The
Wine Consultant's TASTING BAR - This week the focus is on Gary's Vineyard in
the Santa Lucia Highlands of Monterey! Discover why Gary's Vineyard is
on the tip of every serious wine drinker's tongue! Always 12 wines to
sample - Highlights will include Gary's
Vineyard Pinot Noir from Capiaux
and Tantara AND Gary's Vineyard Syrah from Miura and Lucia! Open daily until 7 pm. - Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm.
Check out the newly remodeled store!
Attention all Silver Oak fans!
Introducing Twomey Cellars!
The Silver Oak family has conceived a new
winery that specializes in only Merlot. Let me introduce you to Twomey Cellars!
Some day, devotees may camp out over
night to secure a place in line at an annual release party for Twomey,
just as they do at Silver Oak Cellars every August and February. But
for now, this wine is just too limited!!
You may recall last year I received 12
bottles of the premiere release of the 1999 Twomey Merlot. It was
included in the very limited, one of a kind "Joker-is-Wild" set. The 2000 Twomey Cellars Merlot is about to be
released on May 1st. and although it is still very limited, TWC will
receive 60 bottles. In advance barrel tastings of Twomey's 2000 and
2001 vintages, Robert Parker, of the Wine Advocate, refers to
the 2000 as a "sexy, lush offering.....90-92 pts." and the 2001 as an
"exceptionally pure and rich, gorgeously textured wine.....91-94 pts."
Originally Soda Canyon Ranch, located in
the south eastern corner of Napa Valley, was selected for its Cabernet
Sauvignon grapes to be used in Silver Oak's Napa Valley blend.
However, Silver Oak's owner Ray Duncan, with his collaborating Silver
Oak winemaker Daniel Baron soon discovered the vast potential of Merlot
grapes at this site and replanted with tightly spaced French Merlot
clones known for low yields of small, intensely flavored
berries. Daniel Baron's Merlot experience dates back to 1982 when he
spent a full year working in Pomerol and St. Emilion. Twomey Cellars,
a Duncan family name, is Baron's realization of his dream to produce
world-class Merlot. Baron is an advocate and versed in the Old
World labor of classic soutirage traditional method of barrel
to barrel racking. Thus, as the Merlot is aged for 18 months in new
thin-staved French Oak barrels, it is slowly racked from barrel to
barrel. This process actual serves to delicately decant the wine from
one barrel to another without the harsh effects of a pump. 2000 Twomey
Merlot is an unfiltered blend of 95% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc.
"The 2000 Twomey
Cellars Merlot is a wine of extraordinary complexity and
balance. It has a dark, ruby color and a complex nose of black
cherry jam, dark chocolate (#277-3990) and roasting coffee. A rich
attack is followed by a mouthful of luscious fruit and a lingering,
elegant finish. Given proper cellaring, the full-bodied Merlot will
continue to give drinking pleasure to 2015."
- Daniel Baron, Winemaker, Twomey
Cellars
The Wine Consultant is pleased to offer the
2000 Twomey Cellar Merlot to you at the winery's price of $59.95 a bottle. Please ORDER NOW by reply email or telephone.
All orders will be confirmed by reply email.
Oh....I have 1 magnum of the 1998 Silver
Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley available at $214.95
**************************************************************************************************************
Come on down to pickup a bottle of 2001 STUMP JUMP RED from Aussie
producer d' Arenberg. Great blend of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre for
$9.95 >> discounts to $8.46. No, it does not come in a box!
**************************************************************************************************************
The lucky Priority ID Membership number
selected by "Super Dan", our regular UPS driver. Claim your gift
certificate within 48 hours of advance email's time stamp (4:51 pm -
4/22). **
Passionately yours about wine,
Eric Stumpf
The Wine Consultant
8039 Greenback Lane
Citrus Heights, CA 95610
(916) 721-WINE (9463)
**
Register NOW for your FREE email "PRIORITY
MEMBERSHIP" ID
number at THE WINE CONSULTANT!
Not
only will you receive advance notice
for many sales and promotions....BUT, you will also have an on going opportunity to WIN store credits,
gift certificates, tasting bar passes, greater discounts, and wine!
Once you
have received your membership number, just look for your id # in the text of any email you receive from
Eric Stumpf. Simply respond within 48 hours of the email's time
stamp to claim your prize!
TO REGISTER:
Effective
immediately, please reply by email to provide and confirm your-
Name:
Email
address:
Telephone
number:
You will
receive your TWC's email "Priority Membership" id number by email and
will be ready to participate. All registered members must be 21 years
of age.
View the Archives
