[Cornell Wine] Cornell Wine This Week

[Michael Beard]

CORNELL WINE COMPANY
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UPCOMING TASTINGS
April 13 – Walla Walla
April 14 – April Club Selections
April 20 – Tuscany
April 27 – Zinfandel
May 04 – Lesser known French Wine Regions

FRIDAY, April 6, 4:30 - 7:00pm

WINES OF PIEMONTE

CHEESE PLATE
Our cheese plate offers a selection of Italian Cheese:
Brigante                                                Sheep’s  
Milk             Sardinia
This sheep’s milk cheese is relatively mild in the style of a  
Pecorino Fresco.
Crucolo                                                 Cow’s  
Milk               Trentino
A soft cheese that has a mild, but nutty flavor.
Tartufo Cheese                                      Cow’s  
Milk               Northwest Italy
This is a mild cheese from cow’s milk, infused with flecks of black  
truffles.
CHEESE SAMPLER PLATE COST $4.00
As the weather is forecasted to be on a warming trend, we have  
included one of the great white wines of Piemonte in the tasting.

1. There are three main white grapes grown in Piemonte – ARNEIS,  
CORTESE and MOSCATO.  We will taste FILIPPO GALLINO’s 2005 ARNEIS.   
ARNEIS is one type of wine that I can remember when I first tasted  
it.  It was at a time when most Italian whites I’d tasted were  
mediocre at best – all acid and no fruit – but ARNEIS set the light  
bulbs flashing.  The grape offers a floral and fruity nose with  
nuances of apple and banana, all of which is reflected on the  
palate.  This is followed by a dry, minerally, finish.  Great as an  
aperitif, or to accompany many seafood and vegetable dishes.  This  
wine was awarded “Two Glasses” in Gambero Rosso (the Italian wine  
guide), and no other Arneis received a higher rating in the 2007  
edition - $14.00

2. DOLCETTO is a difficult grape for many people – the name means  
“little sweet one”, but many wines have some bitterness on the  
finish.  The wine is an every day drink in Piemonte and is drunk on  
its own and together with food.  The NADA FIORENZO 2004 DOLCETTO  
D’ALBA offers lots of fruit with only a touch of a bitter finish -  
$15.75
3. Northern Piemonte has many NEBBIOLO-based wines that do not get  
the attention of Barolo and Barbaresco.  PROPRIETA SPERINO 2004  
UVAGGIO is from the COSTE della SESIA ROSSO which is a DOC just to  
the west of GATTINARA.  This wine is a blend of NEBBIOLO, VESPOLINA,  
and CROATINA.  It offers many of the aromatics of a good Pinot Noir,  
the structure and tannins of Nebbiolo, and a long finish -  $30.00

4. I’ve tasted so many BARBERA wines over the last few weeks, it was  
difficult to select a “winner”.  I was going to pour the 2004  
RAPALINO (which we have in stock), but this week I tasted the  
MARCHESI di BAROLO 2004 BARBERA d’ALBA “RUVEI” and decided this was  
the wine to use.  This is another “Two Glass” winner in Gambero  
Rosso, and the wine offers lots of berry fruit, has good grip, and a  
long finish.  At the moment it is better with food, but give it a  
year and it will be a great wine to sip on its own - $15.00

TRY THESE FOUR WINES FOR $10.00

For our Premium Pour we go to BARBARESCO:

1999 was a great “traditional” vintage in Barbaresco/Barolo, but many  
of the wines need time to come around.  The PRODUTTORI del  
BARBARESCO, the world’s most famous cooperative, made great wines  
in1999.  The MONTIFICO RISERVA has been the most backward of the nine  
single vineyard wines, but is now just coming around.  While it is  
great now with food, this wine will be tremendous in about five  
years.  Take this advantage to buy a collectible wine at a reasonable  
price (replacement cost is $45.00) - $39.00

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

NB: All prices are subject to change without notice.  The above  
information is based on verbal information from distributors, and  
actual wine prices will depend on the price invoiced at delivery to  
Cornell Wine Company.

SATURDAY, April 7th

Noon – 5 PM

Free tasting

As usual we will have a couple of wines open for free tasting.  Our  
provisional selections are:

Jay Sommers of J. Christopher Wines makes many lovely wines (we have  
his just released 2005 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir available at  
$22.50), but his “entry level” wines under the ZOOT ALLURES label are  
wonderful value.  We will pour :
ZOOT ALLURES 2005 BLANC which is 60% SAUVIGNON BLANC, 20% PINOT GRIS  
with small amounts of CHARDONNAY and RIESLING - $13.50
ZOOT ALLURES 2005 ROUGE which is a blend of CABERNET SAUVIGNON,  
MERLOT and SYRAH - $13.50

Looking forward to seeing you all,

Cheers,

Mick & Pauline
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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