2/3/17 FRIDAY SIPS


FRIDAY SIPS
An Icy Diversion
Today February 3 from 1:30 - 6:30
Given the weather and potential for disruption, we have postponed having Brad from Ayres pouring his Pinots until March 3. In Brad's place, we will still pour (hopefully!) three lovely selections to help us get through this damn winter!


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2014 J. CHRISTOPHER PINOT NOIR 'VILLAGES'
CHEHALEM MOUNTAIN
$19.99 BTL./$239.88 CASE

A new offering from one of Oregon’s apex producers and a twenty-dollar version that tastes and behaves like it should be a hell of a lot more. In response to competition along with the national escalation of pricing for their other bottlings, this wine was really made to appease the local market and can’t be found outside of our local area.

Made from mostly estate fruit and Lia’s Vineyard, this Pinot is serious business! An achingly beautiful Pinot Noir value that has enticing and beautifully aromatic aromas of crushed black raspberry, violet and cinnamon that shine brightly from the glass. Texturally, the wine is stylish and refined with an abundance of penetrating fruit along with sneaky structure. The finish is suave and understated with a hint of allspice, red earth and cocoa from oak. A mouth filling Pinot, this selection will pair wonderfully with chops and will drink and develop wonderfully through 2022.



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2012 BISCI ROSSO FOGLIANO
$13.99 BTL./$167.88 CASE

If you love Italian red wines, there has never been a better time to get some of this one to be your versatile dinner red that you can serve for an upscale Italian dinner or with a steaming bowl of spaghetti & meatballs. Well, what is it? Read on...

A blend of Montepulciano, Barbera, Cabernet Franc & Merlot from vines planted in 1978 in the Marche region of Italy, Bisci is most notably a great Verdicchio producer and this red shows that they are just a great wine producer, period. Loaded with scents and flavors of black cherry, blackberry, herbs, and black pepper, it is soft and silky in the mouth. This is a yummy-delicious red that pairs well with everything from pasta to the holiday ham, yet is also one that can be served at more formal gatherings, too. Versatility thy name is Bisci!



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2015 CHAPUIS BOURGOGNE BLANC
$16.99 BTL./$203.88 CASE

A White Burgundy value-oriented producer based in Southern Burgundy (Maconnais), Domaine Chapuis is a small estate that we have been thrilled to represent for several years now.

Having more in common with higher-priced Rully or Montagny, this white does not see any new barrels. Bosc pear, lemon and cereal tones shine with underlying pure minerality on the nose. There is impressive charisma here. In the mouth, it seems to pirouette like a ballerina before it gains depth and zest with prominent powdery mandarin, stone and faint spice aspects arriving on the finish. Drink over the next 2-3 years with the usual suspects that go well with white burgundy, scallops, sole or chicken with mushrooms.