 2005 Duboeuf “Chateau des Capitans” Julienas, $11.99
Beaujolais: The Wine that was made for New Orleans. Light and fruity, it loves a chill, but this one made under the auspices of Beaujolais master Georges Duboeuf (we think he drove by the property once, he might have even slowed down), this wine has garnered a great deal of press, including a whopping 92 point rating from Herr Robert Parker. He said it has a great beat, but you can’t dance to it. We say the wine is focused, driven and it glides across your palate. Not too bad for $12 bucks.
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 2005 Hare's Chase Red Blend, $14.99
Start describing this wine and you come up with words like lush, rich, dense, concentrated. The wine is a concoction of Shiraz, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Tempranillo from the Barossa Valley down under. Lighter in style than a big, chewey Aussie Shiraz, the wine still says "G'day Mate" without punching you in the face. We love this wine with grilled meats, roasted pork tenderloins and hearty foods.
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 2006 Dashwood Pinot Noir, $17.99
This young Pinot from New Zealand is like drinking a big purple velvety curtain. Really ripe Pinot flavors, but very bright, clean crisp finish that makes Pinot Noir such a pleasure to drink. They claim its made in a French style (extended cold soak maceration, blah, blah, blah) but all we know is that this Pinot Noir tells you flat out it is 100% Kiwi (the Island, not the fruit). There's just too much bright fruit here to argue otherwise, and that's why we dig it. Dig it?
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 2005 Roshambo Winery Syrah "The Justice" $17.99
It’s a poorly kept secret that Jon is a Syrah freak so it bears noting that he bogarted our distributor’s sample bottle and drank the whole bottle while watching the Hornets flush the Mavericks. This is one seriously good bottle of wine. Strong dark fruit flavors, full of that white pepper and savory bacon fat you’re supposed to smell in top flight Syrah. We bought our distributor entirely out of this wine; it’s the star of the show. And that’s saying something in a line-up like Roshambo's.
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 2006 Domaine Talmard Macon-Chardonnay, $12.99
This Domaine Talmard is 100% Chardonnay from the Burgundy region of France (it actually comes from THE village of Chardonnay), its lush, rich and full bodied, but still balanced showing very nice fruit and it has a price tag that lets you pull the cork without fear. If you don't trust us just read the fantastic review in Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar. We agree with them that this wine could go toe to toe with a California Chardonnay at four times the price, its one to buy by the case.
The Review: Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Mar 08 Yellow-gold. Ripe peach and nectarine on the nose, with floral honey and toasted grain nuances adding complexity. Fleshy pit fruit and melon flavors are soft and inviting; seductively creamy in texture, with a hint of sweet butter and very good persistence. I'd love to show this to folks who nonchalantly drop $50 on generic New World Chardonnay. |
 2006 Karl Steininger Gruner Veltliner
We love Gruner Veltliner because it’s so incredibly light yet interesting, but not as much as we love Austrians trying to be lighthearted. The wine is named after the architect who built the Loisium (kind of an Austrian wine discovery museum). This is a single vineyard Gruner that is just textbook - complex and balanced – and the winery’s website says it has “a long beautiful echo” whatever that means. All we know is that it is a must try Gruner.
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 2005 Meyer-Fonne Pinot Blanc, $16.99
“Memories. . .Like the corners of my mind. . .Misty watercolor memories. . .Of the way we were…” Man are we happy to have this wine back. This was a FIXTURE on the Just Trust Me rack for most of 2003 and 2004 but then the winery lost their US importation representative in early 2005 and then “THE THING” hit NOLA so we were a little too busy to bird dog it to see where it landed. Well, a few months back one of our importers showed up at our door with the wine, we looked at the bottle and, quite frankly, got a little weepy eyed. This is a bone dry Alsatian white wine and if you’re a wine geek we’ll say that it tastes like a baby Zind (winemaker used to work at Zind). If you’re not a wine geek we’ll tell you that the wine transcends its peer group with this amazing density and viscosity and is no doubt one of the most fragrant Alsatian wines for the price and though it is bone dry it LOVES a good Crawfish boil. Yum. Spicy Crawfish and Pinot Blanc. What in the hell am I doing typing on this computer?
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