07/30/2024 Newsletter

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:

This Friday August 2nd is the first Friday of the month in Historic Downtown Yuma so most of the merchants downtown will be open until 8:00PM on Friday, including the Old Town Wine Cellar. Be sure to stop in and try our Featured Wines of the Week. This week the Old Town Wine Cellar Featured Wines are all from the award-winning Spanish wineries of Bodegas Beronia. Bodegas Beronia was born out of the relationship between a group of friends and their shared passion for quality wine. Today, almost half a century later, this same human warmth is still what keeps them going. I would also like to let everyone know that the Old Twon Wine Cellar will close at 5:00 PM this Saturday August 3rd so we can set up a private event.

FEATURED WINES THIS WEEK

 (Sample the five featured wines for $15 or By the Glass)

Beronia Verdejo 2023 (Rueda, Spain) $15.99/Bottle

Beronia Verdejo 2023 is an exquisite white wine that invigorates the senses with its crispness and vibrancy. It unfurls with aromas of lemon zest, sweet apple and peach. Interwoven are also hints of fresh herbs, such as fennel. On the palate, it is smooth, with a velvety texture and a sophistication that captivates, culminating in a gentle bitterness that is the hallmark of the Verdejo grape. Beronia Verdejo 2023 is an outstanding choice for those in pursuit of a light and fragrant wine.
($10 by the glass)

Beronia Rosé 2022 (Rioja, Spain) $19.99/Bottle

The Beronia 2022 Rosé is a 50/50 blend of Tempranillo and Garnacha. Delicate shell pink in color and a floral bouquet with distinct notes of cherry fruit and rose petals. Fresh and delicately flavored with soft, berry fruits along with mineral and spicy flavors for a lingering zesty finish. Ideal as an aperitif or with lightly flavored dishes like rice dishes, fresh fish, or sea food.
($10 by the glass)

Beronia Graciano 2020 (Rioja, Spain) $29.99/Bottle

Deep, red berry color with aromas of black cherries and baked fruit lifted by a delicate floral character and notes of fresh balsamic. Fresh and elegant on the palate. The aging in new French oak brings a toasty character to the fresh fruit with a backdrop of delicate mint and cacao. Great pairing with salads and pasta.
($12 by the glass)

Beronia Reserva 2019 (Rioja, Spain) $28.99/Bottle

A balanced, medium-bodied version, with light, taut tannins providing fine-grained texture and support for flavors of mulled cherry, tobacco, red licorice and cocoa powder, this is creamy and fragrant on the finish. Tempranillo, Mazuelo and Graciano.
($12 by the glass)

Beronia Gran Reserva 2015 (Rioja, Spain) $40.99/Bottle

Beronia Gran Reserva is a deep maroon color. On the nose it displays many different aromas, from fruit such as strawberry and blackberry to cocoa and black licorice, with notes of cedar reminiscent of the wood in its natural environment and notes of menthol that add tremendous freshness. It delivers distinct notes of fruit and nuts on the palate, which provide structure and tannin. The wine is long, very complex, balanced, and sophisticated.
($15 by the glass)

CORAVIN® BY THE GLASS OPTIONS

Dana Estates Onda Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 (Napa Valley, California) $310.99/Bottle

The 2019 Onda Cabernet Sauvignon opens with aromas of blackberries, baking spice, and plum tart. Intermingled with the fruit are notes of coffee and a hint of graphite. Rich fruit with dense flavors of black cherries, plums, and currants layer with graphite and a briny minerality. The velvety mid-palate transitions to flavors of black truffle, brioche, and blackberry on the finish. The predominantly hillside provenance of the grapes lends a broad mouth coating tannin backbone.
($60 per glass)

