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Wines of the Week:

2018 Failla Sonoma Coast Chardonnay

2018 Fontodi Chianti Classico Sangiovese

Also Tasting Today:

2020 Domaine de la Tour du Bon Bandol Rose
Cocktail of the Week:

Bramble 

Snack of the Week:

Snack: Lark Fine Foods Mexican Chocolate Cha-Cha’s 

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Wines of the Week:

2018 Failla Sonoma Coast Chardonnay

Normally $39.99–$33.99 15% Off This Week ONLY!

2018 Fontodi Chianti Classico Sangiovese

Normally $52.99–$45.04 15% Off This Week ONLY!

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About the Wines of the Week:

2018 Failla Sonoma Coast Chardonnay

Normally $39.99–$33.99 15% Off This Week ONLY!

     

About the Winemaker

After cutting his winemaking teeth assisting a consultant in France’s Rhone Valley during the difficult 1992 and 1993 vintages, Ehren Jordan went on to make powerful Petite Sirahs and Zinfandels for Turley Wine Cellars. The lessons he learned in France about maximizing ripeness in challenging conditions now serve Jordan at the 85-acre property on the Sonoma Coast, about 2.5 miles from the Pacific Ocean. In 1998 Ehren planted another parcel contiguous to their first, and in 2002 planted it with five acres of rootstock before grafting six selections of long-coveted Pinot Noir scion material the following year. Ehren’s commitment to the highest standards of viticultural practice, coupled with his education in France and throughout California, is expressed in every bottle of Failla Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.

About the Wine

(pronounced FAY-LA) All of the sources for the Chardonnay are vinified separately and made with the same care as their vineyard designate wines. The fruit is whole cluster pressed into a combination of French oak (15% new) puncheons and barrique, concrete eggs, and stainless steel. This careful selection of vessels amplifies the naturally cool tone of this coastal fruit. Native yeasts are employed for primary fermentation and the wine completes malolactic fermentation naturally. The wine rests sur-lie for nine months before being bottled unfined and unfiltered.

In Failla’s ongoing quest for purity of expression they continue to shift toward more neutral elevage for this enjoy-it-young Chardonnay. This wine’s aromas contain a bright and lively mix of lemon verbena, orange blossom and toasted hazelnuts. The flinty palate is bright and textured with balancing notes of toasted walnuts, fennel, and a chiseled minerality. The finish is everlasting, starting with the wine’s vibrant mouth-watering acidity followed by a round, glycerin finish.

Critical Acclaim 

"FAILLA (FAY-la) is a top-notch source of high quality, European-inspired wines that combine flavor, intensity and elegance. Given proprietor Ehren Jordan’s experience working in France, it is not surprising that his wines possess French-like acid profiles as well as an unmistakable minerality. Jordan is a Francophile, and his impressive resume includes being one of the masterminds behind the Turley Zinfandels. He is all about natural winemaking, securing top terroirs, and putting into the bottle the essence of what the grape and the site have produced.”–Robert Parker

 

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2018 Fontodi Chianti Classico Sangiovese

Normally $52.99–$45.04 15% Off This Week ONLY!

      

About the Winery 

Fontodi has belonged to the Manetti family since 1968. The family has been associated for centuries with another activity typical of the Chianti region, the production of its famous “terrecotte” tiles. And it is in the name of this strong link with the territory and a great passion for quality that the estate has moved successfully towards an ever more attentive cultivation of the vineyards and a more profound knowledge of the potential of Sangiovese in the zone of Panzano.

Fontodi is located in the heart of Chianti Classico precisely in the valley, which lies south of the town of Panzano and is called the “Conca d’Oro” (the golden shell) because of its amphitheatre shape. A genuine and characteristc terroir, famous for centuries for its tradition of quality wine cultivation, thanks to a unique combination of high altitude, calcar clayschist soil, lots of light, and a fantastic micro-climate – warm and dry with a marked difference in day and night-time temperatures.

About the Wine

Fontodi is a Certified Organic estate that extends over 130 hectares of about 70 are planted with vines. The type of agriculture practiced is inspired by the principles of respect of nature and sustainability. Not only are there no chemical products used but there is also an effort to maximize the internal resources of the estate, thereby reducing the need for any external input. Respecting the environment means wines that are better, purer, and a truer expression of the grape and the territory. 

 

Fermentation and maceration is employed with temperature-controlled tanks using indigenous yeasts for at least 2 weeks. The process of vinification and ageing in Troncais and Allier barrels for 18 months takes place in the modern cellar, built on descending levels to take advantage of gravity, guaranteeing the most respect possible for the natural integrity of the grape, in order to exalt the character and elegance of the wines.

 

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Also Tasting Today:

2020 Domaine de la Tour du Bon Bandol Rose
$29.99

         

About the Winery 

The magnificent Bandol appellation, known for its powerful reds and structured, elegant rosés, borders the Mediterranean Sea. Half a mile inland on a hillside near a tiny village called Le Castellet, Domaine de la Tour du Bon is quietly making some of the best wines that the appellation has to offer.  The terroir here is a clay-limestone mix with a red subsoil. The 12 hectares of vines form a natural amphitheater overlooking the sea, and with abundant sunshine and very little rain, this is the hottest area in the appellation.

Agnès Henry is the current winemaker and owner of Domaine de la Tour du Bon. Her parents bought the estate in 1968 and spent the next two years digging into the rocky earth and planting the vines that she now tends full-time. In her 25 years of making wine, she has come to embrace organic agriculture and a hands-off approach in the cellar. In addition to farming organically, she has for the last few years worked with a dyanmizer to prepare biodynamic treatments. Fermentations take place in open top cement vats and normally last about three weeks; she pumps over occasionally to get oxygen to the yeasts. Following Bandol’s requirements, the reds are aged in wood (a mix of foudres and barrels) for a minimum of eighteen months. The wines are not fined or filtered. Domaine de la Tour du Bon wines are traditional and unmanipulated, offering a true expression of Bandol’s unique terroir.

About the Wine

The soft, ochre-tinged color is highly evocative of the sun-soaked Provençal countryside. Full of fruit with a touch of spice and citrus peel— balanced and structured. A perennial favorite. A soft and spicy mouthfeel allows this rosé a wide range of chords ranging from seafood to exotic Thai food. Against all received ideas, and surely thanks to mourvèdre, this rosé ages well. 36% Mourvèdre 32% Cinsault 25% Grenache 7% Clairette.

 

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Cocktail Recipe of the Week:

Bramble

Ingredients:

40 ml Brockman's Premium Gin 
30 ml lemon juice
15 ml White sugar cane syrup
20 ml Crème de Mûre (Blackberry)

Directions:

Ice up half of the glass with crushed ice
Pour the gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup
Churn to incorporate ingredients
Slowly pour the crème de mûre to create a marbling effect
Garnish & serve

Cheers and Enjoy!

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Snack of the Week:

Lark Fine Foods Mexican Chocolate Cha-Cha’s

Reminiscent of a Mexican Brownie, this award-winning cookie features rich chocolate with hints of cinnamon and cayenne for a delightfully toasty experience.

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Have a safe, wonderful weekend and thank you for your continued support!

Cheers!

–Andrea, Elisabeth, and the Team at Tewksbury Fine Wines

 

 

 

 

 

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