Red Flashcards
Pot de Vin
Un-oaked Merlot!
Domaine Guilhem
Pays d’Oc, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
playful | fresh dark cherry | plum | licorice
Bio-d
$35
Plavina
Plavina
Piližota
Dalmatian Coast, Croatia
dry berries | red fruit | cocoa | lively acid, tannin
$9 | $36
Clos la Marche
Pinot Noir
Louis Max
Côte Chalonnaise, Burgundy, France
concentrated red fruit | hint of vanilla wood | silky tannin
Organic
2015
$69
Etna Rosso
Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappuccio
Tenuta di Fessina
Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy
elegant | crushed berry | plum | light smoke | mineral
toasted Oak foudre maturation
$50
Sorì Cristina
Dolcetto
Il Palazzotto
Dolcetto Diana d’Alba, Piedmont, Italy
Stainless Steel
violets | blackberry | soft tannin
$36
Albe
Barolo (Nebbiolo)
G.D. Vajra
Barolo, Piedmont, Italy
min. 1.5 years in Oak
berries | earth | herbs | leather
2011 | 2012
‘11 a hot year in Piedmont; riper, fleshier fruit
‘12 had a longer ripening time so more elegant, balanced fruit
$77
Chianti Classico
Canaiolo, Colorino, Sangiovese
Castellare di Castellina
Chianti, Tuscany, Italy
Stainless, used barrique maturation 7 months
ripe black cherry | forest | tobacco | cedar
$14 | $56
Teroldego
Teroldego
Elisabetta Foradori
Teroldego Rotaliano, Trentino Alto-Adige, Italy
cherry | plum | herb | olive | soft tannin | bright acid
Stainless and oak maturation
$59
Beterna
Mencía
Finca Millara
Ribiera Sacra, Galicia, Spain
fruity | mineral | low tannin | fresh
$49
Le Bombarde
Cannonau (Grenache)
Santa Maria la Palma
Cannonau di Sardegna, Sardinia, Italy
robust dark fruit | velvety tannins | high alcohol
$39
Aglianico Mastro
Aglianico
Mastroberardino
Campania, Italy
strawberry | cherry | blackberry
$44
Al Passo
85% Sangiovese, 15% Merlot
Tolaini
IGT Toscana, Chianti Classico, Tuscany, Italy
“Super Tuscan”
French Oak
ripe cherry | strong Oak influence | tobacco
$60
Mayer Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir
Mayer am Pfarrplatz
Vienna, Austria
Stainless Steel
light body | red fruit | black tea
hand-picked
13 | 52
2014
Carignan
Carignan(~85%) | Alicante | Zinfandel | Palomino
Chris Brockway (Broc Cellars)
Alexander Valley, North Coast, California
Stainless Fermentation, Concrete ageing
Old Vines | Carbonic Maceration | natural yeast fermentation
52
2013
Barbaresco
Nebbiolo
Moccagatta
Bric Balin Vineyard, Barbaresco, Piedmont, Italy
2012
SS fermentation | 18 mo. 40% new Barrique maturation
fine | complex | sweet spice | rich | warm | velvety tannin | persistent
Practicing organic | Barbaresco requires 2 years maturation – of which minimum 1 year in barrel.
98