This Hallow’s Eve, we recommend saving the heavy liquor consumption for Saturday night’s official Halloween bashes and cozying up to a bottle of vino. It’s a nice way to unwind from a tough week, and your body will be thanking you tomorrow for those all-night-long festivities.
Tonight from 6 to 9pm at MHW, we’re tasting: Kozlovic Othello (a Croatian blend of Teran, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot), Pullus Sauvignon Blanc from Slovenia and Pullus Zweigelt, a zesty red grape indigenous to Austria and grown in Slovenia.
If you’re dawning your costumes tonight, we hope you’ll still stop by our tasting when you pick up the pre-party goods.
Kozlovic Othello
Gianfranco Kozlovic’s modern winery in northern Istria, Croatia is known for quality. He grows the red Teran, a subvariety of Refosco that produces a “wild,” high-acidity wine, which he blends with Merlot and Cabernet in Kozlovic Othello for the perfect inky purple color, and flavors of intense plums, ripe black cherries with soft oak and a slight herb note.
Pullus Sauvignon Blanc
Pullus is the oldest winery in Slovenia - its cellars dating to 1239 lie labyrinthine beneath the streets of the city of Ptuj. A dry, delightfully rounded sauvignon blanc with grapefruit, guava and pineapple on the nose and hints of paprika on the palate, it’s a nice refresher with asparagus dishes and seafood.
Pullus Zweigelt
The most notable grape in Austria and Slovenia these days is arguably zweigelt (pronounced TSVYE-gelt). A relatively new grape—it was developed in 1922 when Austrian scientist, Fritz Zweigelt, crossed blaufränkisch with St. Laurent. It’s growing in popularity in the United States, even when Americans prefer grapes more easy to pronounce like Chardonnay. The berry-full red, tangy and dry, is delicious and unusual, making us want to consume it more and more.
Happy Halloween!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Wino Weekend
We at Murray Hill Wines are here to meet your post-work-week needs.
You're craving a Rioja... cherry and tarry. We'll even recommend the perfect pairing snacks.
For our fruitier friends, meaning those who like a fruit-gushing wine, may we suggest the Montellori Moro, mellowed out with some earthiness.
Last but not least, those of you craving the crisp and tropical, we've got you covered with the Dolomites Pinot Grigio.
Marques de Vitoria Rioja Crianza 2004
We sat down and enjoyed this endlessly impressive Rioja from Spain after a long day of work this week. It’s a bottle to enjoy slowly, concentrating on the medley of flavors with every sip because it’s just that delicious and the flavors keep mounting as the wine breathes. A beautiful dark cherry-garnet color, the scent is intoxicating with wood and tar against bright berries and cherry. Enitrely Tempranillo, the grapes grow on vines between 15 and 20 years old, and then it ages in American oak casks. Smooth and medium- to full-bodied, the wine will continue to improve with age. It’s the perfect accompaniment to medium cheeses and whatever cold cuts make your mouth water. Personally, we snacked on some sopressata from the fridge that really uncovered the wine's layers.
Montellori Moro 2005
This Tuscan red blend of 90% Sangiovese and just a little Cabernet and Malvasia Nera (10%) gushes black fruits, tart cherry and a smidgen of cranberry. Sangiovese is an indigenous grape to Italy known as the grape of Chianti. Favorably acidic, the scents of dampen earth and smoky tar intertwined with herbal tones level out the fruit-loud wine.
Dolomites Pinot Grigio 2008
Grown in the rugged alpine environment of Trento in the north of Italy on 12-year-old vines, this crisp Pinot Grigio of straw-yellow color is dry, harmonious and full-bodied. A small production vintage, only 12,000 bottles were made—even more reason to pick up this unique bottle. The bouquet is elegant: flowers, green fruits and tropical notes. Crisp and refreshing, it pairs well with crustaceans, pasta and risotto.
You're craving a Rioja... cherry and tarry. We'll even recommend the perfect pairing snacks.
For our fruitier friends, meaning those who like a fruit-gushing wine, may we suggest the Montellori Moro, mellowed out with some earthiness.
Last but not least, those of you craving the crisp and tropical, we've got you covered with the Dolomites Pinot Grigio.
