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Artisan Wine Tasting - Saturday, February 16, 2019 (6-8pm)
*Wine Tastings are free with a purchase or a $5 donation to go towards Fur Babies Charities. Thanks for help keeping these events free.
Tasting Selections:
Sauvignon Blanc 100%
White with green tinges.
Intense on the nose, with fruit and slightly herbal bouquet. Aroma notes of passion fruit and grapefruit are very typical in this wine and give a pleasant aroma complexity.
Dry and lively on the palate. Very enjoyable to drink cold.
Ideal to serve with spicy seafood or salads, as well as with white meats with sweet -sour sauces. You don't lose the wine even with more hot or spicy foods.
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From the Bodegas de las Familias Falasco in Mendoza, Argentina.
The Falasco Family is deeply rooted in the wine making industry with over 70 years of experience.
Their province, located at the foot of the Andes, has loamy soils irrigated with very pure melt water and features wide thermal amplitude.
300 days of sunshine a year and soft winds render the perfect conditions to produce top-quality wines.
TASTING NOTES
Golden yellow with greenish highlights.
Wide range of aromas with a predominance of pineapple, bananas, butter and toasted bread.
Complex and honeyed, with a sweet touch of exceptional complexity.
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Vinification
Made in the saignée method. A method of rosé production that involves bleeding off the juice after limited contact with the skins. Pronounced ‘sonyay’.
After this process, this red blend, consisting mostly of Pinot Noir, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Lemberger and a touch of Saperavi, goes through a cold fermentation in stainless steel tanks.
Wine Description
Medium intensity with dominant characters of strawberry, watermelon and honey dew.
An interesting wine that shows sweeter characters on the nose, but surprises with a crisp refreshing dry palate.
Food Pairing: Barbecue foods and fresh summer salads
Drink now or cellar until 2018
Alcohol: 12.8%
Acidity: 0.62 g/100mL
pH: 3.30
Sugar: 0.9%
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An excellent wine for meat dishes, particularly red meat. It is perfect with roasts, game and cold cuts as well as with traditional boiled meat dishes.
Serving temperature 18 - 20 °C
SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS
The bouquet has typically fruity notes of cherries and flowery hints of violets fused with a spicy sensation from its brief time in wooden barrels. Well-structured and balanced with evolved, rounded tannin.
TECHNICAL DATA
Area of origin: Monastier & San Polo di Piave
Variety: 90 - 95% Raboso Piave, with a small percentage of Raboso Veronese.
Training system: Sylvoz and the traditional Bellussi system
Harvest period: Fairly late
Yield Kg grapes per ha: 13,000 kg
Vinication: Traditional with the must kept in contact with the pomace for a long time and partial ripasso over the pomace of the Raboso passito following our own traditional method
Maturing: Part in oak barrels, the rest in stainless steel containers
Alcohol: 13% Vol.
Sugar residue: 6.00 - 7.00 g/l
Total acidity: 6.00 - 6.20 g/l
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LOCATION : Valle de Uco, Vista Flores, Tunuyán
VINEYARDS:
Total area : 65 hectares
Area in production : 55 hectares
Altitude : 1000 meters above sea level
Plantation density : 5.500 plants per hectare
Yield : 5.000 a 6.000 kgs. per hectare
Harvest : Manual in 12 kgs boxes.
VARIETAL COMPOSITION : 58% Malbec ; 18% Cabernet Sauvignon ; 12% Petit Verdot; 8% Syrah; 4% Merlot
Vintage : 2011
Alcohol : 15%
Acidity : 5.8 g/l
Residual Sugar : 1.7 g/l
Ph : 3.85
Dry Extract : 32.5 g/l
PRODUCTION :
42.000 bottles
Fermentation :
Maceration:
7 to 10 days at 28ºC in stainless steel tanks. Once the vats are full, the grapes undergo a maceration
before the alcoholic fermentation takes place. This process takes 30 to 40 days.
Malolactic Fermentation: 100%
Aging : 60% in French oak barrels during 12 months.
TASTING NOTES :
“For a cool vintage with plenty of challenges, the wine reached 15% alcohol, so don’t expect any green aromas or diluted flavors here. The nose is a powerful combination of dark plums, espresso coffee, Belgian chocolate and shy hints of red cherries with a full-bodied palate and abundant, fine-grained tannins, moderate acidity and good length, no doubt lifted by the alcohol. This is a big, ripe blend, slightly international, in need of some bottle aging. 42,000 bottles were produced in 2011. Drink 2015-2021.” (91 pts, Wine Spectator, 04/2014). LuisGutierrez.
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Bonus Taste:
Origin
Western Cape.
About the area
South Africa's vineyards are mostly situated in the Western Cape near the coast. This is the southernmost region of the African continent, and
has a Mediterranean type climate and diverse soils perfectly suited to quality grape production.
Winemaking
Specially selected grapes were harvested, destemmed and inoculated with yeast. The wine was allowed to ferment until the desired sugar level
was reached and then fortified with natural wine spirits to stop the fermentation. The resulting wine was then matured in French oak barrels.
Maturation
8 - 10 years in a combination of 300 litre and 500 litre French oak barrels.
Varietals
Tinta Barocca + Cinsaut + Souzão.
Wine description
Extended wood maturation resulted in a beautiful amber colour with orange zest, dried fruit, caramel and nuttiness on the nose. This full
flavoured wine explodes with fruit, marzipan and toffee on the palate, with a well-balanced sweetness.
Serving suggestion
Serve chilled before a meal or with cheese and chocolates after a meal.
Wine analysis
Alcohol % volume: 17.50
pH: 3.50
Total acidity g/l: 5.42
Residual sugar g/l: 128.03
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