[Cornell Wine] Cornell Wine This Week

[Beard Michael]

CORNELL WINE COMPANY
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FUTURE TASTINGS
02 May – Petite Sirah
09 May – South America
16 May – Cabernet Sauvignon
23 May – Rhône Valley
30 May – Piemonte

THIS WEEK
FRIDAY, April 25th
4:30 - 7:00pm

PORTUGAL PÂTÉ PLATE
To go with the hearty reds from Portugal, we once more revert to  
pâtés from City Market NW. These are two new ones for me:
Rabbit and Pancetta
Wild Boar Rillettes with Prune, Orange and Walnut Oil
PÂTÉ SAMPLER PLATE $4.00

Portugal, long known for Port and very rustic table wines, is now  
producing some of the best value wines in Europe.  This week we will  
offer five bargain wines in the basic flight, and will not offer a  
Premium Pour.  If the weather had been better, we would have offered  
a VINHO VERDE, Portugal’s famous white wine.  However we do have in  
stock the QUINTA da AVELEDA 2006 VINHO VERDE at $9.50  A blend of  
TRAJADURA, LOUREIRO and ALVARINHO, it is still lively and fresh,  
although the 2007 will arrive soon,  The wine offers delicate aromas  
of fresh flowers, tropical fruit on the palate with just a touch of  
pétillance, and a long, dry finish.  A wonderful warmer weather  
sipper, and an accompaniment to light fish dishes.

1. We start in DOURO, the home of Port.  KOLHEITA de IDEIAS is a new  
producer to me, and their 2005 ESBOÇO is a great bargain.  A blend of  
several local grapes (usually used in Port) it offers lots of  
blackberry fruit with a touch of spice - $12.50

2. Moving to the DÃO region and a wine from one of our favorite  
producers, QUINTA dos ROQUES.  Their “second label”, QUINTA do  
CORREIO is named after an ancient posting station alongside the  
vineyard.  A blend of JAEN, TOURIGA NACIONAL, ALFROCHEIRO and TINTO  
RORIZ, the 2003 was a big hit at our last PORTUGUESE tasting, and  
this 2005 is even better - $12.50

3. We now go back to the DOURO and producer ALVES de SOUSA.  Their  
QUINTA do VALE da RAPOSA 2004 TINTO is mainly from the TINTO CÃO  
grape.  It offers lots of spicy black fruit, together with subtle  
mineral elements - $15.50

4. ALENTEJO is a region to the east near the border with Spain, and  
slightly south of Lisbon.  This was the “hot” area in the late 1990s  
with investments from people such as Château Lafite.  TOURIGA  
NACIONAL is a serious Port grape but also makes stunning table  
wines.  From ALENTEJO we offer HERDADO do ESPORÃO and their 2003  
TOURIGA NACIONAL.  This has gobs of deep black fruit with well- 
integrated oak and lots of spice on the finish.  Spectacular value! -  
$17.50

5. From ESTREMADURA we offer the QUINTA de CHOCAPALHA 2005 TINTO.   
The blend is 45% CASTELÃO, 35% TINTA RORIZ (TEMPRANILLO), 15% TOURIGA  
NACIONAL, and 5% ALICANTE BOUSCHET.  This is a big wine showing black  
fruit and a Merlot-like chocolate palate and finish, with some oak  
from the French barriques.  It was a Matt Kramer “rave” in The Sunday  
Oregonian a few weeks ago - $19.00

TRY THESE FIVE WINES FOR $10.00

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 26th
Noon – 5:00PM
Free

As always we will have a couple of wines open.  This week’s  
provisional choices:

New products on the Portland market are the wines from HARAS de  
PIRQUE who produce wines in CHILE’s MAIPO VALLEY.  The 2006  
CHARDONNAY is fantastic value.  Out of California or France you’d pay  
twice the price for this quality.  The wine offers lots of apple and  
pear fruit, subtle oak and good acidity, giving the wine wonderful  
balance - $11.50

MOSBY VINTNERS of SANTA BARBERA mainly specialize in Italian  
varietals.  Who knew anyone in the USA was growing TEROLDEGO and  
LAGREIN!  They also grow more “main stream” varietals and their LUCCA  
VINO ROSSO di SANTA BARBERA is a blend of mainly SANGIOVESE with a  
small amount of DOLCETTO.  LUCCA is named after a picturesque village  
in Tuscany.  It is crafted in the style of the finest Chianti  
Classicos, and is rich, flavorful and lightly oaked - $11.25

Cheers,

Pauline & Mick
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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