[Cornell Wine] Cornell Wine This Week

[Beard Michael]

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FUTURE TASTINGS
30 May – Rhône Valley
06 June – Piemonte
13 June – Red Blends
20 June – Worldwide Sangiovese
27 June – Wines for your July 4th Cook-out
04 July – Closed – we are in France!
11 July – Closed – we are in France!
18 July - Zinfandel

THIS WEEK
FRIDAY, May 23rd
4:30 - 7:00pm

PINOT NOIR UNDER $20.00/bottle
Do not waste gasoline going to the wineries, shop Cornell Wine  
Company!  This Friday and Saturday we will offer 10% Discount on 4 or  
more bottles of any in-stock Oregon wine.

CHEESE PLATE
Once more we rely on our favorite NY web site to suggest cheeses to  
go with Pinot Noir.  This week we offer a soft cheese for the first  
time – in the past we thought they were too “messy” to serve, but our  
NY source recommends Camembert for Pinot Noir.  All cheeses were  
purchased from Whole Paycheck.
Camembert Le Châtelain            	Cow’s Milk                     		 
Normandy, France
The next cheese we tried to find was Vacherin from Switzerland, but  
Whole Paycheck is not currently stocking it.  They recommended this  
other Swiss cheese which, although we have used it recently, is a  
good match for Pinot Noir:
Appenzeller                                   	Raw Cow’s  
Milk                	Switzerland
This Alpine cheese separates itself from run-of-the-mill Gruyere by  
its production method where the wheels are bathed in a solution of  
herbs and liquors which gives a herbaceous, nutty flavor, and a milky  
finish.
The following is our favorite cheese for Pinot Noir:
Les Trois Contois Morbier               	Cow’s  
Milk                        	Franche-Comté, France
This cheese is recommended as a great accompaniment to red Burgundy.   
Ignore the strong smell as it is a mild cheese with a pleasant nutty  
aftertaste. The cheese is made in two wheels that are joined by  
edible vegetable ash.
CHEESE SAMPLER PLATE $5.00

We have had several requests to do another tasting of drinkable Pinot  
Noir that are under $20 a bottle.  Despite the outrageous pricing of  
some Oregon Pinot Noirs, I finished with a list of about twelve lower  
priced wines that I deemed good value.  There were also a few I would  
not drink at any price!  This is a week when I think you should not  
be influenced by my European palate, so I am not giving my usual  
tasting notes, just saying where the wines come from.

1. We had to include a foreign wine to show that, despite the weak  
dollar, there are deals out there.  We start in BURGUNDY, the home of  
Pinot Noir, and the fabulous 2005 vintage.  Except in vintages such  
as 2005, most BOURGOGNE ROUGE are too “thin” and “acidic” for the  
average USA palate.  See what you think of this offering from  
MOILLARD - $13.50

2. DURANT VINEYARD dates back to the 1973 and they have been selling  
fruit to many top Oregon producers including Domaine Drouhin, Lange,  
Bergstrom, Ponzi and Hammacher.  A small amount is now made under  
their own label by ADEA’s Dino Fisher, and we will taste the 2005  
from the LARK VINEYARD in the DUNDEE HILLS AVA - $17.75

3. I do not know how many ownership changes SILVER FALLS WINERY has  
gone through since I first tasted wines under this label at the 1989  
IPNC, but the current releases are good value.  The 2005 ESTATE GROWN  
WILLAMETTE VALLEY PINOT NOIR was produced at Château Bianca and is  
better than that producer’s own wines! - $15.00

4. I went to the “Indie Wine Tasting” the other week and, on the  
whole, I was “underwhelmed” when price was taken into account.   
However a few wines seemed to offer great value, and my favorite was  
the BISHOP’S CREEK 2006 BARREL SELECT from the YAMHILL-CARLTON AVA.   
Let’s see if you agree - $18.50

5. We have sold a lot of LA DOLCE VITA wines and thought their 2005  
WILLAMETTE VALLEY PINOT NOIR was sold-out.  It is not, and it is now  
showing very well.  Because of our long-time relationship with the  
producer, we can offer the wine at a very attractive price - $16.50  
(normally $19.75)

TRY THESE FIVE WINES FOR $10.00

In keeping with our “less than $20 theme” there will be no PREMIUM  
POUR this week.

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, May 24th
Noon – 5:00PM
Free

As usual we will have a couple of wines open and the red is a Matt  
Kramer “rave” (last week we were to have the red open but we sold it  
all before Saturday!):

New products in the Oregon market are the wines under the SEVEN  
DAUGHTERS label from CALIFORNIA.  These are non-vintage blends of,  
guess what, seven grape varietals.  The white is very aromatic (from  
Muscat), has great fruit on mid-palate, and a dryish finish.  A  
lovely summer (when it arrives) sipper, and a good accompaniment to  
most shell-fish, salads and some Asian food - $12.00

DOMAINE BRUSSET 2006 CÔTES DU VENTOUX “LES BOUDALLES” is a blend of  
GRENACHE (60 percent), MOURVÈDRE (15 percent), CARIGNAN (15 percent)  
and CLAIRETTE (10 percent) from a 12.3-acre vineyard near the town of  
Carpentras.  Matt Kramer says “It delivers an unusual depth of flavor  
for this appellation, with raspberry and red cherry notes and some  
real backbone thanks to the employment of Mourvèdre, a grape not  
commonly used in Côtes du Ventoux because it’s low yielding” - $10.00

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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