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Tasting Notes and What’s New in the Cellar
May 2013
Wine Cellar of Yelm
W ines from around the world
First Issue; May 2013
What’s New in the Cellar
Events and Tastings
April 27,
2013
May 4,
2013
Nebbiolo Rose, Quinta Dos
Roques Vinho Tinto from
Portugal
Domaine de Couron
Marselan, David Bruce
Pinot Noir, Kokomo Zin
The cellar now features 125 wines including an amazing Chateauneuf
du Pape from France and several award winning reds from Portugal!
Watch for renovations to begin as we build the new shelves along the
left wall and add in a permanent tasting station.
Thank you for your enthusiasm and compliments. I love hearing how
much you appreciate a great wine tasting and shopping experience
here at the cellar. Thank you for your referrals. Keep ‘em coming!
Watch for our upcoming wine raffle in May and a special food and
wine pairing event in June.
Check out the write up in the NVT http://yelmonline.com
Mas de Boislauzon 2010 Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Big Bold Earthy.. saturated ruby/purple color along with a nose of licorice, blueberries and dark black
cherry confiture. Powerful and full-bodied with good acids, freshness and delineation, it is a precise, largescaled wine that requires several years of cellaring before consumption.”
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Featured Case of the Month
Twelve wines for everyday drinking, carefully selected by Anne and
priced at $99.99
Alianca Vinho Verde
Portugal
Easy sipping on its own or with
salad, seafood, chicken or pasta. A
crisp and refreshing light fruity
white. Slight fizzante! $9.99
La Bastarda Pinot Grigio
Sicily. Italy
Try it with fettucini alfredo with
chicken. Rich, fat and luscious!
Crisp and refreshing full of pear and
citrus flavors. $9.99
Crow Canyon Cab Sav
San Luis Obispo CA
Very smooth and fruity. Easily
drinkable with pasta dishes, grilled
red meats and roasts. Nice rich
flavors of fruit and smoked
wood. Plum, mint leaf and very
balanced tannins. $8.99
Castlevera Cortese
Piedmont. Italy
Lighter fish dishes like dover sole or
tilapia. Have it on its own as an
aperitif. Located in beautiful
Monferrato. Aromas of grapefruit
and minerals, light-bodied, fresh,
crisp citrus-fruited white. $9.99
Terracita Tempranilllo
La Mancha. Spain
Big, bold red perfect with any spicy
food, barbeque and
tapas. Cascades of dark berries,
plums, fresh figs, cola, cherries,
raspberry, coconut, and vanilla
flavors. Elegant and full
bodied. $9.99
Rose Wines … romance in a bottle
Mouton Noir “Love Drunk”
Rose Willamette Valley Oregon
“Love Drunk is an intoxicating
Rose. Much like new love, it clouds
the brain, causes eyes to sparkle,
cheeks to glow, blood pressure to
rise and the lips to pucker.
Provocative aromas of strawberry
and raspberry, followed by
refreshing flavors of wild
strawberry, watermelon rind and a
hint of kiwi.” $17.99
Domaine Lafond Tavel Rose
Rhone. France
Intense watermelon and strawberry
notes intermixed with hints of
pepper and spice. Dry, full-bodied,
and slightly austere with
superb purity. $10.99
Villa Giada Monferrato Chiaretto
Rose
Italy. Piedmont
“Barbera” met “Nebbiolo”, and it
was love at first sight. The two
married following a luscious
intermingling of cherry and
strawberry in a glass. Delicious and
fun is always right for any time.
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Delicious Wine
Fact
Champagne, one of the world’s greatest sparkling wines,
is popularly but erroneously thought to have been
invented by the Benedictine monk Dom Pierre Perignon
(1638-1715). Although he did not invent or discover
champagne, he founded many principles and processes in
its production that are still in use today. And he
purportedly declared upon drinking the bubbly beverage,
“I am drinking stars.”
