So we’ve made it through the ides. the equinox, the tornado that wasn’t and the start of baseball season. Let’s end the month with glass of wine. Here’s what we are pouring.

Friday —

2023 Landhaus Mayer, Gruner Veltliner $16
Peppery notes mingle with clear grapefruit aromas. Well-balanced on the palate with a pleasing acidity and a delicate herbal spiciness; quite lively.

Saturday – Bold Italian Reds

2020 Fattoria del Cerro, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Silìneo $24
Sangiovese
Tuscany
Notes of cherries, olives, oranges and peach pits here, with some vanilla. It’s lively and balanced, with a medium body, nicely polished tannins and a long, firm yet supple finish.

2019 Santi Solane, Valpolicella Classico Superiore Ripasso $22
80% Corvina, 20% Rondinella
Intense notes of fresh red fruit and maraschino jam, wrapped in hints of vanilla. The taste is warm and frank, balanced, with an elegant spicy and toasted bottom.

Sunday – Looking forward to Spring

Encostas de Baiáo, Vinho Verde $11
65% Avesso, 30% Arinto, 5% Fernão Pires
Aromas of lemon zest, grapefruit, mandarin orange, white flowers, and peach pit. The wine showcases crisp acidity and just a touch of Vinho Verde’s classic refreshing fizz,

Spring is here. Welcome the season with dome fresh wines. Here’s what we have lined up to taste this weekend.

Friday– Bordeaux

2020 Château Puynormond, Montagne Saint-Emilion $24
100% Merlot
Aromas of cherries and blackberries with hints of spice. It offers a warm, round oak; a delicious and generous wine with the same flavors on the palate as on the nose.

Was $32 Now $24

Saturday – 2 from Samur

2022 Jérôme Choblet, Saumur Blanc $16
100% Chenin Blanc
Loire Valley
This dry, white wine charms on the palate with dense and honeyed fruit aromas and mineral on the palate. A beautiful expression of the Chenin Blanc grape.

2022 Arnaud Lambert, Saumur Brézé Clos Mazurique $22
Cabernet Franc
Aromas of pencil shavings, a touch of bell pepper, a violet-floral-perfumed nose, dark ripe plums, medium-weight, light tannins. The palate is light, fresh, and energetic, with red plum, herbs, and ripe cherry flavors. The refreshing finish feels like biting into a fresh-picked juicy, mouth-watering Morello cherry.

Sunday – the little pig is back

2020 Villa Pillo, Cingalino $15
65% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc
A fresh and easy Bordeaux blend that is more Tuscan than varrietally dominated.

Stop by the shop this weekend and enjoy some tasty non tariffed wines from France and Italy.

Friday—Daddy’s little girls

2022 Grands Bois, Cuvée Les Trois Soeurs $18
65% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 5% Carignan
The Trois Soeurs is from estate grown fruit from 30- to 60-year-old vines in the Rhone valley, and is named for the winemakers three daughters. It is “a delicious mouthful of wine for a song.” The wine has notes of dark chocolate, crushed berry fruit, earth, licorice and dry tannins.
Organic

Saturday – Two for Campania

2021 Feudi di San Gregorio, Falanghina $18
A white wine from Campania, with lots of green pear and lime with some stone and almond undertones. It is full-bodied, layered and very intense with beautiful fruit and focus.

2021 Cantine Vitematta, Fossa Greca Aglianico $20
Campagnia
The nose blends florality with savoriness, as roses and violets hold their own against bolder notes of tar and pepper. On the palate, sugar plums join the roses to bring additional sweetness before the pepper returns on the finish to accentuate fierce tannins.
sustainable, solar powered

Sunday –Pure Pinot

2023 Alain de la Treille, Pinot Noir $16
100% Pinot Noir
Loire Valley
Fermented and aged in stainless steel with no oak aging, this is a spicy, dark fruited Pinot Noir made in a suave, ripe style. Light bodied, modest tannin, bright acidity with notes of early season cherries, cedar, and oyster mushrooms.

There are two sides to everything. Sunday we lose an hour of the day we could have been enjoying a glass of wine. But on the upside the evening light will be longer, robbing the morning of some of that precious daylight. We’ll be celebrating the time change with some wines from Italy and Corsica. Stop in and join us.

