Simone Scaletta's Classic Piedmont Reds Saturday Tasting and Sale

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Sep 092010


“The youthful Simone Scaletta is making his first marks in the wine world with some admirably distinctive offerings.” – Gambero Rosso

Located in the lower section of Monforte, which has beautiful views, the vines are young and he does all the work in the vineyard and cellar himself. He uses only 600 litre and older barrique for aging and no filtering.

The beauty of the hills of Monforte, his passion for wine, the warmth of the Langhe region and the feeling that he could live in harmony with the rhythm of winemaking contributed to Simon Scaletta’s decision to restore an abandoned vineyard where it had already existed, respecting the surrounding woods and the balance of nature.

Research, respect and acceptance of the values of a territory which is strongly connected to the delicate rhythms of both nature and people not only were the leading principles of his personal choice, but also define the style of Simone Scaletta’s wines. The position of the land, the climate and hard work give each single wine its unique character. There are five hectares in total. This small dimension gives Scaletta the opportunity to dedicate great attention and care to each stage of the vine’s life. Pruning, staking and wiring, the process of thinning, the special selection of grapes are all done in total respect of natural cycles and are based on a technical knowledge aimed at the production of the highest quality wines.

Join us on Saturday, September 11th from 12PM – 4PMfor what promises to be an excellent tasting. Like all of our Saturday, In-Store Tastings, this event is free and all are welcome (must be 21 years of age to sample wines). The Lineup:

Simone Scaletta Dolcetto d’Alba Viglione 2007, Sale Price $15.99, (list price $18.99) Crisp, refreshing and delicious . . . Gambero Rosso. Pure Dolcetto from Monforte d’Alba with an intense ruby violet color. Vinuous aromas combine with fresh violets and blueberries, with a note of almond in the finish. Medium-bodied and easy-drinking to be appreciated in the warmer months. An excellent, everyday wine which will cellar for several years.

Simone Scaletta Barbera d’Alba Sarsera 2007, Sale Price $21.99, (list price $26.99) Appealingly fruity . . . Gambero Rosso. Vibrant, deep red color, open nose with fresh aromas of ripe plum and spices. Full-bodied, with a generous high acidity balanced by the complexity typical of Barbera with a lovely freshness and good persistence. Will gain complexity with cellaring.

Simone Scaletta Langhe Nebbiolo Autin ‘d Madama 2006, Sale Price $22.99, (list price $27.99) Made from young vines from appellation Barolo. A pure Nebbiolo from Monforte d’Alba with an intense ruby color with garnet reflections, and fresh aromas of roses and red fruits; medium-bodied. Round, delicate and balanced, with the typical complexity of Nebbiolo and a pleasant freshness as a result of aging in wood. Can cellar for up to a decade.

Simone Scaletta Barolo Chirlet 2005, Sale Price $49.99, (list price $59.99); and Simone Scaletta Barolo Chirlet 2004, Sale Price $48.99, (list price $58.99) First rate, expansive, elegant. . . . Gambero Rosso. A pure Nebbiolo of intense red color with garnet tints. Its smell is of woodland fruits and roses with a hint of balsamic sweetness and spices. Full and complex, the Barolo Chirlet mirrors the characteristics of Monforte.

Sale prices last through Labor Day, September 11, 2010.

Posted by Weygandt Wines at 6:39 pm

Budget-Friendly Summer Quenchers

Alba, Bajo Aragon, Barbera, Beaujolais, Carignan, Events, France, Gamay, Garganega, Grenache, Italy, Mourvedre, Organic, Piedmont, Pinot Grigio, Red Wine, Rhône, Rose, Sale, Soave, Spain, Sustainable, Tasting, Veneto, White Wine No Responses »
Jul 212010

While we keep our store a constant, cool 67 degrees, we don’t spend every waking hour at the shop, so in venturing out, we do know what everyone else knows: it’s HOT! Really hot. And it has been for too long. That being said, we can offer something to help combat this seemingly unending heat wave. Something that can help take your minds off the unbearable swelter. Something that tastes great and is easy on your purse or wallet.

Please join us on Saturday, July 24, from 1-4pm for an in-store tasting and sale on 6 terrific wines at equally outstanding prices. The Lineup:

Verace Pinot Grigio 2009,  Regular Price $11.99, Sale Price $9.99 – Veneto, Italy – 100% Pinot Grigio – 12.5% abv – Sustainable - Crisp green apple is at the core of this delicious, refreshing white with good definition, focus and clarity. This tasty Pinot Grigio offers good length and balance.

Strele Soave 2007, Regular Price $19.99, Sale Price $15.99 – Veneto, Italy – 100% Garganega – 12.5% abv – Sustainable - There’s a touch of gold in the color, with ripe, citrus and honey notes. Medium-bodied, with good clean fruit, turning to fresh lemon and almond on the finish.

