[Cornell Wine] Cornell Wine This Week

[Michael Beard]

CORNELL WINE COMPANY
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September 01 – Sangiovese-based wines

September 08 – California Cabernet Sauvignon

September 09 – September Club selections

September 15 – Portuguese Table Wines

September 22 – Syrah and Shiraz

September 29 – Zinfandel

October 06 – Red Burgundy



FRIDAY, August 25th, 4:30 - 7:00pm


WINES FROM WALLA WALLA WINERIES

Walla Walla is a rapidly growing American Viticultural Area, and  
while there are many lovely wines being produced, many producers have  
big egos when it comes to pricing.  Our tasting will feature wines  
from Walla Walla wineries, but some wines will carry a Columbia  
Valley AVA as these often offer a better value than the wines from  
the Walla Walla AVA.  Also several wines will be blends that tend to  
offer better value than single varietal wines.
1. The Walla Walla AVA covers both the Washington and Oregon sides of  
the Columbia River and we start in OREGON at ZERBA CELLARS.  We have  
carried several of their wines in the past, and now offer their red  
blend, the 2004 WILD Z.  This used to be called WILD THING but Carol  
Shelton objected as she has been producing a “Wild Thing” Zinfandel  
for several years.  The wine is a WALLA WALLA blend of CABERNET  
SAUVIGNON, MERLOT, CABERNET FRANC and SYRAH - $19.50

2. From a Bordeaux-style blend we move to a Rhône Valley blend, made  
by the LATITUDE 46 winery.  Their 2005 CLIFTON CUVÉE is a COLUMBIA  
VALLEY blend of GRENACHE and SYRAH.  The wine shows lots of black  
raspberry fruit from the Grenache grape with just a touch of oak from  
the time spent in 1 year-old French oak barrels.     $18.50

3. We now go to a relatively “old timer” from the WALLA WALLA AVA,  
SEVEN HILLS WINERY.  The 2002 WALLA WALLA CABERNET SAUVIGNON offers a  
wonderful combination of cassis fruit, oak and tannins.  The whole  
package has a certain elegance to it and has great length on the  
finish.  The wine shows the expertise and experience of the winery –  
they know what they are doing - $29.00

4. The final wine of the flight is from COUGAR CREST, and is their  
2003 ANNIVERSARY CUVÉE.  This is all WALLA WALLA ESTATE fruit, a  
blend of CABERNET SAUVIGNON, MERLOT and PETIT VERDOT.  Typical of the  
winery, the wine spent 20 months in new French oak, which shows in  
the wine.  The wine is big, has gobs of fruit, and noticeable  
vanillans.  For me, the wine is nearly “over the top”, but in  
addition to its bigger-than-life personality, there is a smokiness  
and then touches of coffee on the finish which give the wine an  
intriguing complexity - $30.00

TRY THESE FOUR WINES FOR $12.00

This week we offer an EXTRA POUR:

We go back to ZERBA CELLARS on the Oregon side of the river.  Their  
2003 CABERNET SAUVIGNON has won many awards – Platinum and Double  
Gold – and was a great success when Mark Retz from the winery poured  
it one Saturday in the shop.  Very little is left, so buy it while  
you can - $30.0

TRY THIS WINE FOR $3.50/Taste or $6.00/4 ounces

SATURDAY, August 26th

Noon – 5:00PM

As usual we will have a couple of interesting wines open for free  
tasting, and this week we look to Bordeaux:

For a white we will have CHÂTEAU RECOUGNE 2004 BLANC.  This is the  
white wine from one of our favorite producers of red Bordeaux.  It is  
100% SAUVIGNON BLANC and offers a touch of gooseberry flavors (but it  
is no Kiwi wine), together with a great mouth feel which is coupled  
with a crisp, long finish.  This is a very refreshing wine for  
sipping on its own, or to accompany seafood, poultry and salads -  
$9.75 (remember during August all Sauvignon Blanc wines are 10% off,  
or 15% off six or more bottles).

Our red comes from the CÔTES de CASTILLON (just to the east of SAINT- 
EMILION) and is our first wine from the highly hyped 2005 vintage.   
If the 2005 CHÂTEAU LA PIERRE LEVÉE is any indication of the vintage,  
the hype is well justified.  This wine, which is mainly CABERNET  
FRANC, offers lots of ripe, rich fruit, good balance and a long  
finish.  AMAZING VALUE - $13.00

Looking forward to seeing you all,
Cheers,

Mick

Cornell Wine Company

14740 NW Cornell Road, #90

Portland, OR 97229-5400
(503) 531-3981
mick at cornellwine.com
www.cornellwine.com
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