What/Types:
Your Wine Club Choices.
Our wine club has really good wines!
Sure, it's easy to say, but what wine club(s) truly deliver the best wines?
As you consider the Back Room Wine Club, here are some examples of wines you'll receive. The tasting notes you see are the same that accompany the wine shipments. (Wines in your wine club membership depend on the wine budget you choose.)
California Red Wine Club
6 bottles per quarter, and here are four wines we might include:
B. KOSUGE Pinot Noir "The Shop" Carneros 2007 ($34)
Could be our favorite VERY LOCAL Pinot Noir. “The Shop” is a working vineyard shop in The Carneros, and this vineyard is its neighbor. You’ll love the rich, juicy, friendly, dark berry cherry fruit along with the body, spice and sweet-soil notes in this wine. Heck, we just plain LIKE IT!
KEPLINGER "Red Slope" Knights Valley ($58)
80% Grenache, 20% Syrah. From Knights Valley, Sonoma. Spicy, violet, toasty nose moves to black pepper, sun-soaked raspberries & blackberries in summer, cinnamon & cocoa. Rich! Ample, fine tannins. First release for this new Napa label. 162 cases made.
OUTPOST Zinfandel, Howell Mountain 2006 ($48)
Estate Zinfandel made by Thomas Brown. Robert Parker's notes: "A classic mountain Zinfandel revealing plenty of minerality, spice, herb, and pepper notes along with copious quantities of black raspberry and kirsch fruit. Full-bodied with admirable grip and focus and no hard edges, it can be drunk over the next 3-4 years."
ORIN SWIFT PAPILLON Napa Valley 2006 ($55)
Cabernet-based Bordeaux-style blend. Very ripe, rich, spicy and mouth-filling. Followers of Orin Swift wines will be very happy. Has tons of sappy berry, jam and liqueur flavor. Black pepper, licorice & cinnamon spices. Tannins kick in at the end. 2/3 Cab Sauv, ? Merlot then the other 3 Bordeaux grapes.
California Mixed (Red & White) Wine Club
6 bottles per quarter, and here are four wines we might include:
ZIATA Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley 2008 ($24)
From a relatively cool vineyard (just right for good S.B.)
east of Napa-town. First release. 100% Sauv Blanc. Aged in “seasoned” French oak. Spicy, creamy, toasty, floral, exotic rich nose. Taste roasted peaches, spicy pear, applesauce, cream. Medium acidity, fuller-bodied. Pair as you would a lighter Chardonnay. 240 cases made.
DUTCH BILL CREEK Chardonnay
Russian River Valley 2007 ($26)
Rich, bright, creamy cool-climate Chardonnay. Has it all: crisp fresh fruit (lemon, peach, apricot), buttercream, brioche, hazelnut, good acidity. Rich Chardonnay lovers will love its bigness, non-Chard drinkers will enjoy the its balance, value-seekers will enjoy this superb Chard for the price.
LE PETITE VICE Red Wine, Napa & Sonoma Counties 2005 ($42)
60% Russian River Valley Syrah. 40% Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon. Paul Hobbs, Winemaker. A grand marriage of grapes one rarely sees at this quality. Black plums, cherries and raspberries, currants and pomegranate. The Syrah gives black pepper, oil-cured olives, spicecake and bacon. The Cab gives structure, tobacco and cedar. Careful use of oak here. 777 cases made.
MACAULEY Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley 2005 ($73)
From “Star Vineyard” on the Rutherford Bench. Has all the richness and power that lovers of big Napa Cabs seek. Mulberries, chocolate fudge, cassis, violets and kirsch. Marries high extract and complexity extremely well. Owned by Rudd graduate Mac Macauley. Made by Mac & Kirk Venge. Vineyard managed by David Abreu.
International Wine Club
6 bottles per quarter, and here are four wines we might include:
LES CAILLOUX Chateauneuf-du-Pape Blanc 2007 ($45)
80% Roussanne gives this wildflower, pear/peach nose and great texture. Taste pears, white peaches, guava and nectarines. Pleasing, creamy texture (from the fruit?no barrel here). This is particularly versatile with food. How about seared sea scallops?
SCHLOSS GOBELSBURG Grüner Veltliner, "Renner" Kamptal ($44)
“Big-scaled Gruner of weight and power yet contained. Oleander and flowering fields, pixilated brilliance, a crescendo of spiciness and a stinging freshness that’s arresting in contrast to its almost tropical ripeness.” Terry Theise
PARUSSO Barbara d'Alba "Ornati" 2007 ($23)
Very much a modern-style Barbera with berry pie smells & flavors and plenty of glycerine (richness) in the mouth. No oak, but nicely ripe fruit and time on its lees gives the wine a definite creaminess. Decant for 15 minutes to let it blossom. More delicious than classic…what’s more important to you?
Domaine Grand Veneur Côtes du Rhône Villages
"Les Champauvins" 2007 ($21)
This Côtes du Rhône Villages vineyard borders Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Writes R.P., “An amazingly good effort displaying a dark ruby/purple hue as well as a big, sweet bouquet of black raspberries, kirsch, pepper, garrigue, and earth. Dense, full-bodied, and ripe, it is as good as many producers- Chateauneuf du Papes.”
Whatever your preference:
Napa Valley wine club, California wine club, Napa Cabernet club, or a "Wines of the World" club, you'll be thrilled by the quality of the wines.
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