Upcoming Wine Tastings
Join i.m.Wine this Friday and Saturday after 1pm at the tasting bar as we travel Italy without a passport or worrying about what we can carry-on in our luggage! We will start on the island of Sardinia with one of the oldest wineries in Italy. We will then head down to Sicily for the native Nero d'Avola grape before hopping over to the heel of the boot to visit our friend Librandi in Calabria. And finally we will head north through the Marches and on to Piedmont for a taste of the "King of Wines".
Friday and Saturday, April 27-28, 2007
2002 Duck Pond Cabernet Sauvignon (USA, Washington State)
regular price $13.99 special price $12.59
Value Wine of the Week!
81% Cabernet Sauvignon/18% Cabernet Franc/1% Merlot
The vines spread their roots through sand and rock of the Eastern Washington desert seeking moisture. Their labor is intense as the sun beats down relentlessly. The grapes are small jewels, produced with great effort and concentrated in flavor. This wine embodies the elements of its creation; rich and ripe fruit flavors, powerful body and a heady aroma. Great balance lends the wine to a variety of food pairings, match for intensity
2003 Ferrari Carano Cabernet Sauvignon (USA, Alexander Valley)
regular price $26.99 special price $24.29
A powerful wine with great finesse, this wine is a deep, glowing garnet color with a concentrated nose of vanilla, cassis, and black fruit accompanied by spice, blackberry and dried cherry flavors on the palate. It has a rich mouth-feel and a long finish.
2003 Hawkes Cabernet Sauvignon (USA, Alexander Valley)
regular price $39.99 special price $35.99
After a series of three heat spikes, the grapes were picked on September 20 and sent to barrel in 40 percent new, air-dried American oak for 20 months. The final blend contains 4% Merlot for lushness. The result is a great synergy of new oak and fresh fruit. The wine's cocoa and mint character is complimented by vanilla flavors from the American barrels. Powerful fruit and supple, yet pronounced tannins make this wine accessible now, but also an excellent candidate for aging.
2004 Honig Cabernet Sauvignon (USA, Napa Valley)
regular price $32.99 special price $29.69
Deep ruby red in color with complex aromas of ripe black cherry, spicy plum, vanilla bean, and toasty oak, the wine is full-bodied with moderate acidity and rich, supple tannins. The wine offers lush texture and flavors of blackberries, cherries, cocoa and spice. It was aged for 20 months in American oak barrels, 30% new oak. The wine is complex, structured, and beautifully balanced, with soft tannins to cellar 8-10 years. It has a lingering, velvety finish.
2003 La Fleur de Bouard, Lalande de Pomerol (France, Bordeaux)
regular price $49.99 special price $44.99
Sensuous and delicious—a shining example of why you should explore the huge field of petits châteaux. From an appellation adjacent to high-priced Pomerol, this mid-weight merlot-based blend shows silky, creamy elegance with rich, harmonized, ripe berry fruit, as well as new oak vanilla and mocha-it finishes with Bordeaux’s trademark firmness and minerality. 85% Merlot/10% Cabernet Franc/5% Cabernet Sauvignon
2003 Ch Bernadotte, Haut Medoc (France, Bordeaux)
regular price $26.99 special price $24.29
This Chateau is owned and run by Madame de Lencquesaing of Pichon-Lalande. It is a blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 41% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot, offering luscious cherry liqueur notes with hints of blackberries, earth, and spice box. It possesses a chewy mouth-feel, and a long finish.
2003 Ch Gruaud Larose, Saint Julien (France, Bordeaux)
regular price $66.99 special price $60.29
A concentrated blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon/25% Merlot/8% Cabernet Franc/2% Petit Verdot; dark plum in color, this wine offers sweet aromas of forest floor, herbs, espresso, cassis, licorice, and plums. Medium-bodied with a very nice depth of earthy/herbal characteristics intermixed with dark fruits, and an attractive, evolved finish.
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