Xmas Sale & Wine Tasting Tuesday, December 20 ’11

Posted at December 19, 2011

Tonight opened our Christmas week experiment, opening from 4:30-6:30 each evening for tasting chitchat and our Holiday Wine Sale. The Betz wines were a hit, so we will continue with them tomorrow (see notes below).

Our $99 per case offer (see previous post) continues till Dec 30. This is a great chance to stock up for the holidays and for January (when we will be mostly closed). Help us clear the $12-and-under shelves before the dreaded January inventory by taking home a case of great wines at a great price!

 

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Tuesday tasting: generous pours of two highly rated wines, $10.


Betz La Serenne Syrah 04 Washington WS 93pts $39
WineSpectator: Polished, elegant and refined, but packing a punch of intensity to the spicy, peppery blackberry and dark plum flavors, lingering on the sharply focused finish. This has pizzazz and depth. Best from 2008 through 2014.

Winemaker: As in the past the 2004 La Serenne is 100% Boushey Syrah, with its characteristic, abundant silky tannins. For me the overriding impression with this wine is its seamlessness on the palate. Sure, there are the dense black fruits, roasted coffee, earthy aromas and the black berry, smoky flavors, but the overall palate impact, huge and yet supple, is what lingers in my mind.

 

 

Betz Family Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Pere de Famille 2006 WA 95pts $65
Parker: 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, and the balance Petit Verdot and Malbec. Opaque purple, the wine has a brooding nose of wood smoke, earth notes, mineral, spice box, black cherry, and blackberry. This is followed by a layered, opulent wine with superb depth and concentration and 6-8 years of aging potential. This promising effort should be at its best from 2015 to 2030.

Winemaker: The blend yielded a wine of serious proportion, lush and silky structure, and a complex tangle of fruit, spice and wood notes. There’s a deep core of black currant, with plum and black cherry beneath, then the sweet pipe tobacco, black olive and sandalwood set in. It’s full bodied, with a fundamental grip of tannin for longevity (79% of the fruit comes from Red Mountain), but a lifted and plush texture (composed of equal parts from the Horse Heaven Hills and Yakima Valley)

 

 

 

These wines were showing really well tonight. should be even better Tuesday! Come on by, taste and visit!

 

Wine Tasting

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