Chateau Mourgues du Gres Les Galets Roses 2009, Regular Price $15.99, Sale Price $12.99 – Rhone, France – 50% Grenache, 30% Mourvedre, 10% Carignan, 10% Syrah – 13.5% abv – Sustainable - Silver-pink. More floral than the Rose Fleur, displaying scents of yellow rose, Lily of the Valley and raspberry, with building spiciness. Despite its punchy depth of red fruit flavor, this comes off almost weightless. The spiciness carries assertively through the long, focused finish. – Rated 90 points, International Wine Cellar

Domaine du Vissoux Beaujolais Pierre Chermette, Regular Price $16.99, Sale Price $13.59 – Beaujolais, France – 100% Gamay – 12% abv – Sustainable - The basic bottling (incorporating purchased fruit), 2008 Beaujolais Pierre Chermette could be mistaken for a Pinot Noir given its bright cherry fruit and almond extract high tones; chalky, salty, smoky mineral inflections; and a subtly silken texture that beautifully complements the fresh, slightly piquant edge to its fruit. It is an exuberant wine to drink within a year or two – as always – but one that will change the opinions of Beaujolais among those who taste it for the first time. – David Schildknecht, The Wine Advocate

Monte La Sarda Garnacha Viñas Viejos, Regular Price $10.99, Sale price $9.99 – Bajo Aragon, Spain – 100% Grenache – 14.5% abv – Sustainable - This supple, medium-bodied red offers sweet blackberry and dark chocolate flavors, with modest tannins and lively acidity.

Simone Scaletta Barbera d’Alba Sarsera DOC, Regular Price $26.99, Sale price $19.99 – Piedmont, Italy – 100% Nebbiolo – 14% abv – Organic -A rather intense nose which is flowery and fruity at the same time, with nice light overtones of spices and vanilla and a certain freshness. Round and delicate, it gives harmony to the typical complexity of Barbera. The flavour is full, persistent, nicely dry and velvety as well as strong bodied. Further time in bottle will define its peculiar taste and complexity for approx. 10 years. Simone Scaletta’s vines are all situated in Monforte d’Alba, home of some the greatest domaine names in Barolo. He tends all of his vines himself–he only has 4 hectares total, including 1 hectare of Barbera, single vineyard Sarsera. Aging of this Barbera was all done in older foudres and barriques. A full, complex Barbera, well worth its regular price. Decanting recommended.

Sale prices last through July 24th. No other offers may be applied.

Posted by Weygandt Wines at 6:39 pm

One more thing...

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Jul 102010

In addition to having open bottles of Dolcetto and Barbera, and hosting an exquisite chocolate tasting, we have about 65 open bottles of assorted Rhone wines that were left over from Peter Weygandt’s tasting with Robert Parker yesterday. A few ’07s, a handful of ’08s and a bunch of the much ballyhooed ’09 Southern Rhone wines will be available for tasting. If you made it into the shop for our Burgundy Bonanza, this is the Rhone equivalent. Only bigger. Yann Chave, Chateau Mourgues du Gres, Domaine Font Sarade, Domaine Alary, Domaine Charvin, Domaine de Cristia, Chateau de Manissy, La Ferme Du Mont, Jean Michel-Gerin, Domaine Les Aphillanthes, Domaine Beau Mistral, Domaine Constant-Duquesnoy, La Tour Coste and Domaine Les Grand Bois. So maybe come in with a game plan, because the above picture doesn’t even show the white wines that are open…

Posted by Weygandt Wines at 12:45 pm

And did we mention chocolate...

Barbera, Dolcetto, Events, Food, Red Wine, Tasting No Responses »
Jul 102010

Join us on Saturday, July 10th, from noon until 5pm for fresh, delicious samples of Bailey Kasten’s luxurious chocolates! Not to be missed and a great pairing with our Dolcetto and Barbera Tasting.

Posted by Weygandt Wines at 12:09 pm

Dolcetto and Barbera Wine Tasting & Sale - Sat, July 10, 2010 - 1-4 pm

Alba, Asti, Barbera, Dolcetto, Events, Italy, Organic, Piedmont, Red Wine, Sale, Sustainable, Tasting No Responses »
Jul 102010

Join us this Saturday at Weygandt Wines from 1PM until 4PM as we host a tasting of delicious Barberas and Dolcettos from Italy – Piedmont’s so-called “little” wines.

Both Dolcetto and Barbera originate in Italy’s Piedmont region. And while sometimes overshadowed by its powerful Nebbiolo-based wines (Barolo and Barbaresco) Dolcetto and Barbera nevertheless produce distinctive and incredibly versatile wines in their own right.

