Saturday is Valentine’s Day and we have lined up some lovely wines to help express the Amoré within your soul.  Bring your sweetheart to the shop and share the love.
 
2012 Antech Émotion Rosé $15
Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Mauzac and Pinot Noir
The Émotion is a different Cremant de Limoux from the Languedoc region of the south of France. It is a crisp, elegant sparkler made in the traditional method, spending 15 months in the bottle before disgorgement.  It has a fine bead, delicate hints of cherry and strawberry with white floral notes. What would Valentine’s Day be without a little Emotion?
 
2011 Chateau Les Hauts de Plaisance, Haut Medoc $15
50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot, 2% Cabernet Franc
The Heights of Pleasure (Hauts de Plaisance) promises a lot and delivers.  This second wine from Chateau Pontoise Cabarus has a complex aromatic nose of red fruit, berries, coffee, and spice.  The palate has a delicious balance of fruit, tannins, and acidity this wine tastes of cherry and blackberry, with a hint of coffee and chocolate.  Take your Valentine to the heights of pleasure or take the Hauts de Plaisance to your Valentine.  
 
2012 Gabbas LilLové, Cannonau di Sardenga  $20
Cannonau is Grenache in Sardinia.  This one comes from Giuseppe Gabbas’ strategically placed vineyards, which he farms with a whole lot of love, using strict yield-reducing techniques such as green harvesting, canopy management and frequent pruning to produces the highest quality Cannonau grapes. The wines is macerated for an extra-long period of 30 days. The LilLové is delicately spicy with juicy red berry fruit and soft earthy notes.  Love a little, love a lot.
 
Terracruda, Sweet Temptation  $12
This wine is a blend of Terracruda’s Pergola Rosso wine with a particular variety of wild cherries called “Visciole”. In July, when the cherries are mature, they are picked and mixed together with wine and sugar to obtain a second fermentation. The result is a sweet, delicate, particularly aromatic wine that marries well with desserts and chocolate based sweets.  No one can resist such temptation.

Madrona Wine Merchants offers free wine tastings featuring 4-5 selections on a theme every Saturday from 2 until the bottles run out and on Sunday we offer a mini-tasting of two wines all day from 11-5. No matter what day you stop by we always have something open to sample.