[Cornell Wine] Saturday Wine Tasting

[Michael Beard]

CORNELL WINE COMPANY
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8TH
2 - 5:00PM
FREE!

SPECIAL TASTING WITH ZENAS WINES

ZENAS is a relatively new Oregon winery and on Saturday their wine  
maker will be here pouring some of their wines.  He has not confirmed  
which, but this is the provisional list:

2005 RIESLING, MONTINORE VINEYARD

This is a classic German-style Riesling with lively acidity off- 
setting the 2.9% residual sugar.  It offers a lovely nose of apricot  
with a citrus edge together what we Brits call "petrol".  The palate  
has lovely spice and mineral notes.  I'm beginning to realize why in  
the early days of Northwest wine making, Riesling was King! - $18.50

2005 CABERNET FRANC, DEL RIO VINEYARD

Most of you know I think the best Cabernet Franc comes out of  
France's Loire Valley and that too many California or Northwest  
versions just taste like Cabernet Sauvignon.  This wine is somewhere  
between the two styles.  The wine smells and tastes of Franc, but it  
has much more fruit intensity than many Loire wines - $24.50

2005 CLARET, WHITE HORSE BLEND, DEL RIO VINEYARD

This is the winery's version of a wine similar to Bordeaux's "right  
bank".  With its blend of 60% Cabernet Franc and 40% Merlot, they  
have produced a Bordeaux-like wine.  It has typical rich dark fruit  
of Del Rio fruit, but this is combined with with nuances of olive and  
mocha, giving much more complexity than many wines made from Del Rio  
fruit - $31.50

ON SATURDAY WE WILL BE OFFERING SIGNIFICANT DISCOUNTS ON THESE WINES.

NOTE:  BECAUSE OF THIS SPECIAL TASTING WE WILL DELAY OUR TASTING OF  
CLUB WINES.

Cheers,

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