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This is our daily wine for Friday and Saturday...
ZENATO Valpolicella Classico Ripassa [was $37, SALE $25, net]
Wine Advocate: 93 points
"The 2006 Valpolicella Classico Ripassa reveals lovely clarity and precision in its perfumed dark fruit. This vibrant, poised Valpolicella offers tons of depth and a long, refreshing finish. Zenato's Valpolicella is made from 80% Corvina, 10% Sangiovese and 10% Rondinella, and is aged in small French oak barrels. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2014."
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND - Just in time for the party season! We have 25 cases available
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PROTOCOLO Red [reg $9, $7.99 each or SIX OR MORE: $6.97 net]
Wine Advocate: 86 points
The 2006 Tinto is 100% Spanish Tempranillo that was aged for three months in seasoned American oak. Dark ruby-colored, it reveals a spicy nose accompanied by earth notes and blackberry. Fruity and ripe on the palate, it is a great accompaniment to bistro cuisine or as a high-class Sangria base.
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| Dr. Jim's great wine adventures stop in at TWS! |
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more bottle signing
 WELL, I WENT TO THE WINE SHOPPE OF GREEN HILLS THIS LAST FRI AND "WORKED THE CROWD" A GOOD BIT SIGNING BOTTLES AND KISSING BABIES . I TOOK THIS ONE PHOTO WITH A LOVELY CUSTOMER ALONG WITH THE INFAMOUS MR. ERIC BIDELMAN.
I love Eric's hair style--just like mine. "God made a few perfect heads and the rest he put hair on" Anyway it was fun and I induced a good number of visitors to give Hawks Nest Orchard Block Red a try.
We leave for NZ in two weeks and I can't wait. Jeremy, our manager, says the weather has cleared and the vineyard is drying out and spring is in sight. Time to start the old packing routine.
More soon:
Dr JIm |
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| THE WINE SHOPPE -- a $5.99 and $7.99 sale! Grab 'em while you can! |
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THIS IS ALL PRETTY LIMITED, so you might want to stop by today and grab your stash. As the seasonal parties kick-in, we cannot think of a better value in Nashville.
Sale prices are net, sorry no additonal discount for quantaties!
Ossaria Tempranillo 2006 - was $11 SALE $5.99 (60 bottles)
"Intense black berry, red with hints of violet. Powerful and fruity on the nose, reminiscent of fruits of the forest. In the mouth structured, round and tasty with a big finish, proud of its origin. Serve at 67°F with lamb, cheeses, Spanish omelet and Spanish paella."
Ossaria Tempranillo Reserva 2002 - was $13 SALE $7.99 (57 bottles)
"This structured, harmonious red showing mineral, plum, and cherry with hints of matt purple. Ripe fruit with notes of vanilla of a backdrop of spice.In the mouth structured, round and tasty with a nice long finish. Serve at 67° F with Lamb, cheeses, cochifrito and meat dishes."
ONE PENNY ABOVE COST Sale
Additionally, we are closing out about 30 white wines at one penny above cost to make room for some cool new wines. All together, we have about 100 various bottles. Here's your chance to grab a few decent wines without breaking the budget.
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2004 Gunderloch Nackenheimer Rothenberg Riesling
Wine Advocate: 94-96 points
Tasted from cask, the 2004 Nackenheimer Rothenberg smells alluringly of tangerine, sweet, resinous green herbs, bacon, lemon oil, honey, and sea breezes. In fact, speaking of breezes, everything about this wine simply blew me away! The vivid essence of fresh citrus, rich nut oils, pungent herb and citrus rind, sea spray, intensely smoky, soil-borne tones, creamy texture, subtle and supportive leesy notes, and a mysterious musky animal side all add up to a tour de force of flavor. By the time you read this, the wine will have been bottled and I challenge you to beat me to the next sip!
2004 Gunderloch Riesling Auslese Nackenheimer Rothenberg
Wine Advocate: 92 points
The 2004 Nackenheimer Rothenberg Riesling Auslese, fascinatingly, smells first and foremost of smoked pork products and only secondarily of citrus and orchard fruits. In the mouth, honey, kumquat, peach preserves and tangerine mingle with smoked meats and the overall effect is juicy, elegant, even delicate despite its creaminess of texture and its high residual sugar. I suspect this has years to go before it shows all it’s got. Fermentation of this wine was stopped in January – exceedingly early by Gunderloch standards – and it was bottled in June.
2006 Gunderloch Riesling Auslese Nackenheimer Rothenberg
Wine Advocate: 94 points
The 2006 Nackenheimer Rothenberg Riesling Auslese keeps one on the path of increasing richness and elegance charted by this year’s Gunderloch collection. A gorgeous nose of lily, gardenia, orange blossom, peach, and mango leads to a creamy, luscious mouthful of tangerine, ripe peaches, and honey. With persistent floral perfume, this Riesling wafts its way to an almost weightless yet rich, subtly mineral, and at the same time absolutely refreshing finish. The clarity, poise, and perfumed intensity put it in a class with the top Nahe or Mosel wines of the vintage. Here is a case of botrytis having ennobled the fruit without leaving any obvious, grosser manifestations behind. I can’t recall a finer “regular” Auslese at this address, and that’s saying something! Enjoy this anytime in the next 25 years, if not beyond.
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