Sparkling Wine Specials

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Wine Spectator’s Market Watch Magazine
“Wine Retailer of the Year 2008”
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Fall 2013
222 E. 4th Ave.
San Mateo, CA 94401
(650) 685-3725
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Menlo Park, CA 94025
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Danville, CA
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7 DAYS ONLY! Our Fall Wine Sale will begin on Wednesday, November 6 and ends the evening of November 12. We’ll take 20% off most domestic and
imported wines when you buy 12 bottles or more, mix or match, standard 750 ml. size. Some already reduced or net-priced wines are not included. We
stock over 3,000 of the world’s finest wines, hand selected by our friendly and knowledgeable staff. Supplies are limited to stock on hand and all wines are sold
on a first-come, first-served basis. Sorry, we cannot hold wine for future purchase. Wine stewards are on duty 10 a.m.-6 p.m. every day.
draeger’s wine tasting
Our San Mateo and Blackhawk wine departments schedule weekly tasting events separately.
Pick up a schedule in either store, or click the World Wide Wines link at www.draegers.com
Chateau Ste. Michelle, 2012 Columbia Valley Harvest Select Sweet Riesling
Georges Deboeuf, 2010 Beaujolais-Villages
Late fall weather and holiday gatherings often result in menus that include a complex mix of textures and
flavors that are epitomized in a traditional American Thanksgiving meal: meaty richness (turkey, beef, ham),
fruity side dishes (cranberry sauce), sweetened vegetable dishes (sweet potatoes with added sugar, syrup,
or marshmallows), and tart/salty accompaniments (olives and pickles). We suggest two wines that complement these kinds of meals beautifully and are seriously good values. Harvest Select Riesling is a mediumsweet dinner wine (not dessert wine) grown in the rain shadow of the Cascade range in Washington State
that offers rich mouth feel, ripe flavors suggesting peach and apricot, and crisp acidity. Its combination of
sweetness and tartness melds handsomely with a complicated meal. It is a fine example of the balance of quality and value for which Chateau Ste. Michelle
is famous. Beaujolais-Villages is a medium-bodied dry red wine made from the Gamay grape in a sub-district of Burgundy in France. Beaujolais is fruity in flavor
but not sweet. Its relatively low tannin makes it smooth and easy to drink anytime, including with a late fall holiday kind of menu. This is classic Beaujolais,
not the lighter, almost spritzy nouveau that is released as a party wine near Thanksgiving time every year. It is known around the world for its food friendliness
and value.
The Riesling or the Beaujolais
Regular: $10.99
~Sparkling Wine Specials ~
We offer a 10% discount
on any purchase of 12 or
more 750 ml. bottles of
regularly priced
wine, mix or match
every day of
the year.
DIBON,
Moutard,
NV Brut Reserve Cava
Regular: $9.99 Special: $7.99
NV Brut Grande Cuveé Champagne
DOMAINE J. LAURENS,
roederer estate,
Mendocino NV Brut Regular: $24.99 Special: $19.99
NV Brut Cremant de Limoux (France)
gloria ferrer,
Carneros, NV Brut and Blanc de Noir
Moët and chandon,
NV Brut Imperial Champagne Regular: $42.99 Special: $34.99
Schramsberg,
Mirabelle North Coast Brut Rosé
The Chook,
NV Sparkling Shiraz (Australia)
Once Yearly, French Wine Tasting
at Draeger’s in Blackhawk
Saturday, November 2nd, DRAEGER’S COOKING SCHOOL BLACKHAWK 1:00-4:00PM
Join us at Draeger’s Cooking School in our Blackhawk store for a tasting of about
40 different wines from different regions of France! A complete list of wines offered
will be available one week prior to the date.
Special: $8.99
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discount for the purchase of 12 or more bottles of regularly priced 750 ml-size wines, mix or match.
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Here are some very good wines from Australia, France, Spain and the USA that are refreshing
and very food-friendly. NV means the wine is a non-vintage blend; brut means the wine is dry.
No reservations are necessary. There will be a nominal fee to taste each wine.
