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"Corte Riva (Pride Mountain's winemaker) Tasting with the owner"
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November 21, 2009 (Sat)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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COST:
19.22
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Wine Tasting Event @ Artisan Wine Depot "Corte Riva (Pride Mountain's winemaker) Tasting with the owner" Saturday November 21st, 2009 From 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM At Artisan Wine Depot - 400 A Villa St. Mountain View, CA 94041 This is a walk-around tasting event, you may come by anytime between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM. We will be pouring the following wines at this event: 2007 Viognier -- Retail Price $38.00 Beautiful nose of peach, apricot, and honey suckle. Stunningly rich, sexy, pure and full-bodied. 2006 Cabernet Franc -- Retail Price $50.00 Exhibits a dark ruby/purple color accompanied by aromas and flavors of blackberries, blueberries, coffee and a bitter sweet chocolate. 2006 Zinfandel -- Retail Price $36.00 Aromas of rose petals, strawberry, cherry jam and roasted herbs are found in this impeccably well made Zin. Medium to full-body, rich, soft acid as well as tannins and a long layered finish. 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon "Mabuhay" -- Retail Price $90.00 This deep ruby/purple color wine is full bodied, beautifully rich and possesses sensational fruit, silky texture and voluptuous finished. Flavors of black cherries, coffee and chocolate accompanied by a sweet smelling aroma of licorice, cedar, and currant. Less than 200 cases produce. 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon -- Retail Price $65.00 Rated 93 pts by Robert Parker, Wine Advocate. This wine has opaque bluish purple color and a sweet nose of dark chocolate, blackberry, and cassis with a hint of fresh earh on the background. It has an outstanding fruit character, ripe, dense, full-bodied with massive richness, soft tannins and enormous earth. 2005 Merlot -- Retail Price $50.00 Rated 91 pts by Robert Parker, Wine Advocate. This 100% merlot from 3 well known vineyards (Kenefick, Blacbird, Switcback Ridge) exhibits a deep concentration of fruit flavors such as blackberries, black cherries along with a big thic and juicy mid-palate and undeniable succulence and hedonism. 2004 Merlot -- Retail Price $50.00 Rated 91 pts by Robert Parker, Wine Advocate. Aged for 18 months in French Oak barrels, 75% new, with a blend of Kenefic Ranch and Blackbird Vineyards, creates a medium dark ruby Merlot. It opens with a dense aroma of cedar cassis, black cherry and blackberry with a long powerful finish of coffee and dark chocolate. This huge expressive Merlot has good structure, supple integrated oak and great balance. 2005 Petite Sirah -- Retail Price $50.00 Rated 92 pts by Robert Parker, Wine Advocate. This massive red reveals an inky blue/purple color with notes of blackberry blueberry, licorice and acacia flowers. This wine is full bodied, powerful, rich, and concentrated. Less than 400 cases produced. Link to tickets and event website: http://www.artisanwinedepot.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=EVENT-CORTERIVA |
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