09/25/2024 Newsletter

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:
Even though things have warmed back up a bit during the daytime, the mornings and nighttime temps are still down in the mid to low 70s. Perfect weather for sampling our Featured Wines of the Week or a cold brew inside the Old Town Wine Cellar or out on our shaded patio, especially in the late afternoon and evenings.

FEATURED WINES THIS WEEK

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

d’Arenberg The Hermit Crab 2021 (McLaren Vale, Australia) $19.99/Bottle

Very aromatic! This wine has attractive apricot viognier fruit on the nose with some sweet florals. Fleshy feel on the palate with a riot of stone-fruit, fresh-citrus and green-mango flavors. Such good value and so much flavor on offer.
($10 by the glass)

Hahn 2021 GSM Appellation Series (Arroyo Seco, California) $23.99/Bottle

Ruby red in color, this wine bursts with aromas of strawberry and blueberry with a touch of lavender and white pepper. On the palate, layers of cherry, blueberry, blackberry and warm spice are complemented by a round mouthfeel and velvety tannins. Pairs well with Stir Fry Sesame Chicken and Mushrooms or Mushroom Flatbread.
($10 by the glass)

Achaval Ferrer 2020 Cabernet Franc (Mendoza, Argentina) $19.99/Bottle

The 2020 Cabernet Franc has a full palette of aromas and flavors: from black fruit to the freshness of tomato leaf and rosemary. Some people have described this Cabernet Franc as aromatic and expressive like a Chinon [Loire Valley] but with the tannic structure and grip of Saint Emilion [Bordeaux].
($10 by the glass)

Bonanza Lot 7 Cabernet Sauvignon (California) $19.99/Bottle

Created by Chuck Wagner of Caymus Vineyards, Bonanza Lot 7 is delicious, accessible and enjoyable over a meal. It is made from the bonanza of our great state vineyard sites that hold potential to produce good Cabernet but are often overlooked. Features flavors of luscious fruit, dark chocolate and silky tannins.
($10 by the glass)

J. Lohr Pure Paso Proprietary Red 2021 (Paso Robles, California) $26.99/Bottle

Savory varietal notes of Cabernet Sauvignon are layered with the overt dark fruit character of Petite Sirah. The bouquet of cocoa powder, caramel, and anise works in harmony with the black cherry fruit signature of this wine. Bright and focused on the palate with a firm and appetizing finish.
($12 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)

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)

Ink Grade 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley, California) $104.99/Bottle

The Ink Grade Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon opens with a nose of fresh cassis, pomegranate, and cocoa with elements of thyme, mint, candied orange peels, nutmeg, cloves, and paprika. The palate is linear throughout with a consistent midpalate of bright and lifted acidity and well-integrated raw mountain tannins that close in a persistent finish.
($26 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)

Robert Craig Affinity Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 (Napa Valley, California) $72.99/Bottle

This Howell Mountain wine is big with brawny structure to boot. Dark, explosive cassis fruit, lead pencil, spice box, and fresh tobacco play on the palate and in the aroma. The wine is smooth, broad mouthfeel despite its age worthiness. Careful fermentation and farming for resolved tannins allow this wine to enjoy while young, but the cellar will reveal its true nature in a few years.
($20 per glass)

NEW ARRIVALS

Flowers Pinot Noir 2022 (Sonoma Coast, California) $54.99

Flowers Pinot Noir is a delicious, fresh, and savory wine. It has violet and smoky flint aromatics, fresh red berries, and a touch of mint. The palate features flinty minerality, pine sap, evergreen notes, and lovely red fruits with clove and white peppery spice on the finish. Sourced from family-owned vineyards, this Pinot Noir has a beautiful bouquet of floral expressions including lilac and fresh roses. It is a fresh yet structured wine with dried strawberry, orange peel, and light caramel flavors.

Concha y Toro Marques de Casa Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 (Maipo Valley, Chile) $26.99

Winemaker Marcelo Papa picked this very early in 2020, from March 15. Dried strawberries, tamarind, licorice spices and some white pepper. Slightly saline on the palate with a savory, almost dried meat edge to the nicely chewy tannins. Spicy and long finish.

La Scolca White Label Gavi 2023 (Piedmont, Italy) $19.99

The most traditional Gavi is vinified from grapes of exuberant young vineyards located in the heart of Rovereto of Gavi, place worldwide known as the “Gran Cru of Gavi”; their perfectly balanced aging lends the wine its typical fresh, dry taste. Light straw in color with aromas typical of Gavi, fine and pleasantly fresh. Delicate, very dry, characterized by fairly marked acidulous notes.

Cheers!

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