[Cornell Wine] Cornell Wine Club

[Michael Beard]

CORNELL WINE CLUB
JULY WINE SELECTIONS

Below are details of the July selections for our Wine Club.  These  
wines are available for pick-up by members from Friday, July 7.  The  
wines will be available for all to taste on Saturday, July 8, Noon –  
5:00PM.  Remember, members get a 15% discount on monthly selections,  
so SIGN-UP AND SAVE!

EARL and COUNTESS LEVEL

QUPE 2004 MARSANNE, SANTA YNEZ VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

MARSANNE and ROUSSANNE are the two main white grapes of the northern  
Rhône Valley.  Marsanne is also grown in Australia.  Some of the  
oldest plantings are in Australia where it is bottled under the  
varietal name, whereas in France it is usually blended with Roussanne  
in white St. Joseph, Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage and St.-Petray.   
This California bottling is a blend of 75% MARSANNE and 25%  
ROUSSANNE.  Marsanne tends to make fat, lush wines whereas Roussanne  
wines have a nervy edge to them.  The blending is successful as the  
Roussanne prevents the wine from being too voluptuous, and adds  
interesting mineral and stone nuances.

Regular Price: $21.00
Member Price: $17.85

H. LUN 2004 LAGREIN, ALTO ADIGE, ITALY

LAGREIN is a grape native to northern ITALY and most of it is found  
in ALTO ADIGE and TRENTINO.  Some wines from the grape can be rather  
innocuous, but well-made examples are very interesting wines which  
are great accompaniments to meat lasagna, duck  and roast pork.  The  
wine has a deep color with an appealing fuschia sheen.  This wine is  
fairly full-bodied for Lagrein, offering aromas and flavors of  
blackberries.  Someone said it was like drinking liquefied blackberry  
fruit crumble.

Regular Price: $24.00
Member Price: $20.40

Total Member Monthly Cost: $38.25

BARON and BARONESS LEVEL

PANIZZI 2005 VERNACCIA di SAN GIMIGNANO, TOSCANA, ITAlY

There are two distinct types of white VERNACCIA in Italy, the more  
famous being the grapes grown around the TUSCAN town of SAN  
GIMIGNANO.  The other is VERNACCIA di ORISTANO which is grown on  
SARDINIA.  The first plantings around San Gimignano were in the 13th  
century; soon afterwards the wine found its way to London wine  
shops.  Some vintners then tried the vines in the Marche and  
Lombardy.  However the grape does not do well away from the temperate  
hillsides around San Gimignano where it is planted at about 900 feet  
elevation.  The wine has a slight straw color and is lightly  
aromatic.  The palate has forward fruit with plenty of acidity.   
Traditionally it is used mainly as an aperitif, but around San  
Gimignano it sometimes accompanies marzipan-based desserts.

Regular Price: $16.00
Member Price: $13.60

QUINTA do CARMO 2002 DOM MARTINHO, ALENTEJANO, PORTUGAL

This wine is the “entry level” wine from the joint venture between  
José Berardo of Portugal and Domaines Barons de Rothschild, the  
owners of Bordeaux’s Château Lafite.  The winery is in the Alentejo  
region which is east of Lisbon.  Dom Martinho is like a Bordeaux  
second wine – it is the fruit that does not make the cut for the  
Grand Vin.  A blend about 75% “local” grapes (ARAGONEZ and PERIQUITA)  
with the rest being “French” grapes (CABERNET SAUVIGNON and SYRAH),  
the wine is stainless steel fermented and aged, whereas the main  
wine, Quinta do Carmo, is aged in French oak. The wine offers copious  
black fruit which has a slightly “roasted” quality similar to many  
wines from the south of France.  The wine is made complex by touches  
of leather on the nose and an almost savory quality to the finish.   
The Wine Enthusiast said “ …a reasonably complex wine for a  
reasonable price”.

Regular Price: $13.50
Member Price: $11.48

Total Member Monthly Cost: $25.00

Cheers,

Mick Beard
Cornell Wine Company
(503) 531-3981
mick at cornellwine.com
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