Marques de Vitoria Rioja Crianza 2004
We sat down and enjoyed this endlessly impressive Rioja from Spain after a long day of work this week. It’s a bottle to enjoy slowly, concentrating on the medley of flavors with every sip because it’s just that delicious and the flavors keep mounting as the wine breathes. A beautiful dark cherry-garnet color, the scent is intoxicating with wood and tar against bright berries and cherry. Enitrely Tempranillo, the grapes grow on vines between 15 and 20 years old, and then it ages in American oak casks. Smooth and medium- to full-bodied, the wine will continue to improve with age. It’s the perfect accompaniment to medium cheeses and whatever cold cuts make your mouth water. Personally, we snacked on some sopressata from the fridge that really uncovered the wine's layers.
Montellori Moro 2005
This Tuscan red blend of 90% Sangiovese and just a little Cabernet and Malvasia Nera (10%) gushes black fruits, tart cherry and a smidgen of cranberry. Sangiovese is an indigenous grape to Italy known as the grape of Chianti. Favorably acidic, the scents of dampen earth and smoky tar intertwined with herbal tones level out the fruit-loud wine.
Dolomites Pinot Grigio 2008
Grown in the rugged alpine environment of Trento in the north of Italy on 12-year-old vines, this crisp Pinot Grigio of straw-yellow color is dry, harmonious and full-bodied. A small production vintage, only 12,000 bottles were made—even more reason to pick up this unique bottle. The bouquet is elegant: flowers, green fruits and tropical notes. Crisp and refreshing, it pairs well with crustaceans, pasta and risotto.
Wine to Boot
Everything Italian is fine. Fine Italian leather... fine Italian food... and, of course, Italian fine wine. Taste our three faves from the wine category tonight at MHW, 6 to 9:30pm. Special: 10% OFF the Barolo and Brunello tonight and tonight only.
Giovanni Sordo Barolo 2005, reg. $24.99, today 10% OFF
This flavorful Barolo of Nebbiolo grapes from Piedmont in northwestern Italy is fleshy with the taste of and smell of the leather interior of a new car, the fresh minerality of rocks and the deliciousness of bright passion fruits and red currant. Don’t let the color fool you: light garnet red with orange highlights, this Barolo offers the same medium-body of a typical Barolo and provides superior intense, rounded flavors and lingering aromas. It pairs well with meat dishes, hard cheeses and heavy pastas as the tannins react favorably with proteins.
Molino del Piano Brunello, reg. $34.99, today 10% OFF
Aromas and flavors of roasted chestnuts and plum, spice, hints of perfumey iris and a significant earthiness like tobacco and roasted coffee make this Brunello a mouthful of Heaven. Every sip is a rush of pleasure. Brunello is a red Italian wine produced in the vineyards of Montalcino in the Tuscany wine region. It is the clone of Sangiovese, and in wine judging competitions it often ranks among the world’s best wines.
Tutela Prosecco, $9.99
A dry sparkling wine from Veneto, Italy, this lively and fun prosecco brings orangey scents to the nose with a creaminess on the palate along with citrus notes. It’s extremely easy to drink and at a very nice price.
Giovanni Sordo Barolo 2005, reg. $24.99, today 10% OFF
This flavorful Barolo of Nebbiolo grapes from Piedmont in northwestern Italy is fleshy with the taste of and smell of the leather interior of a new car, the fresh minerality of rocks and the deliciousness of bright passion fruits and red currant. Don’t let the color fool you: light garnet red with orange highlights, this Barolo offers the same medium-body of a typical Barolo and provides superior intense, rounded flavors and lingering aromas. It pairs well with meat dishes, hard cheeses and heavy pastas as the tannins react favorably with proteins.
Molino del Piano Brunello, reg. $34.99, today 10% OFF
Aromas and flavors of roasted chestnuts and plum, spice, hints of perfumey iris and a significant earthiness like tobacco and roasted coffee make this Brunello a mouthful of Heaven. Every sip is a rush of pleasure. Brunello is a red Italian wine produced in the vineyards of Montalcino in the Tuscany wine region. It is the clone of Sangiovese, and in wine judging competitions it often ranks among the world’s best wines.
Tutela Prosecco, $9.99
A dry sparkling wine from Veneto, Italy, this lively and fun prosecco brings orangey scents to the nose with a creaminess on the palate along with citrus notes. It’s extremely easy to drink and at a very nice price.
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