[Cornell Wine] Cornell Wine This Week

[Michael Beard]

CORNELL WINE COMPANY
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September 22 – Red Burgundy

September 29 – Zinfandel

October 06 – Portuguese Table Wines

October 13 – Red Blends

October 14 - October Club Selections

October 20 – Wines of Piemonte



FRIDAY, September 15, 4:30 - 7:00pm

WE ARE CONTINUING OUR CHEESE PROGRAM.  THIS WEEK WE WILL HAVE THE  
SAME SAMPLER PLATE AS LAST WEEK - COMTÉ (France, Cow’s milk),  
MANCHEGO (Spain, Sheep’s milk), and COASTAL CHEDDAR (England, Cow’s  
milk) FOR $3.00.

IN ADDITION WE WILL HAVE INDIVIDUAL PORTIONS OF ROCCOLO, A COW’S MILK  
CHEESE MADE BY THE ARRIGONI FAMILY IN ITALY’S LOMBARDY REGION - $1.00

CALIFORNIA CABERNET SAUVIGNON

This week, in response to some requests for more expensive wines in  
our basic flight, we will be pouring two moderately priced wines and  
two more expensive wines.  As a result of these requests, the price  
this week has to be increased to $12.00
1. We start with one of California’s old-time producers, LOUIS  
MARTINI.  The 2003 SONOMA COUNTY is their “entry level” CABERNET  
SAUVIGNON.  In this time of many high-end ultra-modern megabuck  
wineries it is easy to forget what the “old establishment” can do.   
The wine shows soft black fruit on the front palate, and then spice  
on the finish.  It is well-balanced, held together with moderate oak.  
- $14.50

2. We move east to the NAPA VALLEY to taste AVALON 2004.  The 2003  
was a big hit at one of our tastings earlier this year, and the 2004  
is even better.  It is classic NAPA VALLEY CABERNET SAUVIGNON at a  
very modest price.  It offers gobs of cassis fruit on the nose and  
palate, obvious but not intrusive oak, and lovely balance and  
length.  GREAT VALUE - $17.50

3. I used to think of J. LOHR as bargain-priced wines.  Do you  
remember the restaurant Crêpe Faire?  They used to have bottles of J.  
LOHR on the table, trying to get you to pay $18.00 for what was then  
a $5.99 retail bottle of wine (this was 1990).  Perhaps this fixed my  
mind set until I got to try more of their wines.  The J. LOHR 2003  
HILLTOP VINEYARD is from PASO ROBLES, and is one of the best I’ve  
tasted from this producer.  The wine is a blend of 95% CABERNET  
SAUVIGNON together with small amounts of CABERNET FRANC, MALBEC and  
PETIT VERDOT.  It was aged for 20 months in French Oak (83% new), and  
this amount of new oak is not obvious in the wine.  It is rich with  
lots of cassis and blackberry fruit, great texture and length.  It is  
more in the style of some MEDOCS than of some Californian wines - $29.00

4. It was difficult to decide whether to use this wine as the Premium  
Pour as it is the most expensive wine this week; however this wine is  
more in line with the style of the rest of the flight than the older  
wine which is our Premium Pour.  We have sold BENNET LANE MAXIMUS, a  
Bordeaux-styled blend, for a couple of vintages, and now we offer  
their 2003 CABERNET SAUVIGNON.  This is a big, rich, modern-style  
CABERNET SAUVIGNON, offering gobs of cassis fruit, spice and oak, but  
it succeeds by having good balance - $43.00

TRY THESE FOUR WINES FOR $12.00

This week we offer as a PREMIUM POUR:

In LOS ANGELES there is a winery called MADDELENA which makes wines  
from family owned vineyards in MONTEREY and PASO ROBLES.  The RIBOLI  
FAMILY have been doing this since 1917 (they were one of the biggest  
producers of sacramental wine during Prohibition).  In the mid-1980s  
the family purchased a vineyard in NAPA VALLEY’s RUTHERFORD area.   
The vineyard is situated between the CAYMUS and BECKSTOFFER  
vineyards, and the vines came from cuttings from the EISELE  
VINEYARD.  Tonight we offer the RIBOLI FAMILY VINEYARD 1999 CABERNET  
SAUVIGNON.  Aged in French oak (only 35% new), this is an elegant  
mouthful just coming into its own.  It shows wild berry and ripe plum  
flavors together with some vanillans.  The tannins are well- 
integrated into the long finish.  While lovely now, the wine should  
age for another 5-7 years - $39.00

TRY THIS WINE FOR $4.50/Taste or $8.00/4 ounces



SATURDAY, September 16th

  Free tasting

Noon – 5:00PM

As usual we will have a couple of interesting wines open for free  
tasting, and any remaining cheese will be available for purchase.  At  
the moment we are planning:

REGALEALI 2004 BIANCO – this wine from SICILY is a blend of the local  
varietals INZOLIA, CATARATTO and GRECANICO.  It offers apple fruit in  
a way similar to a Mâcon, and then has a touch of pine nuts on the  
long, crisp finish - $10.00

For a red we will pour CHASSEUR de BROUSSES 2004 Vin de Pays d’OC.   
This country wine from the LANGUEDOC is a blend of GRENACHE,  
MOURVÈDRE and SYRAH.  This is an easy-drinking mouthful mainly  
showing black raspberry from the GRENACHE together with an earthy  
edge from the MOURVÈDRE.  GREAT VALUE - $11.00

Looking forward to seeing you all,

Cheers,

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