Montes Purple Angel Carmenère 2020 (Colchagua Valley, Chile) $129.99/Bottle

Deep purplish red in color. Elegant on the nose, with aromas of ripe red and black berries over a background of sweet spices, dark chocolate, and mocha notes. Well-structured on the palate, with smooth and full tannins. Acidity from the Petit Verdot lends juiciness and enables exceptional aging potential. The remarkable finish is elegant and intensely complex.
Highly recommended with red meats, lamb chops with rosemary, pork ribs, and cannelloni.
($28 per glass)

Beaulieu Vineyard 2019 Georges de Latour Private Reserve (Napa Valley, California) $155.99/Bottle

Wow! The aromas are exceptional, with a tangerine edge to the blackcurrants, graphite, lead pencil, flowers, and wet earth. It changes all the time. Full-bodied with great intensity and depth of fruit. The ultra-fine tannins display millions of layers. The texture on the palate is superb and lasts for minutes. This is the new 1974 George de Latour, which was a legend. ($32 per glass)

Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 (Alexander Valley, California) $104.99/Bottle

The 2019 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon has notes of red cherry, raspberry, blackberry, iris, vanilla, and clove. Ruby in color, this elegant wine has great acidity and lift on the mid-palate. Black currant and warm baking spices linger with a deep and fruity finish. It will provide drinking pleasure through 2047 given proper cellaring. Blend: 95.2% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2.5% Cabernet Franc, 1.9% Merlot, 0.4% Petit Verdot. ($25 per glass)

JUSTIN 2019 Isosceles (Paso Robles, California) $89.99/Bottle

Isosceles presents with aromatic notes of ripe blackberry, juicy black plum, and cassis with dried violet, leather, vanilla bean, fresh herbs, camphor, and toasted oak. Full-bodied with baked black cherry pie, fresh mission fig, and black currant on the entry. The midpalate of new leather, fresh wild sage, porcini mushroom, dried black olive, and cedar is carried by balanced freshness and abundant velvety tannins that lead to a long, complex finish of sustained fresh berries, camphor, oak, toasted cinnamon stick, star anise, and dried flowers. ($22 per glass)

DAOU Reserve 2020 Seventeen Forty (Paso Robles, California) $78.99/Bottle

This is a Cabernet Franc driven wine with a harmonious complement of Merlot. Beguiling aromas of blackberry cobbler, raspberry, crème de cassis and cherry pipe tobacco anticipate hints of toasty oak, black licorice, and pencil shaving. Lush and full bodied, this wine bestows rich flavors of cherry, black plum, dark chocolate, and blueberry compote with lovely accents of Zante currant, graphite, and cinnamon. Solid structure and fine-grained tannins support a lengthy, focused finish, leaving notes of plum and boysenberry underscored by cocoa and black truffle.
($20 per glass)

NEW ARRIVALS

Duchesse Cherry Sour (Belgium) $6.99

Duchesse Cherry is a blend of 1- and 2-year-old Duchesse de Bourgogne with local, sour cherries added to the maturing beer. The malt beverage is aged in oak casks and uses whole cherries from the Limburg region of Belgium, as opposed to cherry syrup that is sometimes used in cherry beer production, Duchesse Cherry truly lives up to its name.

Numanthia Termes Tinta de Toro 2020 (Toro, Spain) $24.99/Bottle

Aromas of cassis, dark chocolate and leather set the stage for blackberry, cocoa powder, caramel, violet, orange zest and sage leaf flavors. Plush tannins coat the tongue and gums and drift off into a milk chocolate and cherry finish. This fresh wine from Toro is a nice example of a Tinta de Toro, the local name for Tempranillo, that does not break the bank.

Michael David Inkblot Petite Sirah 2019 (Lodi, California) $31.99/Bottle

Huckleberry, Maraschino cherry, and cedar on the nose, followed by blackberry jam and blueberry syrup flavors. This ultrarich and super ripe tasting wine has dense but soft tannins and a full body. It’s a big, bold yet smooth wine that’s ripe enough to drink like a Port.

Cheers!

Kim Maloney
Old Town Wine Cellar
265 S. Main Street, Suite E
Yuma, Arizona 85364
928-373-0405