Saturday

2019 Colpaola Verdicchio di Matelica $15
Made with organically farmed grapes, this delicious white opens with aromas of citrus blossom and white stone fruit. The tangy, medium-bodied palate offers a lovely depth of flavors that include juicy tangerine, lime, white peach, bitter almond and mineral. Crisp acidity brightens the rich flavors and carries through to the clean finish. Organic

2015 Colpetrone Montefalco Sagratino $28
100% Sagratino
Sagratino is Umbria’s serious red varietal that takes a bit of time to develop. This one has had 10 years and is still a baby. A darkly alluring bouquet of ripe woodland berries, crushed rocks and forest floor is lifted by a hint of mentholated herbs. Rich balsamic spices and mocha giving way to black cherries and a hint of sour citrus. This is persistent and structured, though not painfully so, leaving a staining of blue and red fruits to linger long.

Sunday

2022 Orso Ile de Beauté Rosé $10
100% Sciaccarelu
Corsica
Orso IGP Ile Beauté Rosé is made from Sciaccarelu, a native Corsican variety which literally means Crunchy. Fresh with bright citrus aromas and red berries as well as spice and garrigue that are typical to the Corsican Rosés.

Was $15 Now $10

It could be the days getting longer, or this little bit of warm weather, but March is starting off with some promise. We are starting the month with a trio of wines from the Savoie. Come have a taste.

Saturday – Labbé all day

Domaine Labbé is a 10 hectare estate in Abymes a Cru in the Savoie an Alpine region of France neighboring Switzerland. Abymes comes from the French word “abimé” which means broken and refers to the broken stones in the avalanches from the mountains (Alps).

2021 Domaine Labbé, Abymes, Vin de Savoie $14
100% Jacquere
Savoie
This white has aromas of sliced apples, cantaloupe, and lime sitting in a bed of wildflowers and loamy earth. The palate continues the apple and lime flavors and pulls to a long refreshing finish that adds chalky minerals and subtle white pepper.

2022 Domaine Labbé, Savoie Rosé $12
Pinot noir/Mondeuse
Savoie
Easy-drinking, light and fruity with delicate aromas and balanced acidity. A nice rosé for the price.

2019 Domaine Labbé, Mondeuse $18
Savoie
Mondeuse is an ancient grape variety hailing from France’s mountainous alpine Savoie region. A distant relative, Mondeuse can share some of the floral, spice and game elements of Syrah yet with a bit more cranberry brightness. Lots of black pepper and cherries in the nose and on the palate. A nice acid to balance it all.

Sunday — Tempting Tempranillo

2019 Ontanon, Rioja Crianza $16
90% Tempranillo, 10% Garnacha
Thise Crianza Showsintense aromas of black fruits, spice, and balsamic vinegar. The wine is fleshy on the palate, with balanced acidity and notes of black fruit and wood.

Temperatures should move into the 50’s this weekend, but they come with a price. But we can take a little water as long as there is a little wine to shake it off. We’ll be pouring some fun stuff.

Friday —a crisp white bargain

2019 San Pietro, Kerner Altus $12
100% Kerner
Alto Adige, Italy
Kerner a grape known for its aromatics, was developed by crossing Trollinger and Riesling. On the nose, aromas of peach and apple; on the palate it’s full and ripe, balanced by good acidity. Fermented in stainless steel tanks and matured on the lees.

Saturday – 2 different worlds. Similar blends, very different wines.

2018 Kivelstadt Cellars, Father’s Watch Red Blend $20
36% Syrah, 34% Grenache, 30% Carignane
Mendocino County
This Rhone style blend leads with vibrant fruit characteristics (blackberry, fresh bing cherry) and finishes brightly thanks to the Grenache. There is layering of spice and herb flavors wrapped in a sheath of fruit. A balance of fruit and earth with well integrated tannins.
Organic

2019 Domaine Jaume, Vinsobres Référence Red $22
50% Syrah, 40% Grenache, 10% Mourvèdre
Rhône Valley
Ripe and generous, with warm cassis wrapped in a cloak of cedar and oak spice. Reveals mocha and crushed herbs on the finish. Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre. Drink now through 2030.

Sicilian Sunday–two very different red grapes in one glass

2022 Caruso & Minini, Frappello $18
50% Frappato, 50% Nerello Mascalese
Sicily
“Frapello” is made from an unusual blend of native grapes: Frappato, an aromatic variety with low tannins, and Nerello Mascalese, a thick-skinned grape renowned for producing wines with fruity flavors. Together they bring structure and balance. On the nose, expect aromas of wild plums, black and blueberries, spices, violet and herbaceous notes.

Love is in the air this weekend along with some precipitation. Come by the shop and warm your heart with a sip of these fun wines. And we are still sampling local craft chocolates from Beacon Hill makers Figus and Cortés

Friday — It is Valentine’s day so we’re pouring Bubbles.

Montsarra, Cava Brut $18
Macabeo, Parellada, Xarel-lo
Penedes, Spain
A cut above Cava with lasting bubbles and a crisp finish. The bouquet is fruity and vigorous, with its yellow apple and white flowers aromas. This extremely refreshing Cava shows off a tight core and saline minerality.

