THE WINE NEWS Monthly newsletter April 2013 April Newsletter! AROUND THE WORLD IN 60 WINES SPRING WINE TASTING Join us THIS SATURDAY April 6th, from 6:30pm-9:00pm at the Lakewood-Seward Park Community Club to explore (and taste!) wines from around the world. This annual event is always a great way to kick off spring with friends and neighbors, new and old. $25 gets you in the door, and wine orders placed on the night of the event receive a special event-only discount. Buy your tickets early here: http://lspcc.org/winetasting.html See you on Saturday! Leschi Market’s Wine Department Steve, Ken, Ed, Kenny, John, Chad, Lisa and Mike TABLE OF CONTENTS Staff Picks Staff Picks. 1 2012 Moulin de Gassac Rose Languedoc KEN’S PICK’S France $16.99/$13.09/$11.78 Red Wines. 2 2011 Occhipinti Bianco Sicilia Italy 2010 Jean-Luc Colombo Rouge Cotes du White Wines . 3 $26.99/$19.99/$17.99 Rhone France $15.99/$11.59/$10.42 Best Sellers at Leschi Market. 4 2012 Mark Ryan The Vincent Rose CHAD’S PICK’S Columbia Valley $16.99/$13.99/$12.59 2010 Bergstrom Pinot Noir 2012 Domaine Boudau Cotes Catalanes Cumberland Reserve Willamette Valley Rose France $16.99/$13.09/$11.78 $53.99/$40.99/$36.89 2012 Vrac Cotes du Rhone Rose France P. Louis Martin Bouzy Estate (RM) $14.99/$11.19/$10.07 Grand Cru Rosé Champagne NV PRICING IN THIS NEWSLETTER: 2009 Castillo Perelada 3 Fincas Crianza $52.99/$37.99/$34.19 List price/Leschi Market’s price/Our 6 Spain $14.99/$11.19/$10.07 bottle price. Prices subject to change 2009 Cadence Red Tapteil Vineyard Red without notice. 2011 L’Orangerie de Carignan Bordeaux Mountain $49.99/$41.99/$37.79 Blanc $13.99/$10.39/$9.35 FOLLOW US for news and updates at 2011 Domaine Salvard Cheverny Blanc www.facebook.com/LeschiMarket and KENNY’S PICK’S France $16.99/$13.99/$12.59 at twitter.com/leschimarket. 2009 Joseph Phelps Pinot Noir Freestone 2009 Chateau Virgile Costières de Nimes TO SIGN UP to receive reminders of Vineyards Sonoma $49.99/$38.99/$35.09 France $14.99/$11.19/$10.07 new monthly newsletters and weekly updates, and other news, please email 2007 L’Arco Rosso de Veronese Verona [email protected]. Italy $29.99/$26.19/$23.57 ON THE SHELVES look for the lime 2011 Nicosia Catarratto Sicilia Italy colored tags (matching our printed $22.99/$18.69/$16.82 Wine News). They identify the wines 2011 Hopler Gruner Veltliner Austria featured here in The Wine News. $16.99/$14.69/$13.22 Leschi Market | 103 Lakeside Ave, Seattle, WA 98122 | Sun-Sat 8am–8pm | 206.322.0700 | www.leschimarket.com | 1 2010 Januik Red Blend Columbia Valley $26.99/$18.69/$16.82 Red Wines “This wine is made from a short list of vineyards we consider to 2008 Betz Family Winery La Serenne Syrah Columbia Valley be among the best in the state. Sourced from Champoux, Ciel $66.99/$49.99/$44.99 du Cheval, Conner Lee, Lewis, Alder Ridge, Red Mountain and “The 2008 Syrah La Serenne is sourced entirely from the Boushey Weinbau vineyards. The nose is brimming with Rainier cherry, Vineyard in Yakima Valley. It is aged for 12 months in 50% new vanilla and rich dark chocolate. Medium full on the palate with French oak. A glass-coating opaque purple color, it delivers a an elegant, lively mouthfeel and a balanced finish packed with brooding bouquet of smoke, Asian spices, incense, lavender, game, fresh berry and cherry. 59% Merlol, 16% Cabernet Franc, 11% blueberry and plum. Dense, layered, and powerful, it manages to Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Syrah; 7% Malbec.” maintain a sense of elegance and balance. It has enough structure –Winemaker notes. New vintage. to evolve for several years and should drink well through 2023.” - 2011 Château Paul Mas ‘Clos Des Mûres’ Côteaux du Languedoc Wine Advocate, 93 points. New vintage. $19.99/$16.79/$15.11 2010 Mark Ryan Dead Horse Cabernet Sauvignon Red This dry and purplish red colored red showcases a complex nose Mountain $55.99/$48.59/$43.73 releasing woody, spicy, fruity and vegetal scents. You will be “Broad and spicy, with a layer of prickly tannins wound around a charmed with this full-bodied wine revealing a broad texture, generous core of currant and blackberry fruit, hinting at bay leaf fleshy tannins and a medium finish. World Wine Championships as the finish lingers expressively. Best from 2015 through 2020. Award Gold Medal, 91 points. New vintage. 1,175 cases made.” –Wine Spectator, 91 points, New vintage. 