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February 2003 Collector´s Club
2000 DeLille Cellars D2
This perennial Merlot-based favorite has usually found its way into
the club, and this year´s edition is no exception. As
usual, it´s perfectly drinkable right now and will hold for
several years in your cellars. Also as usual, there´s not
a lot left, although we might get a bit more in a week or two at
$30.00. Try this with something rich and red; beef tenderloin
comes to mind.
2000 Jaffurs Stolpman Family Vineyard
Syrah
I wanted to put a big wine in this month´s club, and they
don´t come much bigger than this and remain balanced. This
is tasting remarkably well right now, and also will hold for several
years in your cellar. There´s not a lot left, and last
word is that the distributor is discontinuing the line.
It´s $24.00, down from $30.00.
2001 Selbach Piesporter Goldtröpfchen
Riesling Auslese
Rather an impressive title, no? All that gibberish means that this is
a late-harvest Riesling from the incredible 2001 vintage in Germany,
from the Goldtröpfchen vineyard outside of Piesport. Got that?
It´s also the first time that Johannes Selbach has made an
Auslese-grade wine from this vineyard, and it´s outstanding.
It´ll age remarkably well, up to fifteen years or more,
and be drinkable any time in that range. There´s a bit
left at $14.00 (!), and we have other wines from this great vintage as
well from a number of producers.
1999 Familia Cassone Malbec
This is one of the most structured Argentine wines I´ve run into
in quite a while and, for $9.50, it´s quite a bargain. Try
it with an herbed chicken dish. We´ve got a good stock of
this one.
2001 Mas de la Garrigue Côtes du
Roussillon Villages
This was featured in the Seattle Times recently as an outstanding
bargain. At $8.00, writer Paul Gregutt is quite right.
There´s lots of it around, and can be quaffed in good
conscience!
2001 Fairview Sauvignon Blanc
I love finding new importers; I especially love it when they´re
bringing in good product that´s under-represented in the
market. South African wines have certainly been getting good
press recently, and it´s easy to see why when Seattle-based
A & B Imports started bringing in a large crop of previously-unseen
wines to me to try. You´ve already had a few of their
wines in the club; this Sauvignon Blanc is a worthy followup.
There´s lots around at $8.00. Enjoy!
We´re starting a NEW wine club! The Northwest Wine
of the Month club will feature two outstanding, hard-to-find wines per
month for $75.00 or less. Membership will be VERY limited.
Check at the shop for details!
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