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A delicious dozen bottles for your comestible consideration.
These will all fill your glasses quite nicely, I promise! What you get is the ten
Vino Best Buys listed below along with two
bottles of this month's VinoBuy, the awesome
2004 Juan Gil Monastrell, all for the equally awesome price of $112.00
per case case!
2004 Equis Vinas Viejas
$9.95 btl/$99.00 cs
When will these great deals from Spain ever run out?
Hopefully never would be the smart answer, because they rock! This is an awesome little tempranillo-cabernet-syrah-merlot blend
that is inky dark and way too delicious!
2004 Fattoria Lucignano Chianti Colli Fiorentini
$9.95 btl/$99.00 cs
Hands-down the best under-$10 Chianti in town. This has
classic sangiovese aromas and flavors of dusty cherries, earth, plums, and spice. Very rare to find a Chianti at this price
with this much character. Bring on the pasta!
2005 Domaine De Mirail Colombard
$9.95 btl/$99.00 cs
Back in the day, you put the words colombard on a bottle of
wine and you would think big ass jug wine and hangovers in waiting. Well, forget all that, because this is REAL Colombard, made
in the south of France by the small, family-run Domaine de Mirail and it is superb. Fresh, dry, crisp, with hints of pear,
fresh flowers, ginger and citrus, with a marvelous crispness that would make it a perfect match with grilled halibut or a
soft round of brie!
2004 Andre Iche "Les Heretiques"
$7.95 btl/$82.00 cs
This hails from the little-known appellation called the Herault
in southwest France. Made from old-vine syrah and grenache that has loads of blackberry and pepper notes with a hint of the
French soil. Always a tremendous bargain, in '04 M. Iche made perhaps his best version yet of this classic vin de table!
2004 Cantele Primitivo Salento
$10.95 btl/$109.00 cs
A couple of years ago all the wine dorks were insisting that
the primitivo and zinfandel grapes were the same. Well, they're not, but youÕll see the similarities with this deliciously ripe
red from Puglia, a sun-baked region in the heel of Italy's boot. Raspberry, black pepper, coffee and cherry flavors burst out.
What sets this apart is its intrinsic elegance, a rarity in these sometimes over-wrought wines.
2005 Viu Manent Sauvignon Blanc
$8.95 btl/$89.00 cs
Those crazy winemakers from the land where the toilets run
backwards really know how to jam loads of fruit into a bottle and sell it for a song. This is lip-smacking sauv blanc that
avoids that overly grassy character that infect too many cheap SB's. A flat out slurpy glass of white wine is what we have
here, with a nice backbone of acidity to keep everything in balance. Very impressive and a perfect match with a hunk of chevre
from your fave fromagerie!
2005 Redhead Studio Yard Dog
$10.95 btl/$109.00 cs
When we had the first release of this awesome Aussie red last
year, it sold out in less than a month. We bought more this year, and that means more opportunity to get your paws on a few
bottles of this. This blend of petite verdot, merlot and cabernet will have you howling over the jammy, dark, super-ripe
flavors. Grab something off the 'que, or maybe a roast leg of lamb and sink your choppers into this one!
2003 Avalon Cabernet Sauvignon
$9.95 btl/$99.00 cs
We've been selling the last three vintages in caseload
quantities, and every year it really delivers the goods. This is amazing cabernet for the money, with classic cassis, back
cherry, mocha and vanilla aromas and flavors. With great body and texture and balance, this is the bottle to pop for your
friends and have them think you're pulling out the spendy juice!
2004 Feudo Arancio Syrah
$9.95 btl/$99.00 cs
Straight outta Sicily without all those pesky Mafia ties,
this is nothing but a crazy good bottle of syrah. From vineyards high in the hills behind Palermo, this is meticulously
farmed for low yields and given obsessive attention in the cellar. Tons of character, this will have you coming back for
glass after glass. A killer deal!
2005 Marques De Daroca Grenache Rose
$8.95 btl/$89.00 cs
It's always rosˇ season at
Vino, because we love these dry, crisp,
incredibly food-friendly Euros. This is redolent of strawberries, flowers and spice and has a nice crisp finish. Too
delicious, it will have you changing your mind about these pink bottles of goodness. Did I mention itÕs totally dry? I
thought so. YouÕve gotta wrap your lips around this one!
Find
us in Portland, Oregon, at 1226 SE Lexington St., Portland, OR 97202. Phone
503.235.8545 (toll free dial 1.888.922.8545)
or simply e-mail vinobuys@qwest.net.
Hours:
Tuesday through Saturday, 10:30am to 6pm (Friday 'til 7:30).
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