2010 Dr. Wolfe’s Family Red Premium Red Wine Columbia 2010 Rotie Cellars Southern Red Blend Horse Heaven Hills/ Valley $17.99/$13.39/$12.05 Columbia Gorge $42.99/$37.39/$33.65. “A unique blend of Lemberger (36%), Primitivo (27%), Petite ” A blend 75% Grenache, 15% Syrah and 10% Mourvèdre. Sirah (18%), Syrah (9%) and Merlot (9%). Aromas of cedar, Owner and winemaker Sean Boyd’s aim is to capture, with some blackberry jam, black current and minerality and on the palate justification, in the motto ‘Old World Wines from New World flavors of blackberries, Bing cherries, chocolate and crushed Vines’. Savvy lovers of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre would walnut. Spicy, fruity and full-bodied. Enjoy now through 2020.” do well to consider that option for acquiring what strike me as -Winemaker notes. New vintage. already some of Washington’s best red wine values. Drink 2012 – 2011 Cepas Antiguas Tempranillo Rioja $15.99/$12.49/$11.24 2018.“ –Wine Advocate, 91 points . New vintage. Young and fruit-forward aromas of black and red berries, with 2009 Tempus Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley notes of baking spice and dusty earth. Medium-bodied, offering $34.99/$25.99/$23.39 flavors of blackberry and red currant, with touches of cinnamon Tempus Cellars, a family-owned boutique winery in Walla Walla and clove. Soft tannins with a slightly dusty finish and a touch . “A return to a more fruit-driven wine, reminiscent of our 2007 of peppery spice on the end. Manually harvested from estate Cabernet. Old Vine Sagemoor fruit is in larger proportion than vineyards over 40 years of age. New vintage. any previous wine. Flavors of dried herbs, juniper berries and lilac emerge. Acids and tannins are well integrated, even in the wine’s 2010 Jean-Luc Colombo Rouge Les Abeilles Côtes du Rhône $15.99/$11.59/$10.43 youth. 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Merlot. 231 cases.” Hailed as the winemaking wizard of the Rhône, Jean-Luc –Winemaker notes. New item. Colombo has achieved a high-profile reputation for innovative 2011 Kerloo Cellars Majestic GSM Columbia Valley wines that are bursting with personality.“Red fruit, leather $27.99/$23.39/$21.05 and spice. Complex, with flavors of licorice and spice and silky “This is a winery you should have on your radar. A fascinating tannins. 33% Grenache, 34% Syrah, 33% Mourvèdre.” lineup and a talent to be watched closely.” –Paul Gregutt. “The –Winemaker notes. New item. nose on the Majestic is absolutely captivating. It comes at you like a freight train, full of blackberry, fig, sweet tobacco, roasted 2011 Sobon Estate Old Vines Zinfandel Amador County $18.99/$11.19/$10.07 meat and beef stock. This wine is broad yet savory with a perfect “This is a fragrant, rich, full bodied Zin with very forward, fruit rhythm on your tongue. The tannins are soft, yet present, and give driven flavors. It is meant for everyday drinking, but will improve a nice, round seamless component to the wine. 46% Grenache, with up to five years of bottle aging. It is a blend of several of our 27% Mourvèdre, 27% Syrah. 10%. 253 cases produced.” – old Zinfandel vineyards. 98% Zinfandel and 2% Petite Syrah.” Winemaker notes. New item. –Winemaker notes. New vintage. Place your order by email, [email protected] or call 206.322.0700 and your wines will be packed and waiting for you at the store. | 2 THE WINE NEWS 2011 Araldica ‘Albera’ Barbera d’Asti $20.99/$10.29/$9.26 2010 Vinos Jeromin Zestos Red Blend Vinos de Madrid Spain “ Ruby red with purple highlights. Elegant fruit aromas of $11.99/$8.39/$7.55 cherries and plums with an enticing warm, spiced, smoky aroma. “Bright ruby. Spicy aromas of cherry, raspberry, fruitcake and Berry flavors paired with spiced and sapid notes. Pairs well with minerals. Ripe and lush, with good texture and heft to its red cured meats, game and cheeses.” - Winery notes. New vintage. and dark berry flavors. A ripe, slightly jammy finish features a 2010 Château Buisson-Redon Rouge Bordeaux suggestion of smoky minerals.” $12.99/$10.29/$9.26 – Wine Cellar, 88 points. New item. Great value, easy-drinking style of Claret. A blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc. It has red fruit and cherry notes on the White Wines nose, followed by an intense palate with elegant soft tannins, and 2011 Rombauer Chardonnay Carneros $40.99/$35.49/$31.94 backbone given by the Cabernet Franc. A softer style of Bordeaux The original buttery, toasty Chardonnay, there’s no one who does made to be drunk young. New vintage. it quite like Rombauer. Inviting fruit aromas of honeydew, yellow Little James’ Basket Press NV $13.99/$9.99/$8.99 peach and fig are supported by vanilla and caramel. Creamy The Little James is a red blend made by Château de Saint-Cosme, vanilla integrates with honeysuckle, pineapple and apricot for a a 450-year-old Rhône producer whose offerings include several fabulous richness on the palate.