This Month's Featured Wines - February 2012

Premier Series

Featured Wineries & Wines	Membership Type
Donati Family Vineyard Claret 2007 – (USA)	1 Red & 1 White; 2 Reds
Domaine de la Collonge Mâcon-Fuissé 2010 – (France)	1 Red & 1 White; 2 Whites
Guelbenzu Vierlas Ribera del Queiles 2009 – (Spain)	2 Reds
Donati Family Vineyard Paicines Pinot Blanc 2010 – (USA)	2 Whites
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Masters Series

Featured Wineries & Wines	Membership Type
Valenciso Rioja Reserva 2005 – (Spain)	1 Red & 1 White; 2 Reds
Domaine de la Collonge Mâcon-Fuissé 2010 – (France)	1 Red & 1 White
Donati Family Vineyard Claret 2007 – (USA)	2 Reds
Includes one bottle from The Premier Series and one from The Collectors Series.

Collectors Series

Featured Wineries & Wines	Membership Type
Valenciso Rioja Reserva 2005 – (Spain)	1 Red & 1 White; 2 Reds
Domaine Jacques Girardin Santenay Les Terrasses de Bievaux 2009 – (France)	1 Red & 1 White
Guigal Gigondas 2007 – (France)	2 Reds
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Donati Family Vineyard Claret 2007

Donati’s 2007 Paicines Claret is an artful blend of Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc from Donati’s own vineyard, which is located 27 miles east of Monterey Bay. Deep crimson and endowed with a rich claret-like nose, Donati’s Claret marries the pure fruit flavors of Paicines with cedary, cigar box flavors more reminiscent of top-notch red Bordeaux. Allow Donati’s youthful Claret considerable aeration to bring out all of the wine’s Old World charm and complexity. Read more about the Donati Family Vineyard Claret 2007...	Country:	USA
	Vintage:	2010
	Varietals:
	Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc

Domaine de la Collonge Mâcon-Fuissé 2010

On the nose, this stylish wine offers up the beguiling scents of acacia flowers and apple blossoms. On the palate, the 2010 Domaine de la Collonge Mâcon-Fuissé follows through with gentle fruit, pinpoint minerality, laser like precision, and purity – all of which add up to an elegant, nuanced, refreshing glass of Chardonnay that will please even the most ardent critics of over-blown, over-oaked Chardonnays. Read more about Domaine de la Collonge Mâcon-Fuissé 2010...	Country:	France
	Vintage:	2010
	Varietals:
	Chardonnay

Guelbenzu Vierlas Ribera del Queiles 2009

Deep purple in color, Vierlas offers up the enticing aromas of black fruits, blueberries, grilled meats, and hickory nuts. Moreover, Vierlas comes across as warm and rich on the palate, providing plenty of forward fruit and mouth filling flavors in a generous, balanced format. And underneath its huggable fruit lay an ample underpinning of ripe tannin, which should allow it to improve for several more years in bottle. However, even in its youth, there is nary an edge to this delightful offering from Guelbenzu. Read more about Guelbenzu Vierlas Ribera del Queiles 2009...	Country:	Spain
	Vintage:	2009
	Varietals:
	Syrah, Merlot, Graciano

Donati Family Vineyard Paicines Pinot Blanc 2010

Pinot Blanc is one of California’s least known grape varietals, even though it it’s nearly always a real crowd pleaser. Donati’s Paicines Pinot Blanc is no exception, sporting great eye appeal, bright pure fruit flavors, high natural acidity, and a gorgeous spice box finish. In between, one encounters a cornucopia of subtle, complex scents and flavors that go missing in far too many California Chardonnays. In short, superb balance, pure flavors, and a clean, exuberant finish make Donati’s Pinot Blanc a true crowd pleaser. Read more about Donati Family Vineyard Paicines Pinot Blanc 2010 ...	Country:	USA
	Vintage:	2010
	Varietals:
	Pinot Blanc

Valenciso Rioja Reserva 2005

This Reserva is another flawlessly balanced wine from Luis Valentin and Carmen Enciso. It ingratiates with plenty of dark fruit aromas, mingled with fresh cedar, spice and dark chocolate. In the mouth, the wine offers soft, silky fruit followed by complex layers of sandalwood, cinnamon, coffee, and fresh tobacco. Valenciso’s Reserva always seems to strike a perfect balance between fruit and structure, and the 2005 is no exception, with downright velvety tannins adding both structure and support, without imposing astringency. Read more about Valenciso Rioja Reserva 2005...	Country:	Spain
	Vintage:	2005
	Varietals:
	Tempranillo

Domaine Jacques Girardin Santenay Les Terrasses de Bievaux 2009

The elegant 2009 Jacques Girardin Les Terrasses de Bievaux Santenay offers toasty new oak flavors and subtle spice tones that give way to crisp apple and poached pear scents as it evolves and expands leisurely in the glass. Full of graceful, subtle Chardonnay flavors, wrapped beautifully in a cachet of vanilla and spice, this Santenay offers the exquisite balance, charm, flavor, and sophistication that first rate white Burgundy has to offer. Read more about Domaine Jacques Girardin Santenay Les Terrasses de Bievaux 2009...	Country:	France
	Vintage:	2009
	Varietals:
	Chardonnay

Guigal Gigondas 2007

As we have come to expect from this domain, Guigal’s 2007 Gigondas is a deeply colored, full-bodied red wine possessing charm, vigor, and elegance, built along the lines of the estate’s now legendary Châteauneuf-du-Pape. It sports a rich ruby/purple robe and a flamboyant aroma of rose petals, violets, kirsch and crème de cassis. On the palate, Guigal’s Gigondas is broad and expansive with a core of black fruits and spice, all neatly wrapped around silky tannins. Read more about Guigal Gigondas 2007...	Country:	France
	Vintage:	2007
	Varietals:
	Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah

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