Our weekend wine tastings are on hiatus, but we will still be featuring select wines for discount! This week we welcome wines that are also featured on our menu at The Buttery, in celebration of our partial reopening! We also have a new pet-net cider from the Charlottesville area, along with a South African Rosé that is perfect for summer evenings. Scroll down to explore tasting notes, and purchase any of the wines featured this weekend for 10% off retail pricing.
For a printable PDF of this weekend’s notes, click here!
Henri Champliau Petrone Blanc de Blanc NV
Origin: France
Retail: $16.95 | Sale: $15.25
Henri Champliau is a family-owned sparkling wine producer in Mercurey, located in the heart of the Côte Chalonnaise region of Burgundy.Thanks to a long and slow Charmat vinification of three months, Petrone Blanc de Blancs Brut has copious and well-integrated fine bubbles. Tree-fruit aromas and flavors of pear and apple are accented by notes of citrus and white flowers. The gentle bâtonnage of the lees lends texture and richness to the cuvée.
Chardonnay | Colombard | Ugni Blanc
La Zerba Gavi 2018
Origin: Italy
Retail: $15.95 | Sale: $14.35
In 1973, Ida Cozzio and Livio Lorenzi purchased La Zerba, a country estate in Ligurian-Piedmont Apennines, amongst the beautiful green hills of Gavi. At 1,476 feet above sea level, they yield crisp white wines with zesty, mineral characteristics. The vineyard produces classic Gavi, and fully converted to organic viticulture with the 2015 harvest. This particular vintage shows a pale straw/yellow color, a delicate and quite elegant bouquet with a pleasing floral scent mingled with honeydew melon. Round on the palate, a nice body and a good balance between acidity and the ripe fruits. The finish is long, clean and persistent.
100% Cortese
Lievland Vineyards Chenin Blanc 2017
Origin: South Africa
Retail: $22.95 | Sale: $20.65
Lievland lies on the western slopes of the Simonsberg mountains between Stellenbosch and Paarl, two of the most prominent wine-growing areas in the Cape. With notes of white peach, citrus and pineapple, the palate has a rich and ripe mouthfeel balanced with vibrant acidity and a lingering, zesty finish.
100% Chenin Blanc
Zorgvliet Silver Myn Rosé 2019
Origin: South Africa
Retail: $13.95 | Sale: $12.55
Zorgvliet is a stunning estate that dates back to 1799 in the slopes of Stellenbosch's Simonsberg Mountain. You are welcomed into the glass with a complex mixture of fresh fruit. The wine is crisp on the entry but rounded in the mid palate with an explosion of red berry fruit on the finish. A delicate and dry rosé to accompany you on hot summer days.
100% Cabernet Franc
Cupertinum Copertino Riserva 2010
Origin: Italy
Retail: $15.95 | Sale: $14.35
In the Apulian plain, in the center of the Salento peninsula, between the Ionian and the Adriatic sea, extends the territory of Copertino. On this red soil, vineyards and olive trees harmoniously alternate: century-old twisted trunks of olive trees often introduces the characteristic Apulian shrub-vines that produces this strong and generous wine. The result is generous, nicely focused aromas and flavors of red fruit, tar, licorice and underbrush. This wine has a marvelous acid-fruit-tannin balance and finishes long, smooth and breezy. A knockout wine and an exceptional buy for the money.
Negroamaro, Malvasia Nera, Montepulciano
Thorn Clarke Shotfire Shiraz 2018
Origin: Australia
Retail: $21.95 | Sale: $19.75
The Thorn family have grown vines in the Barossa since the 1870’s and still proudly own and manage some of the oldest vineyards in the region. This is a rich yet balanced wine with aromas of blackcurrant and mulberries accompanied by notes of smokey oak and hints of cloves. The palate is filled with dark fruits and backed by taut tannins and lingering oak.
100% Shiraz
Patois Cidery Perry Pet-Nat 2019
Origin: Virginia
Retail: $20.95 | Sale: $18.85
Perry style pet nat pear cider, made with Virginia non-spray and wild pears. All fruit ferments without modification with ambient yeasts. The ciders are unfined and unfiltered, with little to no added SO2. Any carbonation is a byproduct of captured fermentation. It's delicate with subtle floral notes and a hint of baby ginger. Only 60 cases made so get yours while they last!