This week we have a few new vintage releases! We just brought in a tasty White Pinot Noir from here in the Willamette Valley and a couple of great cold-weather reds from Spain and France. Read on for details below - We hope you enjoy!
2019 Amity Vineyards White Pinot Noir, $19
Grapes:100% White Pinot Noir
Tasting Notes: Very cool project from here in the Willamette Valley! To make this white wine, they hand-pick their pinot noir grapes about a week earlier than they would pick their red wines to preserve acidity. Then they are whole bunched pressed very gently, which allows the juice to minimize maceration and have little color pick-up.
All of the color and most of the tannin in red wine comes from the skin. So, if you press right away and very lightly, you can extract the clear juice. This creates a beautifully light-in-color white wine with red wine characteristics. And the result is surprisingly delicious! Excellent cold weather white, nice mouth texture, citrus blossom aromatics, and forward pear, honeydew, and tart white raspberry. So good!
2019 Bozeto de Exopto Rioja Vino Tinto, $18
Grapes:Blend of Garnacha, Graciano, and Tempranillo
Tasting Notes: A mix of old vines from Rioja, Spain. The grapes are fermented in concrete, then aged in barrel. The resulting wine is a lovely mix of prominent fresh berry and fleshy plum fruit, with a nice density and wooded structure. Great casual drinking red, and perfect for weekday food pairing!
2019 Domaine Melody Crozes-Hermitage, $22
Grapes:100% Syrah
Tasting Notes: Great cold weather red from the Rhone Valley in France. Dark blue and black fruit, licorice and leather aromas, smooth tannins and a touch of bacon fat on the finish. Stellar burger or steak wine!