Northwest Oenophiles: Saturday, May 5th, 2pm

We’re starting May off sticking close to home. This Saturday we’re featuring local terroir from some masterful home team winemakers. We have a great line up of wines from Hedges, Adelsheim, Tamarack and Reininger, a bunch of local heavy hitters that have helped foster Northwest oenophilia.You’ll love it.

2010 Independent Producers, La Bourgeoisie Chardonnay $13
Independent Producers is a project by the Hedges family, which aims at making good affordable wine without much pretention. From Dionysus vineyard, this unoaked Washington Chardonnay is crisp and refreshing and doesn’t take itself too seriously.
 
2010 Wallace Brook Cellars, Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley $17
Wallace Brook is the second label of Adelsheim. It is a good Oregon Pinot at a good price. The wine has a complex nose of spice and vanilla with an earthy tone followed by bright cherry.
 
2010 Independent Producers, La Bourgeoisie Merlot $13
From Sagemoor vineyard, this soft and supple Merlot comes with a font library and a Manifesto. The house of independent producers is a catch-all phrase to describe the independent nature of the grower and the vintner. No advertising and no scores. La Bourgeoisie defined is the middle class. This is our target market. The armorial, is symbolic of the death of snobbery towards this ancient product. It gives you something to read while you enjoy the wine.
 
2010 Tamarack Cellars, Cabernet Franc $22
Ron Coleman’s winery in Walla Walla makes some terrific Washington wine. The one we are pouring today is 100% Cab Franc mostly from Weinbau Vineyard on Wahluke Slope. The wine shows pie spices, huckleberry and leather on the nose, with caramel, raspberries and ripe plums, a bit of toasty barrel smoke giving way to luscious, velvety tannins and a length finish.
 
2005 Reininger Winery, Cima $47
50% Sangiovese, 16% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 17% Petit Verdot from Pepper Bridge and Seven Hills Vineyards.
Reininger is another classic Washington winery in Walla Walla. Chuck’s wines are big and develop lots of character with age. The Cima is a Super Wallan take on the Super Tuscan cross of Sangiovese and Bordeaux varietal grapes, mixed with the aging style of Brunello di Montalcino Riserva requiring five years of aging. Five years of patience and aging has brought the advent of Cima, the marriage of a Tuscan bride who discovered her Bordeaux lover in the folds of the Walla Walla Valley earth. Sumptuous velvet tannins embrace the brightness of sour cherry, the strength of dark plum and the youthful adventure of blackberry to brush ones sole with gentle comfort and wisdom, similar to the affectionate touch of a grandmother’s hand. 2005 is the current vintage.

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