Once you discover your favorites, you can reserve them from France 44 and other local wine and liquor stores at the show.
How? Stop by participating France 44, booth #723, and other retailers and place your wine order at our wine kiosks, visit the reservation table at the front of the exhibition hall and fill out a reservation form.
Spicy, dense and outrageously ripe in the nose. Fresh flowers, toasted herbs and burnt vanilla cream aromas cascade out of the glass. The mouth is incredibly balanced with high voltage acidity matching with rich, brown sugar roasted peaches that tumble headlong into a ridiculously long and bright finish. -WB www.artisanvineyards.com
Intense nose of lime, cream, churned butter and spicy tangerines. The mouth is softer than the nose with a ripe, richly citrus quality. There is a sense of mineral extract that leads to a fabulous finish – Wow! –WB www.artisanvineyards.com
Medium straw-yellow; needs a lot of patience, which it rewards with delightful aromas redolent of peach, white pepper and almond brittle, backed up by deep spice, has excellent focus; enormously concentrated on the palate, the fruit pushing forward behind the piquant spiciness, this is succulent and rich in extracts, with a firm acid structure, takes on a mineral element and lingers on the finish; a passionate Heiligenstein. A delicious and appetizing food accompaniment, for example with catfish on a vegetable bed. www.artisanvineyards.com
Rich and sultry, black fruit and cracked pepper on the nose, layers of smoked meat. Mouth is full, rich, and ripe with full throttle spicy black plum flavors leading to a powerful textured finish. www.artisanvineyards.com
A powerful smoky, meaty, spicy, black fruited nose leads to a seamlessly integrated mouth full of smooth red fruit, and cinnamon spice. Lovely! –WB www.artisanvineyards.com
Elivette, the name for the Reserve wine, is the ultimate viticultural and artistic expression of this Estate. Every vintage, there are certain lots of wine that demonstrate personality and quality that set them apart. These are the lots destined to create Elivette, a wine that will showcase concentration, harmony, and elegance during its long life. This wine shows exceptional depth, power and concentration with rich, dark flavors that linger on the palate to finish with style and polish.
www.artisanvineyards.com
An incredibly appealing Chardonnay from a tiny half acre plot of vines. This wine is almost Meursault like in its silky length, but shows a lemon minerality that keeps it fresh and lively. Who knew Chardonnay could be so good? www.artisanvineyards.com
Yum, yum! This is a particularly ripe and forward interpretation of Pinot Noir in 2005. Juicy strawberry and cherry aromas pop out of the glass wrapped up in a lightly toasted oak shawl. As forward as this wine is, it maintains a background of spiced meat which reminds you that it is unmistakably Pommard. www.artisanvineyards.com
Fine balance here between the rich peach. Apple and mineral flavors and vibrant structure. This is muscular and intense, with the potential to develop well over time. Firm, tight finish, with a mineral aftertaste. www.vins-sparr.fr
Concentrated and ripe, with excellent depth and intensity to the pear, strawberry and lemon-lime flavors. Toasty oak and butterscotch fold into lively, citrusy acidity on the finish. www.kunde.com
Supple, with ripe plum, beetroot and pretty spice notes. Lively acidity, a dash of white pepper and mineral accents carry through the aftertaste. www.thecrossings.co.nz
Offering oodles of strawberry and black cherry fruit intermixed with smoked herbs, new saddle leather, spice box, and pepper, excellent texture, outstanding purity and richness, and a long, savory, full throttle mouthfeel, it will provide sumptuous drinking over the next 4-5 years. www.renwood.com
The 2001 Reserva is produced from older vines and was aged 18 months in untoasted French oak. Similarly styled, it has a more saturated ruby color and more expressive nose. This medium-bodied, elegantly styled Rioja also possesses suprising concentration of red and black fruit flavors in its well balanced personality.
Intense ruby red in color, an ample and persistant bouquet with hints of sweet violet, raspberry and pomegranate. The flavor is warm, dry and generous with good balance.
Big, ripe, rich in flavor. Loaded with wonderful ripe berry and cassis aromatics that follow through to full blown flavors of luscious blackberries, spice and chocolate. It's velvety soft tannins enhance the wine's structure, complexity and elegant finish. www.kunde.com
Bright garnet hue with fuschia rim. Warm, reserved aromas of stewed plum, licorice and baking spices. Silky flavors of ripe blackberry, chocolate and graphite remain in balance despite their heft. Fig and candied fruit in the long finish.
Limited to only 60 cases. 3 Barrel is the very best wine Chateau St Croix cellar has to offer. This Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Syrah and Merlot blend has spent 2 years in French and American oak barrels. It has no equal. www.chateaustcroix.com
A complex full bodied medium dark ruby Cabernet which exhibits a dark fruit aroma with toasted oak overtones. Flavors of black cherry, cassis and spice with hints of chocolate and a vanilla finish. www.chateaustcroix.com
Huge blackberry aroma. Its gentle acid and light oak body contribute to a comfortable well-balanced flavor. It finishes smoothly with a hint of black pepper and tarragon. www.chateaustcroix.com
From the most antique vineyards of Finca Libertad and after evolving for 18 months in new French oak barrels 3.000 bottles of this greatly balanced blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot are born.
Color: It is a wine with a red profound ruby color, attractive, and very clean as a result of a natural clarification process that guarantees the conservation of all the wines organic features. Taste: It is very pleasant in the mouth, velvety, but yet with great body and sweet tannins. www.saludamericawines.com
Benegas Lynch Cabernet Franc is born from exceptional vineyards that are 80 to a 100 years old. According to Michel Rolland, prestigious worldwide oenologist, Libertad Vineyards Cabernet Franc is “prefiloxera” and unique in the world.
Color: It is a wine with a red ruby color, with Bordeaux tones. Taste: It is a wine that is soft in the mouth, velvety and of sweet tannins. Mature fruits stand out as well as a cool sensation provided by the mint. Chocolate aromas are also present creating complex combinations that make this wine something unique.
www.saludamericawines.com
A true masterpiece that illustrates the fact we consider Malbec the QUEEN of the wine grapes. This wine expresses excellent aroma, typical of the best Malbecs. It is a traditional blend of Malbec grapes from Andrade – in the Rivadavia department. Blended with our Finca El Zorzal, in Maipú – Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot wines.
Taste: A little mint fills your mouth as you taste its magnificent mature flavor. It has evolved slowly in cava and is now ready to enjoy. Well balanced with a prolonged finish. Some light cherry in the finish will make you agree that Malbec is the Queen of the wine-grapes. Decant for at least half hour for full enjoyment. Origen: Maipú, Mendoza Argentina -Wine: Malbec 85%, Cabernet Sauvignon 10%, Merlot 5% Winemaker: Manuel Lopez Lopez
www.saludamericawines.com
A delicate blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot from our vineyard El Zorzal in Maipú, with Syrah from Lavalle. Taste: A terrific blend of an excellent Cabernet Sauvignon from Maipú, Mendoza, Argentina - one of the top Cabernet areas of the world. Velvety with soft tannin finish. Well balanced to taste after decanted for at least 30 minutes. Enjoy while available.
Elaborated under natural conditions and irrigated with snow melted from The Andes. Harvest: April 2002 and aged in single-use barrels of French and American oak.
Cabernet Sauvignon 85%, Merlot 10%, Syrah 5%. Winemaker: Manuel Lopez Lopez
www.saludamericawines.com
The RESERVE Tasting notes
Once you discover your favorites, you can reserve them from France 44 and other local wine and liquor stores at the show.
