[Cornell Wine] Cornell Wine This Week

[Michael Beard]

CORNELL WINE COMPANY
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March 07 – Spain
March 14 – Washington Reds
March 21 – Greece
March 28 – Zinfandel
March 29 – CWC Anniversary Party!

THIS WEEK
FRIDAY, February 29th
4:30 - 7:00pm

CABERNET SAUVIGNON

CHEESE PLATE
This week we offer a selection of Cow’s Milk Cheddar cheese that we  
have not used before:
Raw Milk, Extra Sharp, Aged 18  
Months                                           New York
No BST, Aged 18  
Months                                                             	  
Australia
Private Stock, Cabot  
Farm                                                      		 Vermont
CHEESE PLATE $3.00

Our Cabernet offering is from well-known producers and some little  
known producers.  The wines come from Washington and California.

1. We start in CALIFORNIA with a long-time producer, EDNA VALLEY.   
Their 2005 CABERNET SAUVIGNON carries a PASO ROBLES AVA.  While I  
tend to think Zinfandel when I think Paso Robles, this Cabernet is  
very elegant and balanced.  It is not “flashy” in any way, and at the  
moment would be better with food.  It offers superb value to go with  
your steak over the weekend - $13.50

2. SILVER PALM is a new producer to me, and is a so-called  
“restaurant-only package” aimed at the $10/glass price point – and  
may be picking-up on Silver Oak coattails!  The winery is in SANTA  
ROSA, and the fruit for the 2005 comes from NORTH COAST vineyards.   
The wine is a blend of 82% CABERNET SAUVIGNON, 10% MERLOT and small  
amounts of SYRAH and PETITE SIRAH.  The nose offers cassis, fennel  
and touches of cedar, and the palate offers a dusty currant fruit  
with some spice, and almost what seems to be a Cabernet Franc  
influence (although there is none in the blend) - $15.00

3. We now move north to our neighbors in WASHINGTON.  WINES of  
SUBSTANCE is a new producer from WALLA WALLA and the labels play on  
the Periodic Table of Elements – the Merlot is Me, the Cabernet  
Sauvignon is Cs, the Malbec is Mb, etc.  We offer the 2006 Cs which  
carries a COLUMBIA VALLEY AVA.  WINES of SUBSTANCE is a project of  
WALLA WALLA’s GRAMERCY CELLARS.  The wine is a pure example of  
CABERNET SAUVIGNON, offering cassis, blackberry, olive, cedar, pencil  
box aromas and flavors.  This is a wonderful complex wine at a modest  
cost - $18.50

4. The last wine is “An oldie but a goodie” from BERINGER.  Their  
2005 KNIGHTS VALLEY CABERNET SAUVIGNON is a classic.  BERINGER were  
the first big vine planters in this valley 17 miles northwest of the  
NAPA VALLEY winery, and the area now has it own AVA.  The wine spent  
16 months in Nevers Oak (30% new) and exhibits bright black cherry  
fruit and toasty oak, vanilla, cedar and smoky aromas.  The palate  
offers zesty and rich black fruit supported by nice bright acidity  
and ripe tannins.  Small amounts of CABERNET FRANC and PETITE SIRAH  
were added for additional complexity - $22.50

TRY THESE FOUR WINES FOR $10.00

This week’s PREMIUM POUR:

BEAU VIGNE is another new producer for me and their 2005 “JULIET”  
NAPA VALLEY CABERNET SAUVIGNON was an eye opener.  I tend to agree  
with Robert Parker’s comments: “A fabulous Cabernet from a winery I  
need to spend more time checking out…quite powerful, rich, but at the  
same time elegant, as one would expect from Stags Leap [district]…”   
This wine is 96% CABERNET SAUVIGNON, 2% PETIT VERDOT and 2% MALBEC -  
$49.75

TRY THIS WINE FOR $5.50/Taste or $10.00/2 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, March 1st
Noon – 5:00PM
Free

As usual we will have a couple of interesting wines open.   
Provisional choices are:

CASALONE 2006 CORTESE di PIEMONTE – if this wine said GAVI on the  
label, it would be much more expensive.  It offers lovely fruit with  
a touch of almond on the finish, and has a little spritz which makes  
the wine very lively - $12.00

A $9.00 PINOT NOIR? – at least I hope it has not gone up with this  
new delivery!  Le GRAND PINOT NOIR 2005 VDP d’OC from the South of  
France smells like PINOT NOIR, and tastes like PINOT NOIR – you  
cannot ask for much more at this price!  (note:  we are also getting  
more of the $12 Italian Pinot Noir that was a big hit at our last  
Pinot Noir tasting).

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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