Round Hill White Zinfandel
Monteray Coast CA
citrus hint of honeyed grapefruit,
lively and long. $9.99
A chilled glass of Round Hill White
Zinfandel is the perfect
accompaniment to a warm summer
day. Wonderfully refreshing and
more versatile than you may
originally think, this wine is a
wonderful complement to spicy
green Thai curry, Cajun shrimp and
Italian pizza. For dessert, serve
with a fresh slice of strawberry
shortcake and warm apples over a
scoop of home-made vanilla ice
cream. The minute you pull the
cork, aromas of sweet watermelon,
kiwi and freshly picked strawberries
are evident. With your very first sip,
you will taste the cranberry
fruitiness and sweet citrus of a
mandarin orange, alluding to a faint
reminder of rose petals. $9.99
Santa Marvista Merlot
Aconcaqua Valley. Chile
JaJa de Jau Sauvignon Blanc
Languedoc France
Jaja is a slang for the region’s
delicious full-flavored, everyday
wines. Enjoy it with chicken on
salad with fruits and cheeses. Very
aromatic nose of white flowers and
buds of blackcurrant. In the mouth,
its is crisp, fresh and zesty, with a
On its own or perfectly matched
with rice dishes, fish or other
seafood. Exceptional merlot.
Smooth and supple taste the
integrates fruit and spice
flavors. Plenty of rich dense plum,
sherry and currant flavors with a
lingering spicy fruit finish. Well
balanced and full bodied. $9.99
D’Aquino Sangiovese
2010. Tuscany. Italy
Light-bodied red wine to pair with
pasta dishes and even light meat
dishes. 100% Sangiovese from
Tuscany. Once it breathed and
settled, it had a core of bright cherry
and red currant fruit flavors with
plenty of veggie notes. The light
but definite tannins gave this
selection a nice peppery bite at the
end which is why I think it can
stand up to some meat dishes. 9.99
SantaAlicia Carmenere
Maipo Valley. Chile
Chinese food, turkey and a wide
variety of meats. Intense violet
color. Bold, ripe and delicious with
tiers of rich plum, chocolate and
black cherry flavor with an elegant
toasted oak touch and smooth
polished tannins. Deep and rich
finish – flavors linger on and on.
$9.99
Crow Canyon Cab Sav
San Luis Obispo CA
Very smooth and fruity. Easily
drinkable with pasta dishes, grilled
red meats and roasts. Nice rich
flavors of fruit and smoked
wood. Plum, mint leaf and very
balanced tannins. $8.99
Red Tree Pinot Noir
Sonoma. California
Sunday Brunch with Spinach and
mushroom quiche or wild game
dishes and roasted meats. aromas
of fresh fruits and strawberries, with
a hint of oak in the background.
This lighter-bodied wine provides
cherry flavors on the palate and
more red fruits, finishing with soft
tannins. $9.99
Delicious with Italian food,
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Oak Grove Petit Syrah
California
Enjoy with rich cheeses, delectable
olives and wild game dishes.
Concentrated nose of lush cherries,
black pepper and spice. Delicious
fruit flavors of blueberry and
raspberry explode on the
palate. Long spicy finish. 9.99
Wine is bottled
poetry.
Robert Louis
Stevenson
Castle Rock Syrah
Columbia Valley WA
Ideal to a variety of red meat
dishes, cheeses and spiced foods
such as a tuscan white bean with
Italian sausage stew. Well
balanced, ripe and spicey. Flavors
of dark ripe fruits, smoke and black
pepper. Lingering spicy
finish. $9.99
1749 Sauvignon Blanc
Loire France
“I should say
upfront that I have
never been in a
cellar in my life. In
fact, I can see no
reason why anyone
should ever go into
a cellar unless there
is wine involved.”
― Rachel Hawkins,
Hex Hall
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Enjoy this with lightly seasoned
grilled or roasted chicken, stuffed
quail, halibut with butter and red
pepper sauce. Exquisite and multiaward winning Sauv Blanc! With a
forward nose of vivid fruits, from
gooseberry to white peach and
white grapefruit, melded with a
touch of river water, lanolin and
nougat, the palate on 1749
continued and expanded on the
initial fruit-laden theme. Sweet yet
almost tart, notes of star fruit, more
gooseberry and white grapefruit
merged with a lush mouth feel,
counterbalanced by good acidity to
keep it clean and buoyant. Hints of
apricots, orange blossoms and
clover honey furthered the delicious
depth on the palate. The finish is
fresh and quick but with a lingering
fruit essence and mixed floral touch
that reverberates nicely. $11.99
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