Weekly
Cellar Selections ~ July 23rd – 30th
Wine Tasting at The Wine Cellar this Thursday July 24th from 5 to
7p.m. $5 per person.
Aaron Gallardo
with Latino wines will be pouring us wines from our current Stellar-Cellar
Selections…note the BIG discounts! Do you like cheese? Fantastic! We will have
some Amish cheeses from Miller’s Cheese Co. in Vincent, Al. Think & shop local.
Hope to
see you all here!
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2005
Terre Rouge Enigma®, Sierra Foothills Reg. $27.99 now $21.99…need a calculator?
(49% Marsanne, 28% Viognier & 23% Roussanne)
Aromas suggest wildflower honey and acacia blossom with hints of tangerine and
papaya. Flavors are creamy with peach, apple, and quince sensations competing
for your taste buds. The finish is crisp with classic white Rhône stone (peach)
fruit pit flavors intermingled with mineral tones from this rocky site.
Enjoyable young, the wine also gains great complexity with bottle age.
2004
Terre Rouge Roussanne, Sierra Foothills Reg. $27.99 now $21.99
This bottling originates from a newly established vineyard site between Auburn
and Foresthill called the Monarch Mine Vineyard. It is planted with a clone of
the Roussanne grape that originates from a Chave family parcel on the hill at
Hermitage. This is a difficult variety to grow. It ripens unevenly, so it must
be harvested selectively and not all at the same time. It is also susceptible to
powdery mildew. The fruit in 2004 was fully ripe at harvest in mid-September.
The resulting wine has classic Roussanne characteristics: Straw golden color;
with exquisite quince, honeynut, and beeswax aromas. It has a very rich and
silky mouth feel. A rare treat!
Only 400 cases were produced.
2006
Terre Rouge Vin Gris d’Amador, Sierra Foothills Reg. $18.99 now $14.99
(51% Mourvèdre, 43% Grenache, & 6% Syrah)
This juice goes into French barrels to ferment, just like their other white
wines, and they bleed some of their Mourvèdre, Grenache, and Syrah tanks to
concentrate and intensify flavors. The wine has subtle cinnamon/nutmeg spiciness
with tasty strawberry fruit characteristics. It is absolutely dry with a
delicious creamy nuance and crisp bite. It is the perfect wine for a hot summer
afternoon on the patio or at your favorite bistro. In France it is practically a
sacrilege to not be drinking a glass of rosé with your lunch at the café. It is
time to bring this tradition to the United States. Vive le rosé!
2005
Terre Rouge Tête-à-Tête, Sierra Foothills Reg. $18.99 now $14.99
2005
was a year where most of Terre Rouge’s Rhône varietal lots excelled. It was an
earlier harvest pushed forward by a light crop level with intensely flavored
fruit. Therefore this wine drinks like better than most Côtes-du-Rhône Villages
bottlings: sappy, spicy, fabulous flavor, and great texture. It is an eminently
enjoyable everyday bottle. The 2005 has deep boysenberry fruit suggestions,
smoky/meaty/gamey complex flavor components that emphasize the terroir, and a
lengthy creamy texture.
2003
Terre Rouge Syrah, Les Côtes de l’Ouest Reg. $19.99 now $15.99
This 2003 vintage is exceedingly dark in color with rich, silky wild raspberry
fruit flavors laced with pepper, tar, and herb tones. Aromas are raspberry,
smoky, wild gamey, peppery, and cinnamon. The wine has a clean purity of Syrah
fruit that is reminiscent of many St. Joseph’s and other Northern Rhône’s. It
has full forward fruit and great acid balance. It is very smooth and creamy in
the mouth.
2002
Terre Rouge Mourvèdre, Sierra Foothills Reg. $25.99 now $20.99
This is a rich full-bodied vintage that is spicy, powerful, and long on the
palate. They use cellaring techniques that involve a long lees reduction to help
to broaden and fill the middle palate with great textural sensations. The
flavors are of blackberry, meaty, with an almost tomato-like Pommard quality. It
is definitely gamey like Bandol, without the funkiness that Bandol, often,
unfortunately offers. It is a fabulous partner for wild game, lamb, and wild
salmon.
July Event Schedule all $5 per person from 5 to
7p.m. All in store unless stated.
24th
–
Aaron Gallardo, Miller’s Cheese & Susan Gainer
31st
- Colleen Moore & Satterfield’s
Restaurant
August Event Schedule all $5 per person from 5 to 7p.m. All in store
unless stated.
7th – Lauren Wiersma with MBC-United
14th – Roger Bishop with Alabama Crown
21st – Leigh Monroe with Pinnacle Imports
28th – Colleen Moore with International Wines
uly & August is looking wonderful at The Wine Cellar, so if you like me & can't afford gas to go out of town come sample some great wines at great prices at our NEW TASTING BAR! I get 4.5 glasses of wine out of a bottle...how many miles do you get to the gallon?