Prices
in this
For more information, please call the Blackhawk wine department at 925-648-5845
newsletter are valid W ednesday , O ctober 16 th through T uesday , D ecember 31 st
Cloudy Bay,
2012 Marlborough
Sauvignon Blanc
If Sauvignon Blanc brings to mind
New Zealand the Cloudy Bay winery probably is the reason. It was
founded in 1985 by the owner of
Australia’s Cape Mentelle winery (in
Margaret River); Kevin Judd (also a
renowned photographer) made the
wines for the next twenty five years. The house style was and is
fruit forward with softer acidity than its French cousins Sancerre
and Pouilly-Fumé. Marlborough, in the northeast corner of the
South Island, has a very sunny but cool climate that has turned
out to be a spectacular place to grow Sauvignon Blanc, among
other grapes. A small percentage of barrel-fermented grapes
adds a hint of richness to this world famous wine.
Talbott,
2012 Logan Sleepy Hollow
Vineyard Chardonnay
Robert Talbott and his parents
founded their eponymous winery in 1982, the year he planted
Diamond T vineyard and built the
original winery in Carmel Valley.
They have sourced fruit from
Sleepy Hollow Vineyard eighteen
miles away in the Santa Lucia Highlands for years and were
able to purchase the property in 1994. It is the home of the
fruit in Logan Chardonnay, which is 80% barrel fermented
in French oak, and 20% tank fermented. Winemaker Dan
Karlsen (formerly with Dry Creek Vineyards, Domaine Carneros, and Chalone) crafted this Chardonnay from twenty- to
forty-year old vines; it exhibits a hint of vanilla surrounding
rich flavors of pear, apple, and citrus.
Vietti,
2011 Tre Vigne
Barbera D’Asti
Based in the medieval village
of Castiglione Falletto in the
Langhe district of Piedmont
in northwestern Italy, Vietti
makes prestigious and expensive single vineyard Barolo and
Barbaresco. But it also makes
highly regarded and affordable Barbera, a bright and juicy
wine that goes beautifully with stews and grilled meats.
Family member Luca Currado, fifth generation winemaker,
gained experience at Simi, Opus One, Long, and MoutonRothschild before returning to Italy to take the reins at this
historic and respected producer. His Tre Vigne Barbera is
a blend from three vineyards around Asti, with aromas and
flavors suggesting black cherry, violet, licorice, and smoke.
Domaine Eden,
2011 Santa Cruz Mountains
Pinot Noir
Saratoga’s Mount Eden winery
has achieved justifiable fame for its
estate vineyard production of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Cabernet
Sauvignon. It has earned respect
for decades for making balanced,
age worthy wines. Wines labeled
Domaine Eden are grown on a property a mile away with
distinct soil characteristics, made to the same standards as
the “estate” bottlings. The grapes are dry farmed to moderate
ripeness, fermented using only native yeasts, aged in Burgundian barrels, and bottled without fining or filtration. Aromas
and flavors suggest raspberries, strawberries, cherries, blueberries and more. The wine is restrained and elegant now; it
would only get better for five to ten years if cellared.
Macedon,
2010 Macedonia
Pinot Noir
The tiny country of Macedonia,
once part of Yugoslavia, is the
source of the grapes that create
this appealing, lightly earthy Pinot.
The property owner, now a very
successful agricultural businessman, successfully dry farmed the
property and made quality wine even as most growers were
watering down their grapes and selling to the state-supported
winery prior to 1990. Macedon winemaker Dane Jovanos harvests these Pinot Noir grapes from vines that are more than
forty years old with root systems sixty feet deep. The wine is
fermented in stainless tanks and bottled without barrel aging
and rested for three- to six-months in bottle before release. It’s
a young, fresh wine of substantial value.
Arbios,
2006 Alexander Valley
Cabernet Sauvignon
Bill Arbios has been involved with
winemaking and winery design at
Chateau Souverain, Lyeth, and Jarvis, among others, and is also credited with pioneering Bordeaux-style
blends (“Meritage” wines) in Sonoma
County. Arbios wines focus on a
single grape type, but Bill’s blending skills are put to good use in
selecting the final blend from six grape clones and multiple locations within his vineyard, which is at 2000’ elevation. The altitude
means cooler average temperatures, a longer growing season,
and grapes that are lower in alcohol yet thoroughly ripe without
excessive jammy flavors. The payoff after twenty four months
in barrel is a classy Cabernet with aromas and flavors hinting of
plum, cherry, blackberry, cedar, vanilla, and spice.
