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Wine Tips of the Week - Another Two of Our Top Ten of 2011
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from Vintage Connections
Dean and Lisa Foster
Dean and Lisa Foster
Wine Educators and Consultants
TWO MORE OF OUR TOP TEN OF 2011
Trapiche Oak Cask Pinot Noir 2009
If you enjoy a good French Burgundy, you will enjoy this pinot noir from Mendoza, Argentina.
It is a light, clear ruby red in color with aromas of black cherries. The flavor of fruit is light and subtle with notes of toasted bread and vanilla. Aged for nine months in French oak barrels, this wine is well-balanced with a pleasant finish.
Alcohol is 13% by volume. The Trapiche Oak Cask pinot noir is available at many PA Wine and Spirit stores sells for $11.99. PLCB product code is 5439.
Trapiche Winery is located in the foothills of the Andes Mountains. Grapes for the Oak Cask pinot noir are gathered from various vineyards at different elevations creating a more complex wine.
If you enjoy a good French Burgundy, you will enjoy this pinot noir from Mendoza, Argentina.
It is a light, clear ruby red in color with aromas of black cherries. The flavor of fruit is light and subtle with notes of toasted bread and vanilla. Aged for nine months in French oak barrels, this wine is well-balanced with a pleasant finish. Alcohol is 13% by volume. The Trapiche Oak Cask pinot noir is available at many PA Wine and Spirit stores sells for $11.99. PLCB product code is 5439.
Trapiche Winery is located in the foothills of the Andes Mountains. Grapes for the Oak Cask pinot noir are gathered from various vineyards at different elevations creating a more complex wine.
2007 M. Cosentino Cabernet Franc
This excellent dry red wine comes from the Napa Valley in California. This cabernet franc is actually a blend of 83% cabernet franc and 17% merlot. It is garnet red in color, softening to almost pinkish at the edges. It has great aromas of red fruit and green pepper, so characteristic of cabernet francs.
Though high in alcohol (winemaker says 15.5% by volume), it did not taste hot as so many California wines do, but was pleasantly balanced.
We felt the addition of the merlot helped to give this wine a roundness that perhaps a California cabernet franc may otherwise be missing. We were pleasantly surprised by this wine. We tasted it at an Indian Valley Chapter of AWS tasting. We also felt that it was exceptional when paired with the homemade cream of mushroom soup.
Unfortunately, this is still not available in PA, except by ordering it through Wine Access or Wine Express, but we felt it was such an exceptional wine that it deserved to be brought to your attention.
Though high in alcohol (winemaker says 15.5% by volume), it did not taste hot as so many California wines do, but was pleasantly balanced.
We felt the addition of the merlot helped to give this wine a roundness that perhaps a California cabernet franc may otherwise be missing. We were pleasantly surprised by this wine. We tasted it at an Indian Valley Chapter of AWS tasting. We also felt that it was exceptional when paired with the homemade cream of mushroom soup.
Unfortunately, this is still not available in PA, except by ordering it through Wine Access or Wine Express, but we felt it was such an exceptional wine that it deserved to be brought to your attention.
Fun Fact
Pinot Noir wines should be served slightly chilled (around 50 degrees) for younger Pinots to cool (around 60 degrees) for older Pinots.
Pinot Noir wines should be served slightly chilled (around 50 degrees) for younger Pinots to cool (around 60 degrees) for older Pinots.
Up-coming Events
We're not purposefully scouring winery newsletters, websites, etc. to find events, but we opened Blair's recent newsletter and wanted to share these up-coming events with you.
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We plan to publish our newsletter and blog two times a month but may do so more or less often, so be sure to send information to us as far in advance of the event as possible.
We will copy and paste your information into our newsletter and blog. We reserve the right to edit as we deem necessary and to not list or publish information at our own discretion.
We plan to publish our newsletter and blog two times a month but may do so more or less often, so be sure to send information to us as far in advance of the event as possible.
Links
These are a few of our favorite wine-related businesses and organizations.
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