Iron Bridge November Wine Bargains
Here are the Iron Bridge November Wine Bargains. Remember, Frequent Winers (that’s you) get 20% off on a case of 12 bottles (mix or match). Feel free to stop by and pick out your wines or send us an e-mail and we’ll have it pulled and ready when you arrive.
In addition, we’ve started a monthly wine newletter. You can check it out at www.thevinofile.com.
Codorniu Brut, Classico N.V., Penedes, Spain $10
So, knowing all of you were going to need some bubbles for the holidays, I took one for the team. I gathered a bunch of sparkling wine samples, barricaded myself in the house, put on the ‘Lord of the Rings Trilogy’ and tasted through them all. The Codorniu outperformed everybody. It’s bright and lively with pretty citrus and pear on the front palate, but it finishes with a creamy note that doesn?t make it austere.
Merle Antico Garganega / Pinot Grigio, Veneto, Italy $8
Garganega is the Soave grape. It has a softer almond and pear quality that blends well with the racy, citrus that Pinot Grigio provides. Fun, fresh, crisp, salad and seafood white.
La Noble Chardonnay, Languedoc, France $10
From the higher elevation vineyards in the Mediterranean influenced south of France. Relatively unadulterated, it shows red delicious apple tones with a freshness from the lack of oak.
Black Oak Chardonnay, California $8
The opposite end of the spectrum, this wine is rich and buttery with baked apple and pineapple notes. Allegedly fermented in French and American oak.
K’esling, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Germany $12
If you swing by my house on Thanksgiving (and you’re all invited), we?ll have Riesling on the table. Amazingly versatile, it’s one of the few wines that can cover all of the turkey day dishes. Wines from the Mosel have a distinct mineral character from the slate in the soil. This wine also shows pretty honeyed pear, flowers and orange citrus, wrapped in a slight sweetness that is kept clean with a finish of bracing acidity.
Red Wines:
Vina Antigua Sangiovese/Bonarda, Argentina $7
Bright cranberry fruit and earthy spice from the Sangiovese blend with the dark, brooding rustic blue fruits of Bonarda.
Colle Sori Montepulciano d?Abruzzo, Abruzzi, Italy $7
Surprisingly soft and supple for Montepulciano, it has pretty forest berry and underbrush notes. Perfect with pizza and spaghetti.
Domaine Loyer Bastie Merlot, Languedoc, France $10
Looking for a merlot that tastes like merlot? No washed out vegetal, stewy, herbal notes? This has ripe plummy fruit with a nice dose of spice and grip.
Chateau Reynier, Bordeaux, France $12
All of the 2005 Bordeaux wines I?ve tasted have been really delicious. This wine smells gorgeous with dusty cocoa & blackberry fruit. The palate is rich with notes of coffee grinds and spicy black fruits.
Vivir, Vivir Tempranillo, Ribera del Duero, Spain $10
Really solid Tempranillo for this price range. Rich and full bodied with cedary black cherry fruit and spicy American oak.
Milton Park Shiraz, South Australia $10
A perennial Best Buy in the wine press, this wines had spicy blueberry and jammy raspberry fruit with some grip on the finish.
Sol de Chile Syrah $11
Beautifully ripe with dark and brooding flavors of smoky black raspberries and some rustic saddle leather and spice notes.
We’re open early at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday for convenient wine shopping! Questions?? or to place an order…. stop by or call 410-997-3456
