3/17/17 Fabulous Frogwater Friday Sips
Fabulous Frogwater Friday!
New arrivals from France
Today March 17 from 1:30 – 6:30
(Chad will arrive at 3:30, wines will be ready to taste at 1:30)
New arrivals from France
Today March 17 from 1:30 – 6:30
(Chad will arrive at 3:30, wines will be ready to taste at 1:30)
It’s French Wine Friday with wines being poured from several areas including the new Beaurenard Rasteau & Red Burgundy poured by Chad Zimmerman, Animaux du Vin Selections. Come on in today to enjoy some new selections that we are so excited over that they make us want to break out a beret, a baguette, some cheese and four packs of smokes!
2015 BEAURENARD RASTEAU
$19.99 BTL./$239.88 CASE
$19.99 BTL./$239.88 CASE
Receiving as much focus as their prized Chateauneuf wines, Domaine de Beaurenard's Rasteau is a STEAL given the tedious biodynamic and terraced farming that goes into it. Having now tasted the newly arrived 2015 several times over the last year, it is safe to say that this is one of the greatest versions of this wine to date and surely since 2010. Best part yet is that this wine is still only 20 bucks!
Prominent licorice, rose, plum-pepper, camphor and underlying exotic spices drive the aromas. Creamy, rich fruit seduces the palate; ginger, allspice and lavender arrive as it flows throughout the mouth. Large-scaled, but plenty of freshness and red tones bring it all into balance and take it home on the impressive finish. Very awesome juice that is lovable now and will drink well for 10-12 years. Kudos to Daniel & Frederic Coulon for holding pat on pricing and making this a real steal of a Rhone wine.
Prominent licorice, rose, plum-pepper, camphor and underlying exotic spices drive the aromas. Creamy, rich fruit seduces the palate; ginger, allspice and lavender arrive as it flows throughout the mouth. Large-scaled, but plenty of freshness and red tones bring it all into balance and take it home on the impressive finish. Very awesome juice that is lovable now and will drink well for 10-12 years. Kudos to Daniel & Frederic Coulon for holding pat on pricing and making this a real steal of a Rhone wine.
2015 CLOS DE LA BROSSE
ST-AMOUR
$16.99 BTL./$203.88 CASE
ST-AMOUR
$16.99 BTL./$203.88 CASE
100% Gamay, Saint-Amour has a reputation as being the wine of love. Truthfully, the majority of the appellation's wines could be sold in France for Valentine’s Day. Gerard Lebeaupin is one of the last holdouts to vinify his wines in old wooden vats, using a large wooden grill to submerge the grapes allowing for better extraction, color, aromatic complexity and structure. Named after one of the region’s prime sites, Clos de la Brosse, Lebeaupin has a mere 4 acres of ancient vines (90+ years old) grown in sandstone soil within the northernmost Beaujolais Cru called Saint-Amour and makes between 300-600 cases per year.
2015 is an absolute knockout vintage for the entire region. Immediately, this one vaults from the glass with scents of red and black plum, more and more ground pepper as it opens, dark chocolate and a last minute arrival of violet and peonies. The texture shows lovely intensity along with superb depth from the old vines and nicely supported by the minerality and natural lift that this site delivers. Enjoy this stunner over the next 5-6 years, have it with roasted chicken, grilled pork tenderloin and even Pad Thai.
2015 is an absolute knockout vintage for the entire region. Immediately, this one vaults from the glass with scents of red and black plum, more and more ground pepper as it opens, dark chocolate and a last minute arrival of violet and peonies. The texture shows lovely intensity along with superb depth from the old vines and nicely supported by the minerality and natural lift that this site delivers. Enjoy this stunner over the next 5-6 years, have it with roasted chicken, grilled pork tenderloin and even Pad Thai.
2014 PILLOT CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET
PREMIER CRU 'MORGEOT' ROUGE
$39.99 BTL./$479.88 CASE
PREMIER CRU 'MORGEOT' ROUGE
$39.99 BTL./$479.88 CASE
The village of Chassagne-Montrachet is home to some of the greatest white wines in the world; however, 40% of the wine that emerges from these vineyards is red and made from Pinot Noir and Laurent Pillot is one of the rare tacticians who succeeds with both red and white.
A miniscule 1.2-acre parcel of vines planted in 1953 and 1981, this wine exudes class, grace, subtlety and is exactly what Burgundy lovers look for in their Cote-de-Beaune offerings. Very underrated and youthful as to be expected at age 2. Smoky, meaty aromas surrounded by black cherry, anise, rock dust, emerging strawberry followed by allspice and fine mineral. The texture for this wine goes deep but is firm, compact and youthful. Lots of concentration and penetration from the old vines, this is true to form French Pinot Noir. Drawn out and very lingering. Not inaccessible now, but for best results, leave it along until 2019 and drink it through 2028.
A miniscule 1.2-acre parcel of vines planted in 1953 and 1981, this wine exudes class, grace, subtlety and is exactly what Burgundy lovers look for in their Cote-de-Beaune offerings. Very underrated and youthful as to be expected at age 2. Smoky, meaty aromas surrounded by black cherry, anise, rock dust, emerging strawberry followed by allspice and fine mineral. The texture for this wine goes deep but is firm, compact and youthful. Lots of concentration and penetration from the old vines, this is true to form French Pinot Noir. Drawn out and very lingering. Not inaccessible now, but for best results, leave it along until 2019 and drink it through 2028.
2015 ROUZE QUINCY
'VIGNES D'ANTAN'
$19.99 BTL./$239.88 CASE
'VIGNES D'ANTAN'
$19.99 BTL./$239.88 CASE
Since initially introduced to this wine in 2006, we have consistently referred to it as The Sancerre Slayer. Over the last decade, the neighboring wines from the likes of Quincy, Reuilly and Menetou-Salon and have come up in stature and quality away incredibly impressed. Not only is Jacques Rouzé one of the Loire Valley's most important producers, his wines are some of France's best-kept secrets. Located about an hour west of Sancerre, outside the city of Bourges, Quincy (pronounced can-see) is made with 100% Sauvignon Blanc. Vignes d’Antan, meaning vines of yesteryear are from a little over 8-acre parcel of vines planted between 1920 and 1940.
Provided by the warmth of the 2015 vintage, pretty, yet lush mandarin and lemony fruit is reined in nicely by the mineral nature of the soil from where it all starts. A zesty oyster shell-laden finish clues you in as to what to eat with this terroir monster. Enjoy with all sea critters and it is a fine start to a meal or with fresh greens, goat cheese and lemon vinaigrette.
Provided by the warmth of the 2015 vintage, pretty, yet lush mandarin and lemony fruit is reined in nicely by the mineral nature of the soil from where it all starts. A zesty oyster shell-laden finish clues you in as to what to eat with this terroir monster. Enjoy with all sea critters and it is a fine start to a meal or with fresh greens, goat cheese and lemon vinaigrette.
