Friday Wine Tasting 1.6.17

It’s the New Year! Join us by celebrating with our free Friday wine tasting from 3-7 pm. Cheers!

JOSEPH MELLOT POUILLY-FUME
Pouilly-Fume is an area of France’s Loire Valley producing 100% Sauvignon Blanc wines. Pale yellow with gold highlights, this wine offers aromas of ripe mango and tropical melon. The palate is fresh with a vibrant acidity and a clean minerality remeniscent of the limestone and flint soils that were home to the vines. Bright citrus notes abouns on the palate along with a smooth creaminess from 5 months of aging on lees. Enjoy this wine with light cheeses or any variety of seafood dishes.

PICCINI MEMORO ROSSO
This ia modern style red blend composed of grapes from throughout Italy’s top wine producing regions. Bold and fruit forward, the palate is generous with concentrated flavors of black cherries ans figs. Roasted coffee and delicate oak notes develop in the back palate with soft, supple tannins providing structure into the finish.

ANJOLI PRIORAT
The Priorat region of Spain specializes in Garnacha based wines, with this one adding in a little Cabernet, Merlot and Syrah for character and structure. Thenose is fresh and bright with cherry, tobacco and licorice aromas. The palate is medium-ful bodied with soft tannins and rich flavors of black and purple fruits. Pop this open with a roast leg of lamb, or stick it in the cellar for a few years. Either way, you’ll be more than pleased.

CHATEAU PEUCH-HAUT PRESTIGE ROUGE
This Grenache- Syrah blend from the Languedoc region of France is a brilliant garnet color with a lively nose of raspberry, cherry and plumb. Aged in concrete tanks, this wine offers a purity of fruit that is fresh and balanced. Ripe blackberry, juicy plum and hints of dried herbs and licorice round out a dense, concentrated palate with fine tannins and a lingering finish.