2010 Henry Fessy Pouilly- 2009 Halala Afrika 2000 Château La Tour de Marie Duffau Armagnac Fuissé, Bourgogne Chenin Blanc, South By Médoc Cru Bourgeois, Napoleon, Bas-Armagnac Africa Bordeaux This wine takes its name from two The Dutch distilled wines of this villages in the Mâcon area (Mâconnais): Dutch merchants set up outposts in Tasting Notes: region into spirits to avoid a wine Pouilly and Fuissé. South Africa in the late 1600s, and This Bordeaux blend of Cabernet embargo and to reduce export began competing with the British Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot freight. This distillation led to the for territory with the Zulu and grapes is youthful and silky. It has a brandy making process. Xhosa tribes that inhabited the wonderful balance of structure Wine Flight region. The colonial policy of between the fruity taste, fresh acidity, While Cognac is made largely from racial apartheid was established and dry earth tones. It finishes with a the Ugni Blanc grape, Armagnac’s February 1, 2012 early on until it was finally hint of oak. This wine will benefit base wine is made from a blend of abolished in the early 1990s. from ageing as that will mellow some several varieties to include Ugni Although South African wines were of the tannins. Blanc and Folle Blanche. The still made earlier, it wasn’t until the used in Cognac is based on double Dutch French arrived in the distillation and the still mainly used 1700, that top quality wines were for Armagnac is based on made. Chenin Blanc is the number continuous distillation. one planted grape in the region Tasting Notes: and Halala means “to celebrate” in Tasting Notes: This wine is pale yellow with green Zulu. After ageing for six years in oak, highlights. The bouquet is complex with this smooth Armagnac has caramel floral notes upfront and fruitier notes of Tasting Notes: notes on the nose and a gentle peach and apricot underneath. It is This wine has tropical fruits on the mouth feel. Flavors of vanilla, pleasant on the palate with a light nose and on the palate it is packed orange and cocoa are present and acidity at first, followed by roundness. with green apple, peach, pineapple its finish is warm, with a hint of The floral notes are subtle with the fruit and succulent melon flavors. The oak. overriding and on the finish there is a finish shows fresh and crisp acidity. touch of dried fruits and hazelnut. Food Pairings: Food Pairings: Try this wine with Try paired with Roquefort or aged Food Pairings: bass, tuna or cod sautéed meunière sheep’s milk from the Pyrenees. Also good with petit fours made Pair this Bourgogne with roasted style (literally, in the manner of a chicken with morels in a tarragon miller’s wife: a preparation where with candied orange, cinnamon or Food Pairings: chocolate, or with a coffee that cream sauce. After sautéing garlic, the fish is lightly rolled in flour and This Bordeaux is perfect with spiced, accentuates the aromas of its aging morels, and onion in butter, pour 1 cup pan sautéd in butter). broiled squab served with an onion The Dutch served as a considerable of the Pouilly-Fuissé into the pan and in barrels. compote. The earthy juiciness of the merchant fleet for French wine during the reduce by half. Add tarragon, crème PLCB 32263 @ $7.99 wine is marvelous with the crispy little PLCB 6481 @ $30.69 16th and 17th centuries, especially during fraiche and lemon then serve. birds. times of conflict between France and

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