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NEW RELEASES THIS WEEK:

Argyle Pinot Noir Nuthouse Vineyard 2000 $37.99 Intro Price
Regular price $42.99
The 99 vintage received 93 points in Wine Spectator and we expect this wine to rank up there as well. This may be the biggest Nuthouse yet! The cellar staff call this wine "Wild Thing". Pop the cork and you will see why. Expect a very rich aroma of huckleberry preserves, Indian spices like cardamon, vanilla and clove, and earthy aromas like newly turned stony garden soil. THe flavor is dominated by a very sweet concentrated fruit center. Then as one tastes away from this center point, layers of blueberry, vanilla creme, and cassis slide across the palate. The firm structure is rounded by the sweet center and surprisingly structured tannins. The finish is long, long, and charactierized by cedar and preserved blackberries and huckleberries.

Patricia Green Cellars Sauvignon Blanc 2001-$18.99
Very limited, sells out sooo fast, if you're a member of the fan club, now's the time to order! Plump, rich, loaded with tangy grapefruit and crisp pears, a refreshing finish, a highly expressive nose of fruit and floral components. Drink now through 2003.

Antica Terra Pinot Noir 2000 $39.99-
one word- yumm! Scent of restrained fresh strawberry, char, spice, flavors of jammy black cherry, strawberry, violets, outstanding wine drinking between 2004 and 2008.

 

Broadley Marcile Lorraine Pinot Noir 2000 $49.99- very limited and you will be so happy if you purchase this outstanding wine and cellar it for 4-12 years. Has a cult following, people always want it in droves after we sell out our tiny allocation..... Craig Broadley says: "loads of nothing but black: black cherries, blackberries, black plums, black currants, black licorice and Nori, the black seaweed that wraps your sushi rolls. This is a dark and coilossal melange of brooding power. No hard tannins just loads of super-fine almost silky tannins. A cellar worthy wine if ever."

Elk Cove Pinot Noir Windhill 2000 $32.00 An excellent growing season in 2000 produced deeply ripe clusters and yielded a wine with intense black cherry and cassis aromas. Characteristic of Pinot Noirs from Windhill Vineyard, the peppery spice flavors complement the berry notes to offer a deliciously complex wine. The finish is long and smooth, with hints of caramel. With proper storage this wine will age gracefully for several years.

Elk Cove Pinot Noir La Boheme 2000 $32

 

Owen Roe Yakima Red Meritage 2000 $42.99 A blend of Dubrul Merlot, Owen Roe Cab Franc, and Rosa Mystical Block Yakima Cab, this is the wine David rates #2 of his current red wine releases (Owen Roe Dubrul Cab he rates as #1!) He says this is a HUGE multilayered wine will age for 20 years. The Rosa Mystical Block Vineyard was hit by hail and the harvest was miniscule, and David being David, he decided not to release the "flawed" Cab by itself but to include it in the Yakima Red blend. 80 cases made. We also still have a little Owen Roe Cab Franc, Owen Roe Pinot Gris, and Sineann Baby Poux Cab left. And the Big Reds Wine Club members are receiving their Owen Roe Dubrul Cab and Dubrul Merlot in early May.

Penner-Ash Syrah 2000 $35.99
Deep purple color, dense black fruit with heavy roasted coffee notes, oak-vanillian flavors. Lush, round, elegant character with spicy finish. This is a remarkably rich wine and will be a show stopper at your next dinner party. Lynn and Ron Penner-Ash are brilliant winemakers!

Woodward Canyon Old Vine Cabernet $60.00
This 1999 "old vines" cabernet sauvignon is a powerful and worthy successor to 1995, 1997 and 1998 "old vines". Flavors of ripe raspberry and blackberry married with spicy, toasted oak and vanilla explode in the mouth! The color is deeply purple and the texture is concentrated and rich, yet supple. It will benefit greatly from additional cellaring, and with proper storage, should last 15 years.