Red Wine by the Glass

Question 1

Mercurey Domaine Faivele (Cote Chalonnaise) France 2009

Answer 1

100% Pinot Noir

Aromas of soft ripe dusty raspberries, strawberries and cherries. Hints of white flowers, underbrush and sagebrush. Soft silky tannins with a mineral firmness and a lifting, lingering finish.

Question 2

Chinon Patrick Lambert, Loire, 2010

Answer 2

100% Cabernet Franc

Lovely, Earthy, Dusty raspberry and cherry fruit with sharp and thirst quenching/cleansing acidity. Piercing black currant fruitiness. Hints of vanilla, anis, tobacco and leaves. Elegant, Medium bodied and bone dry.

Question 3

Chianti Classico Retromarcia (ITALY) 2007

Answer 3

Sangiovese

The bouquet is fresh with lively red berry fruits, wild forest berries and cherries. Aromas of lavender, bramble, mushroom, green spice, cedar and graphite. The palate is fresh, with berry fruit supported by firm integrated tannins that lead into a clean cherry fruit and acidity-laced finish.

Question 4

Nebbiolo, Parusso Barolo, Italy 2009

Answer 4

Nebbiolo

Dark rich fruits of black cherry, raspberry and fig. Hints of tobacco, tar, leaves, leather, rose petals, mushroom, earth and finishes with classic cold tea tannins.

Question 5

Bordeaux

Chateau Poitevin, Medoc, France 2010

Answer 5

Well-balanced with a cherry robe. Round and robust at the same time, ripe fruits and vanilla wooded aromas.