:30PM FOR OUR
            BASTILLE DAY / FOUNDERS TASTING
Celebrating our 32nd year*
Une sélection de vins de France.
*J. Emerson, Inc founded Bastille Day 1985

WINE TASTING EVERY SATURDAY   2:00pm-7:00pm
‘Whatever we feel like opening”

The Last Saturday Wine School –
Lambrusco: The Greatest Summer Red Sparkling Wine you Don’t Drink. (GSRSWDD)
The last Saturday of each month changes from a “whatever we feel like drinking” tasting event to a mini wine school tasting. We’ll pick a topic, theme, etc. and taste with a purpose! The wines we taste will be offered as a package with a discount. This is very informal with no scheduled start or finish time. Come anytime you want between 2 and 6 pm on Saturday, July 29th. Each session will be about 10 minutes.

JULY “SHORT SIPS” CLASS – Sauvignon Blanc: Marlborough vs France

A Blind tasting of Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand and France.

This is a one hour educational program, limited to eight people and held in our fine wine room. Because the demand has been so great, we are doing the class twice in June – FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JULY 21st and 22nd from 5:30 to 6:30pm –– Class fee is $7 per person and availability is on a first come first serve basis. 

SAVE on 2014 Mengoba Mencía Alicante Bouschet, D.O. Bierzo, Spain

Here is an opportunity to try something different! Mencía (“Men-thee-ah”) is a medium-bodied red wine grape that produces delicious high quality wines with floral and red fruit flavors. If you love Pinot Noir and other aromatic reds (like Gamay or Schiava), then Mencía is something worth investigating.
Bordeaux-born Grégory Pérez worked at Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste and Château Cos d’Estournel before he settled in Bierzo where he tends vineyards in Espadillo, a hamlet of the village of Arganza. In this mountainous area soils are mostly clay and decomposed slate. Here is a review of the wine from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate: “The wine formerly known as Flor de Brezo has been renamed to 2014 Mengoba Mencía Alicante Bouschet, produced with Mencía and 15% Garnacha Tintorera, and fermented with 20% full clusters in 5,000-liter oak vats. The élevage lasted eight to ten months. It feels a little more serious and concentrated than the 2014 Brezo, but following a similar line, especially in the palate where there is a combination of power, finesse and acidity. 13,000 bottles produced. The 2014 reds are really successful, and there is a new amphorae/orange white with a strong Jura character that I loved.” $24.99 /on sale in JULY: $19.99

SAVE on 2014 Seresin Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough New Zealand

Summer is perfect for Sauvignon Blanc and this is a delightful, fresh, New Zealand Sauvignon from a Bio-dymanic, organically farmed, vegan winery located in the heart of Marlborough. The entry level non-estate SB is a selection in this month’s NYT wine school but they suggest that “If you don’t mind spending a little more for the estate’s flagship wine, it’s worth trying.”  Here is a review from The Wine Spectator: “There’s a slight honeyed, floral overtone to the pear, lime and grapefruit zest flavors, along with a hint of salinity. Round & juicy, echoing on the finish. Drink now. 460 cases imported.” $23.99 ON SALE IN JULY: $18.99

SAVE on 2014 Trefethen Cabernet Sauvignon, Oak Knoll district, Napa Valley, California

We could not be more excited about this offer on Trefethen! An iconic winery, making unabashed California wines for over 40 years from their estate off highway 29. The Cabernet Sauvignon vines are planted in gravelly soils in the northwestern quadrant of the estate vineyard in the Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley. Why do we love them: Estate grown and bottled, single appellation from the Oak Knoll District, sustainably farmed and Family owned. They are Old school, very good, but pricey. The 2014 vintage, a blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Malbec, 6% Petit Verdot, 2% Merlot opens with unmistakable Napa aromas of cassis, plums, red current and vanilla. It is medium bodied and silky in the mouth finishing with some firm tannins. This is a classic Napa steak wine, perfect for the backyard grilling season, that can be enjoyed now and over the next few years.   $59.99 ON SALE IN JULY: $41.99

“PERFECT” NEW ARRIVALS

2015 Peter Michael Winery Chardonnay “Belle Cote”, Knights Valley, Sonoma County, CA- “From their oldest vines planted with Old Wente as well as See and Rued clones is the 2015 Chardonnay Belle Côte. This vineyard was planted in 1990, and the production was super-small in 2015, with only 1,900 cases versus more than 3,000 produced in 2014. Both vintages have turned out nearly perfect wines, and like the other cuvées, these wines see nearly a year in 50%-60% new oak before being moved to tank and bottled unfiltered. In 2015, these 25-year-old vines produced an incredible wine of great depth, with notes of orange marmalade, pineapple jam, crème brûlée, brioche, honeysuckle and tropical fruit. There is also an underlying minerality that is attributable to the deep root system that the vines possess.” (WA 227) $112.99
2013 Bond “Vecina” Proprietary Red Wine Blend, Napa, CA-“The perfect 2013 Vecina offers up notes of pen ink, scorched earth, espresso, blackcurrant liqueur and blackberries. It is a fabulously great wine, with supple, well-integrated tannin, decent acidity, and a skyscraper-like mouthfeel, with extraordinary purity and richness. This is an amazing wine to drink over the next 50 years, although I would probably suggest cellaring for five or more at present.” (WA 227)  $649.99
2013 Bond Winery “Pluribus” Proprietary Red Wine Blend, Napa, CA- “The 2013 Pluribus is the finest wine I’ve tasted from this vineyard to date, capturing the vintage’s extraordinary purity and richness, with a multidimensional mouthfeel and incredible notes of blue and black fruits, charcoal, graphite & white flowers. This profound effort should hit its prime in another 5-10 years & evolve for 30-40 or more.” (WA 227) $649.99

NEW ARRIVAL from the GREAT 2015 Vintage - Thierry-Mortet Bourgogne Rouge
2015 Thierry-Mortet Bourgogne Rouge “Charmes de Daix”, Bourgogne Rouge, Burgundy FR – Mortet is primarily a Gevrey Chambertain producer and this cuvee comes from 6 different parcels, planted on clay and chalky rocks sub-soils and aged in Oak barrels for 11 months. Notes of ripe slightly raisin-ated black cherry, medium bodied and finishing with youthful Burgundy acidity with a touch of Gevrey weight. $23.99

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