[Cornell Wine] Cornell Wine This Week

[Beard Michael]

CORNELL WINE COMPANY
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FUTURE TASTINGS
November 21 – Wines for Thanksgiving
November 28 – Bordeaux
December 05 – Annual Bubbly Tasting
December 12 – Piemonte
December 19 – Christmas Treats
December 29 – Walla Walla

THIS WEEK
FRIDAY, November 14th
4:30 - 7:00pm

PINOT NOIR

CHEESE PLATE
To go with our Pinot Noir wines we offer:
				Appenzeller                  	Cow’s Milk                   
Switzerland
				Monterey Jack                  Cow’s Milk                  USA
				Farmhouse Cheddar         Cow’s Milk                  England
CHEESE SAMPLER PLATE - $4.00

This week, as the main flight, we offer Oregon wines, and then mix it  
up with the Premium Pours to show other areas make lovely Pinot Noirs!

1. EVESHAM WOOD is Pauline’s and my favorite Oregon producer as RUSS  
RANEY makes elegant, food-friendly, Pinot Noirs.  Who can forget the  
1989 CUVÉE J, one of the greatest ever Oregon Pinot Noirs – probably  
only to be out-classed by the 1983 EYRIE RESERVE.  Russ, who trained  
in Europe, tends to believe in the concept of letting vintages speak,  
and not manipulating wines.  His 2007 WILLAMETTE VALLEY PINOT NOIR is  
somewhat light but is beautifully pure Pinot Noir fruit.  We call it  
a “Lunchtime Pinot” - $18.00

2. HENRY ESTATE has not been a favorite of mine for PINOT NOIR as I  
thought they just drowned fruit with too much new American oak.  At a  
recent trade tasting I tasted their 2006 OREGON PINOT NOIR and was  
amazed with the quality for the price.  It offers sweet black fruit,  
coupled with some oak.  Fantastic value.  - $17.00

3. JOHN ALBIN is a wonderful wine maker (he is the current wine maker  
at King Estate), and we think his own wines are great.  We sell cases  
of his PINOT GRIS, and now we offer his 2006 PINOT NOIR, LAUREL  
VINEYARD.  This vineyard was established on Bald Peak in the 1980s,  
and the original POMMARD clone vines are the backbone of this wine.   
This wine shows lots of black cherry fruit, some spice from the  
barriques, and that lovely Burgundian touch of “barnyard”.  If you  
ignore the Oregon “big names”, there are good value wines out there -  
$28.75

4. MATT KINNE is an Oregon winemaker who marches to his own drummer  
(or whatever the saying is).  Just like Russ Raney, the model for his  
McKINLAY wines is Burgundy – letting the vineyard speak and  
practicing minimal intervention winemaking.  He aims for fruit  
purity, fine tannins and bright acidity.  While his wines are barrel- 
aged, Matt rarely uses any new oak.  His 2006 ESTATE PINOT NOIR is  
made with fruit from his oldest vines that are located just outside  
his back door.  While Matt’s wines usually need a few years to come  
out of their shells, this 2006 has a forward layer of pure pinot noir  
fruit that delivers now (typical of the vintage).  This is followed  
by additional flavors giving complexity and a youthful structure that  
promises a long life.  With a little cellar time, the wine can only  
get better - $36.00

TRY THESE FOUR WINES FOR $12.00

For this week’s PREMIUM POURS we go elsewhere in the world:

GODZONE (as the Kiwis call their homeland) has been producing lovely  
PINOT NOIRS for years, but for some time the wines have seemed  
expensive relative to our local wines.  Not anymore, as now NEW  
ZEALAND wines seem much more reasonable in the quality vs. price  
sweepstakes.  We have carried SERESIN’s fabulous SAUVIGNON BLANC, but  
their 2005 LEAH PINOT NOIR hit the spot with me.  From the  
MARLBOROUGH region, more known for SAUVIGNON BLANC, this wine is  
lovely.  If you take the best of Oregon and add that “forest floor”  
touch of Burgundy, this what you get - $38.50

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

Many people in Oregon just refuse to try CALIFORNIA PINOT NOIRS.   
While many are too “jammy” by being grown in hot areas, there are  
some wonderful PINOT NOIRS from CALIFORNIA.  MARIMAR TORRES, from the  
famous Spanish TORRES family, launched a CALIFORNIA operation some  
years ago.  The DON MIGUEL VINEYARD is named after her father and is  
in the RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY.  We offer the 2005 from this vineyard  
site that receives cool Pacific Ocean breezes.  While the fruit  
intensity is Calfornia in style, the wine has complexity and some  
subtle touches of spice and classic Burgundian “barnyard”. - $39.75

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

Taste Both Premium Pours for $8.00

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, November 15th
Noon – 5:00PM
FREE TASTING

As usual we will have something interesting open – probably  
LUNGAROTTI 2004 RUBESCO ($15).  This is the producer who put the  
UMBRIAN town of TORGIANO on the wine map – the town has its own DOC,  
ROSSO di TORGIANO.

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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