10/01/2024 Newsletter

Greetings from the Wine Cellar:
First week of October already! That means we have all Top Rack selections for our Featured Wines of the Week and that this Friday is First Friday and the Old Town Wine Cellar will be open until 8:00 p.m. Then Tacos and Tunes is happening in Historic Downtown Yuma this Saturday, October 5 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. It will still be a bit toasty outside, but you can always join us at the Old Town Wine Cellar where it is a brisk 70 degrees. Be sure to try our Featured Wines of the Week or enjoy a cold brew while you are here.

Tacos and Tunes events.
Tacos, Tacos, and more tacos (carne asada, chicken, al pastor, and more)
This year local michelada vendors will also compete to determine who takes the title for “BEST Michelada in the Desert Southwest!”
Music by Rock of Ages during the day
Car Show by Streetwise Car Club on Madison Avenue from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Lucha Libre wrestling at 6 p.m.
Music by Kumbia Queen, the ultimate Selena tribute band, at 7:30 p.m.

FEATURED WINES THIS WEEK

(Sample all five featured wines for $20 or By the Glass)

DAOU Vineyards Bodyguard Chardonnay 2020 (Paso Robles, California) $36.99/Bottle

A wine of uncommon opulence that offers fragrant aromas of golden apple, buttered toast, honey and lilac. Notes of Bartlett pear, star fruit, hibiscus and nutmeg round out the elegant, floral bouquet. The palate is smooth and silky with enticing flavors of spiced pear, Granny Smith apple, golden kiwi and honeysuckle. Secondary layers reveal nuances of white peach and toasty oak, hazelnut, honeydew melon and citrus zest. A long crisp, clean finish with lingering notes of lemon curd and pineapple.
($15 by the glass)

Long Meadow Ranch Pinot Noir 2019 (Anderson Valley, California) $45.99/Bottle

Bright and deep ruby in color, this wine opens with a powerful nose full of red fruit accented with violet. Medium to full-bodied, it shows complex notes of spices, wild berries, orange rind, and plums. With structured tannins and a tangy acidity creating a long, mouthwatering finish, it’s reminiscent of some Vosne Romanee Premier Crus. This wine will deliver right off the bat and can be aged for over a decade.
($18 by the glass)

Emmolo Merlot 2020 (Napa Valley, California) $45.99/Bottle

This wine presents with aromas of Pomace, sweet toasted oak blackberries and ripe plums. On the palate you will find dark chocolate, expansive dark berry flavors, with a fresh earthiness and smooth, leathery tannins. This is a wonderfully rich, earthy, and dark well-balance Merlot.
($18 by the glass)

Beronia Rioja 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)

Mollydooker Blue Eyed Boy Shiraz 2021 (McClaren Vale, Australia) $59.99/Bottle

Black-crimson in color, this wine leaps from the glass with powerful aromatics of blueberries, fresh plum, licorice and nuances of chocolate biscuit. The seamless texture is laced with fresh berry fruit, coffee, vanilla cream, and warm spice, giving us a full-bodied Shiraz with an endless depth of flavor and great length.
($20 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

Trefethen Dragon’s Tooth Red Blend 2021 (Napa Valley, California) $47.99

Pronounced aromas of blueberry, plum and cassis are layered with earthy notes of leather and molasses. Rich and substantial on the palate, flavors of more blueberry, plum and cherry carry over to a long, toasty finish. Try this wine with smoked meats, caramelized vegetables and slow-cooked foods, which will complement its rich, earthy nature. Blend: 49% Malbec 37% Petit Verdot 14% Cabernet Sauvignon

Tapestry Sauvignon Blanc 2023 (Central Coast, California) $18.99

Tapestry Sauvignon Blanc is fresh and vibrant with classic lemongrass and citrus blossom notes. The palate complements the zesty aromas with bright, juicy guava, tangerine, and fresh grapefruit. Pair it al fresco with charcuterie, crisp salads, and light chicken or fish dishes.

Noble Vines Marquis Red Blend 2020 (California) $10.99

Noble Vines Marquis Red Blend is a medium-bodied wine that is a blend of dark red varieties. The wine features aromas of dark cherry, baking spice and vanilla, and finishes off with flavors of blackberry, raspberry, mocha and vanilla. Merlot and Zinfandel lend fruit forward notes and soft tannins, while Cabernet Sauvignon provides dark cherry flavors and firm structure.

Cheers!

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