[Cornell Wine] Cornell Wine This Week

[Michael Beard]

CORNELL WINE COMPANY
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  Saturday May 13 – Ankeny Vineyards

Free tasting 2 –5 PM

Cornell Club May Selections

Free Tasting Noon – 5 PM

May 19 – Red Blends

May 26 – Spain

June 02 – Northern Italy

June 09 - Bordeaux


FRIDAY, May 12th, 4:30 - 7:00pm

  Syrah/Shiraz

Syrah, which is the grape of the Northern Rhône Valley, is now grown  
in many regions.  This week we will taste Syrah wines from Oregon,  
California, Australia and the Rhône Valley.  We will have two low  
priced wines and two moderately priced wines – plus a Premium Pour.
1. We start in WESTERN AUSTRALIA and the FRANKLIN RIVER area.   
FERNGROVE is a great value producer and their 2003 SHIRAZ is  
excellent value.  While obviously from Australia, it is not “over-the- 
top” like many such wines are.  It shows black plum fruit with a nice  
spiciness and a long finish - $9.75

2. Now we come home to OREGON and Southern Oregon’s DEL RIO  
vineyard.  I’ve not been a fan of much of the fruit from this  
vineyard as I feel it is somewhat over-priced for the simple nature  
of the fruit.  However ELK COVE has been buying some of the young  
vine fruit, and their non-vintage LA SIRENNE SYRAH is wonderfully  
complex for the price of the wine.  The wine shows black fruit, a  
touch of oak, and that touch of leather and bacon normally found in  
Northern Rhône wines - $12.00

3. Moving south to CALIFORNIA we will taste a wine from a winery new  
to the Oregon market.  The MEYER FAMILY 2002 SYRAH is from YORKVILLE/ 
MENDOCINO, showing black fruit on the nose and a taste of blueberries  
on the palate.  The wine was aged 18 months in oak (40% new), and the  
whole package is very elegant with great balance - $27.50

4. We now move to the natural home of SYRAH, the RHÔNE VALLEY.   
CORNAS, a small village in the Northern Rhône valley, is famous for  
its backward, slightly rustic, SYRAH.  The best-known producer is  
Auguste Clape.  The DURANDS are a new producer for me, but Robert  
Parker regularly rates their wines as “outstanding”.  This 2001  
CORNAS is ready to drink but will get even better with some  
cellaring.  It is already smooth and elegant, but also has the  
classic Northern Rhône characteristics of leather, earth and smoky  
bacon.  Made to sell for $40.00 this wine is an importer close-out  
and is a steal at $28.50.

TRY THESE FOUR WINES FOR $10.00

For our PREMIUM POUR we stay in the RHÔNE VALLEY:

CAVE de TAIN l’HERMITAGE is the cooperative in the town of TAIN right  
by the hill of HERMITAGE.  Their 2000 HERMITAGE “GAMBERT de LOCHE” is  
named after the founder of the Cave, and it is one of the best value  
Hermitages I’ve tasted.  The wine offers aromas of black fruits,  
spice and bacon together with some vanillans from new oak barrels.   
It is lush and velvety on the palate, but will get more complex over  
the next few years - $43.50

TRY THIS WINE FOR $5.00/Taste or $9.00/4 ounces

SATURDAY, May 13th

We have two free treats for you:

 From 2:00 - 5:00 PM ANKENY VINEYARDS will be pouring four of their  
wines – PINOT GRIS, PINOT NOIR. PINOT NOIR RESERVE and a DESSERT  
WINE.  On Saturday we will be offering special prices on all their  
wines.

 From NOON – 5:00 PM we will have the CORNELL WINE CLUB SELECTIONS open.

HIDALGO NV MANZANILLA “LA CIGARRERA”,  Jerez, Spain
APOLLONI 2005 PINOT GRIS, Willamette Valley, Oregon
DOMAINE de NIZAS 2001 ROUGE, Côteaux du Languedoc, France
DOMAINE SORIN 2003 BANDOL, Bandol, France

Please see earlier emails for full details of these wonderful wines.

Looking forward to seeing you all,

Cheers,

Mick
Cornell Wine Company
14740 NW Cornell Road, #90
Portland, 97229-5400
(503) 531-3981
mick at cornellwine.com
www.cornellwine.com
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