Our weekend wine tastings are on hiatus, but we will still be featuring select wines for discount! This week we have many new wines for you to try. Scroll down to explore tasting notes, and purchase any of the wines featured this weekend for 10% off retail pricing.
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Monte Carbonare Soave Classico 2017
Origin: Italy
Retail: $29.95 | Sale: $26.95
Monte Carbonare is the name of the hill upon which the vineyard that sources this wine is situated. The word "Carbonare" refers to coal and is used to describe this location because the volcanic soils here are black as coal. This wine is elegant and characterized by freshness and aromas of citrus, herbs, and mineral. On the palate it's well-balanced and refreshing with a dry and persistent finish.
100% Garganega
Poe Vineyards Ferrignton Vineyard 2017
Origin: California
Retail: $44.95 | Sale: $40.45
Samantha Sheehan founded POE in 2009 after being inspired by the wines she tasted in Burgundy and Champagne. The goal is not to replicate Burgundy, but rather create alluring, vineyard specific, age-worthy wines revealing the beautiful terroir of California. There is minimal intervention, judicious use of sulfur, and never any additives.The Ferrington vineyard lies just west of the town of Booneville in the Anderson Valley AVA. The wine is fermented with native yeast with a touch of new oak. The nose delivers a fine aromatic constellation of pink grapefruit, pear, a touch of fleur de sel, orange zest, lovely minerality, and dried flowers. The palate is bright with expressive white fruit, zesty acidity, fine focus and a good core on a long and classy finish. Enjoy this now or cellar for a few years to become a fine glass of wine in due course.
100% Chardonnay
Lyrarakis Dafni Psarades Vineyard White 2019
Origin: Greece
Retail: $22.95 | Sale: $20.65
“Dáfni” means laurel (bay leaf) in Greek and is an indigenous greek variety saved from extinction in the early 90’s by the Lyrarakis family and planted in their “Psarades” estate vineyard. A wine is bright with a distinctive herbal character of laurel and rosemary with citrus fruit aromas. The palate is refreshing but complex with mouthwatering texture.
100% Dafní | Sustainable
Rolet Cremant du Jura Brut NV
Origin: France
Retail: $22.95 | Sale: $20.65
The family-run Rolet Estate is the second-largest wine growing estate in the Jura region of eastern France, located just north of Switzerland in one of the finest domaines of the region. This sparkling wine is crafted in the same traditional method as champagne. Aromas of white flowers, soft citrus, and slight yeasty notes dance beneath delicate bubbles. This is the perfect wine for every moment, from an aperitif before dinner to the end of a meal.
70% Chardonnay |30% mixed Poulsard and Pinot Noir | Sustainable
Rocche Costamagna ‘Roccardo’ Langhe Nebbiolo 2017
Origin: Italy
Retail: $19.95 | Sale: $17.95
Built around 1814, Barolo producer Alessandro Locatelli still uses traditional vinification. The Nebbiolo is aged for twelve months in large Slavonian oak casks to create an elegant and harmonious wine. Peppery black fruit aromas unveil a generous but earthy palate with abundant tannins and liquorice-infused berries. The finish is long as the tannins are polished off with notes of rich raspberry, blackberry and cherry. A truly remarkable value.
100% Nebbiolo | Sustainable
Pago de la Jaraba Crianza 2014
Origin: Spain
Retail: $29.95 | Sale: $26.95
Pago de La Jaraba is a family owned winery built at the heart of La Mancha. This single vineyard, unfiltered crianza comes from the newest DO in Spain, La Jaraba. The nose is full of berry aromas that mingle with earth, olives, and dried herbs. The palate has subtle nuances of medium roasted wood with toffee on a background of ripe cherry and black fruit.
70% Tempranillo, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot
Rosemont Winery and Capitoline Vermouth NV
Origin: Virginia
Retail: $24.95 | Sale: $22.45
A true collaborative effort that starts with wine grown and produced by Rosemont Vineyards that is then aromatized and transformed with botanicals and herbs that are hand selected by Capitoline Vermouth. These efforts result in a smooth, well balanced and unique small batch vermouth infused with ginger, mint, thyme, birch bark, honey, fennel, grapefruit, orange, rosemary, and rhubarb.