Atalon,
2010 Napa Valley
Cabernet Sauvignon
The Bordeaux-style wines of
Atalon are made from grapes
sourced from a selection of
Napa Valley’s premier vineyard
sites, reflecting the different soils,
altitudes, and specific climates
of those vineyards. The 2010
Cabernet Sauvignon includes fruit from famous vineyards such
as Round Pond, Stagecoach, and Mt. Veeder. The blend is
72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, and small amounts of
Malbec, Petit Verdot, and Cabernet Franc. The wine was aged
in 20% new French oak barrels and a mixture of used French
and American barrels for sixteen months to create the framework for this rich, lush wine brimming with aromas and flavors
of dark fruits accented with hints of chocolate and cedar.
92 points Wine Enthusiast.
Ridge Vineyards,
2011 Three Valleys
Zinfandel Blend
Ridge Vineyards has been making
world-class single vineyard wines
since 1962. Some of those wines
have won international competitions and established the Cupertino-based winery as one of the
world’s most respected producers; the wines are now harder to get than ever. Three Valleys
was born in 2001 when grapes from Dry Creek, Alexander, and
Russian River valleys were first blended to be sold as the only
Ridge wine from more than one vineyard source. The 2011
includes grapes from seven vineyards in those three valleys;
the blend includes 65% Zinfandel and 20% Petite Sirah, among
other grapes. It is an elegant and relatively low alcohol wine, a
superb dinner companion. 91 points Wine Enthusiast.
Sean Thackrey,
NV XXII
Red Wine
Sean Thackrey’s fame results
from his decidedly iconoclastic approach to winemaking
which he pursues in Bolinas in
rural Marin County. He tends
to dismiss official wine growing
districts as irrelevant, cares little for the “scientific” approach to winemaking, and doesn’t bother to advertise
his wines. All of that endears him to the legion of fans that
regularly buys all his wine and begs for more. One of those
wines is a (mostly) red blend called Pleiades. Thackrey isn’t
interested in documenting the exact blend of this wine but
sources suggest it might contain Sangiovese, Pinot Noir,
Syrah, and the white grape Viognier. Get some while you
can.
M. Chapoutier,
2011
Côtes-du-Rhône
Wine grapes have been grown in
southern France’s Côtes-du-Rhône
region northeast of Orange since
the Viennese planted them more
than two thousand years ago. The
medium-full bodied blended reds
are known for a fresh, lightly spicy
character that goes oh-so-well with all manner of foods. M.
Chapoutier is a premier producer of these and other wines,
having made wine since 1808. Michel Chapoutier’s Belleruche
label is a blend of Grenache and Syrah with grapes harvested
from the Drôme, Vaucluse, Gard, and Ardèche departments.
The wine has an appealing cherry-ish character accented by
licorice and pepper, pleasingly balanced against firm but silky
tannins. Pair it with roast poultry and meats, pizzas, and pasta
dishes.
William Fevre,
2011 Champs Royaux
Chablis
Chablis, about one hundred miles
north of Beaune (the heart of
Burgundy), is home to some of
the most special Chardonnay on
earth. Once hammered by phylloxera and bypassed by railroads,
modern Chablis is known for the
“stony” quality of the wines grown on its limestone/clay soils,
and for the green hay-like nuances in its sometimes greenish looking Chardonnay. Many of its wines are quite lean
and unoaked—prized as an accompaniment to oysters, for
example. Others, such as this William Fevre example, reflect
carefully controlled barrel aging programs that add slight richness without burying the hints of crushed rocks that balance
the white flowers and citrus notes in the bottle. It’s special
Chardonnay.
Numanthia,
2010 Termes Toro
Spanish Red
Not far to the east of the Portuguese border
the Duero River carves its way through the
high, dry country in Spain known as Toro. The
vineyards of Numanthia are at about 2300’
where the average thirty-year old vines that
grow the Termes grapes struggle in very hot
summers and cold winters. Tinta de Toro is a local clone
of Tempranillo, known for its berry-ish fruit flavors and
silky texture. Numanthia (named for the town of Numancia, where wine has been made for more than two thousand years) ages this wine for sixteen months in French
oak barrels. The resulting rich fruit aromas and flavors
are accented by notes of cedar, spice, and tobacco, and
would complement a grilled Draeger’s lamb chop in a
most wonderful way!

Sparkling Wine Specials

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