Dolcetto produces ruby-purple colored wines with rich cherry and bitter-cherry fruit character, firm acidity, and soft tannins. Barbera produces wines of ripe plum and cherry fruit character with spice notes, and fine natural acidity. The Lineup:

Schiavenza Dolcetto d’Alba “Vughera” 2005, Regular Price $21.99, Sale price $16.49 – Piedmont, Italy – 100% Dolcetto – 14% abv – Organic

Schiavenza Dolcetto d’Alba “Vughera” 2006, Regular Price $21.99, Sale price $16.49 – Piedmont, Italy – 100% Dolcetto – 14.5% abv – Organic

Schiavenza Barbera d’Alba 2004, Regular Price $24.99, Sale price $18.69 – Piedmont, Italy – 100% Barbera – 14% abv – Organic

Simone Scaletta Barbera d’Alba “Sarsera” 2007, Regular Price $26.99, Sale price $19.99 – Piedmont, Italy – 100% Barbera – 14% abv – Organic

Simone Scaletta Dolcetto d’Alba “Viglioni” 2007, Regular Price $18.99, Sale price $13.99 – Piedmont, Italy – 100% Dolcetto – 13.5% abv – Organic

Boeri Barbera d’Asti Martinette 2005, Regular Price $18.99, Sale price $13.99 – Piedmont, Italy – 100% Barbera – 14% abv – Sustainable

Posted by Weygandt Wines at 12:00 pm

What We're Tasting This Week (Nov. 9-14)

Albariño, Asti, Austria, Barbera, Corbieres, France, Germany, Grenache, Italy, Languedoc, Piedmont, Red Wine, Rheingau, Rhône, Rias Biaxas, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Spain, Styria, Syrah, Tasting, Welschriesling, White Wine No Responses »
Nov 092009

We decided to take a European tour this week. Austria to Germany, then Italy and Spain, with a couple of stops in France to end our trip. We will be offering the case price discount on single bottles of any of the wines we are tasting. That’s 15% off any of the bottles listed below. The lineup and tasting notes are as follows:

Tement Temento Green 2008, Styria, Austria – Sauvignon Blanc and Welschriesling, 11.5% abv – Regular Price $15.99, This Week $13.59 – “This delightfully fresh and aromatic
blend of our principal grape varieties, Welschriesling and Sauvignon Blanc, beguiles one this year with its asparagus notes, underpinned by our typically Styrian acidity. An ideal foil for hors d’oeuvres and other light dishes, or simply whenever you feel like it. “

George Reisling Rüdesheimer Berg Rottland Trocken 2007, Rheingau, Germany – 100% Reisling, 13% abv – Regular Price $21.99, This Week $18.69 – A classic, dry reisling from the Rheingau. For those who have the notion that all reislings are sweet, this is a good opportunity to taste the dry side of this beautiful grape.

Bodegas Pedralonga Albariño 2007, Rias Baixas, Spain – 100% Albariño, 13% abv, unfiltered – Regular Price $27.99, This Week $23.79 – A very full-bodied nose with notes of grapefruit, apple and floral hints. Structured and robust on the palate. Prominent minerality with lactic hints and slight, fruity acidity.

Boeri Barbera d’Asti D.O.C. 2005, Asti, Italy – 100% Barbera, 14% abv – Regular Price $18.99, This Week $15.99 – Martinette is the geographic name of one of Boeri’s best vineyards. This wine is typical of Barbera, soft but full bodied, ready to drink young, and it continues to develop with a few years of aging. Its versatility allows it to accompany a complete meal very well: appetizers of meat, full flavored first courses, rich second courses, and both fresh and seasoned cheeses. Refined 8 months in barrique and 8 months in bottle.

Chateau La Bastide Corbieres 2007, Languedoc, France – 80% Syrah, 20% Grenache – Regular Price $12.99, This Week $10.99 – “Durand’s 2007 Corbieres (bottled as “Chateau La Bastide,” a title legally afforded only to wines of appellation controlee status!) is an 80-20 Syrah-Grenache blend, half of which is aged in previously used barrels. Bright and juicy, saline and meaty, and with even more energy and sappy persistence than the other 2007 vintage Durand wines, this adds dimensions of stony, iodine-like minerality to its black pepper-tinged raw beef and blackberries to arrive at a wine far more complex and classy – not to mention lighter on its feet – than all but a handful of other wines in its appellation – and look at the price! Enjoy this unbelievable value over the next 2-3 years.

“Guilhem Durant’s La Bastide wines have long represented an excellent collection of wines at almost embarrassingly modest prices, but in vintage 2007, he simply out did himself with amazing abundance of value.” – WA 90 points

Jean-Michel Gerin Syrah Vin de Pays 2007, Rhone, France – 100% Syrah, 13% abv – Regular Price, $21.99, This Week $18.69 – Made from 100% Syrah grapes grown on high slopes in mica schist soil, this wine is drinking young (3-5 years) with cherry flavors, pepper and flexible tannins. Aged in barrels for 8 months

Posted by Weygandt Wines at 4:20 pm
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