Saturday — Nothing say love like red sauce and nothing goes better with red sauce than Chianti.

2021 Pietre Nere, Chianti Classico $20
Sangiovese
Classic Classico. Intense aromas of cherry and red fruit, this Chianti Classico balances ripe fruit and acidity with well integrated accents of wood and spice.

Sunday — We think you are going to love this little Sunday sipper.

2021 Paul Jaboulet Aîné, Secret de Famille $15
60% Grenache, 40% Syrah
Côtes du Rhône
A fruit-forward wine with notes of raspberry, red currant, peony and black pepper spice.

The weather is cold, and the inauguration on Monday is adding an extra chill to our bones. So here at Madrona Wine we are stick our head onto a glass of wine and dream of warmer times ahead. Come join us.

Friday It’s Summer in Argentina

2022 ANKO, Salta Malbec $18

This is high elevation Malbec from Salta located in the northwest corner of Argentina. he very intense sunshine at 5,700′ elevation produces concentrated dark fruit flavors. The cold Andean nights lend floral and sweet spice aromatics.

Saturday – A pair of winter reds

2021 Château Cessaras / Domaine Coudoulet, Minervois Cuvée Olric $18
60% Syrah, 20% Mourvèdre, 20% Carignan
Languedoc-Roussillon
This wine offers a spicy nose showing aromas of dark berries, hints of black pepper and licorice. Harmonious and fresh palate.

2019 Kir Yianni, Xinomavro $20

Naoussa

It has intense aromatic profile, characterized by red fruits like cherry and strawberry. On the palate, Naoussa Kir-Yianni is light and fresh with soft tannins and medium body.

Sunday – Crisp like the weather.

2022 Raimund Prüm, Solitär Riesling Trocken $15

100% Riesling

Mosel, Germany

Struck by tangs of lime and lemon, this dry white offers mouthwatering pear and apple flavors with a stony, mineral finish.

We’re not talking bedding. January is a good time to stock up on white wine. This Saturday and Sunday we’ll have Three Whites open for tasting. Both Days. Save some money. Stop by. Stock up.

2021 Cantine Colosi, Grillo $12
Sicily
This lean and crisp Italian White shows fragrant aromas of jasmine and honeysuckle. It is also extremely marine-like in character with salty mineral and crushed oyster shell. Mineral notes appear hand-in-hand with more opulent peach and apricot flavors.
Was $15, Now $12

2021 Château Saint Sulpice, Esprit de Saint-Sulpice $12
80% Sauvignon Blanc, 20% Semillon
Bordeaux
The Espirit de Saint-Sulpice Bordeaux Blanc is marked by a complex aroma and flavor suggestive of limes, honeysuckle, mangoes, and pineapples. The wine is dry yet full flavored, mineral and long on the finish.
Was $16, Now $12

2021 Fantinel, Sun Goddess $15
Sauvignon Blanc
Produced with love and passion from sun-kissed vineyards owned by Fantinel family in Friuli Venezia Giulia, where the peculiar microclimate and the precious terroir guarantee premium quality wines. aromatic, with tropical and spicy notes of yellow bell pepper, banana, and melon. Palate: particularly structured with a balance between an intense acidity and a velvety smoothness with a long finish.

Was $20, Now $15

We made it through the holidays. So this weekend we are pouring a few wines from the discount rack that go overlooked seasonal bustle.

Friday

2022 Walla Walla Vintners, Walla Walla Red $16
52% Syrah, 16% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Cabernet Franc, 8% Merlot, 8% Malbec, 4% Petit Verdot
Aromas of blackberry, forest floor and barrel spice with notes of white pepper and cherries. The palate is expressive, with defined tannins that carry this wine through a smooth finish.

Was $22 Now $16

Saturday

2019 Bodegas Sierra Salinas, Mira Salinas $15
Monastrell
Ripe dark berry and floral scents with hints of vanilla, and exotic spice. Juicy and focused on the palate, with mineral-laced cherry and black raspberry flavors. Impressive depth as well as liveliness. Finishes long.

Was $20 Now $15

Sunday

2023 Domaine Des Annibals, VAR Rosé $15
55% Cinsault, 20% Syrah, 25% Grenache
A classic Provence, striking in its depth as its exuberant nose of raspberry, lime, mint, and warm sand. A rich palate of strawberries and blueberries, with a crystalline minerality that lends freshness heading into the persistent red-berried finish. Not only is this legendary winery certified organic, they are now 100% solar powered! Organic

Was $22 Now $15