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\"paraiso\"<\/a>In August The International Wine of the Month Club\u2019s Premier Series<\/a> offers exceptional wines from three continents. The 2010 Paraiso Vineyards West Terrace Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir<\/a> leads the way. This is a fleshy, full-bodied Pinot Noir with excellent ageing potential. The cool, extended 2010 vintage in the Santa Lucia Highlands rendered the 2010 Paraiso Vineyards West Terrace Pinot Noir especially fine, highly aromatic and packed with flavor. It also imparted an elegance and suavity typically reserved for fine red Burgundy. Rich in color and extroverted in personality, the 2010 Paraiso Vineyards West Terrace offers deep berry flavors along with complex floral and spice tones that made our tasting panel members beg for more.<\/p>\n

Grown in one of the highest vineyards on earth at an altitude of 6,320 feet, the 2015 Mayu Valle de Elqui Huanta Vineyard Pedro Xim\u00e9nez<\/a> offers an intriguing mineral-driven aroma and an abundance of citrus and orchard fruit flavors to please both the nose and the palate, and at the same time slake the thirst. The 2015 Mayu Valle de Elqui Pedro Xim\u00e9nez possesses crisp acidity and laser-like precision to accompany its wealth of unique white and yellow fruit flavors and exceptional minerality. Light on its feet yet long on the finish, Mayu has fashioned a distinctive, character-filled wine in the 2015 Mayu Pedro Xim\u00e9nez from the lofty Huanta Vineyard.<\/p>\n

Next in line this month is the 2013 Mayu Valle de Elqui La Compa\u00f1ia Vineyard Carmen\u00e8re-Syrah<\/a>,<\/strong> a unique blend of two of Chile\u2019s finest red varietals that offers exceptional drinking pleasure. Made in the finest Old World tradition, Mayu\u2019s 2013 Carmen\u00e8re-Syrah sports a deep purple color and exudes juicy blackberry and plum aromas and flavors. Add perfect balance and hints of exotic spices from the Syrah, which blend harmoniously with Carmen\u00e8re\u2019s racy fruit and delightful earth tones, and the 2013 Mayu Valle de Elqui La Compa\u00f1ia Vineyard Carmen\u00e8re-Syrah adds up to one tasty, fine drinking red.<\/p>\n

A superlative French ros\u00e9 rounds out this month\u2019s Premier Series selections. M\u00e2itres Vignerons de la Vidaubanaise\u2019s 2015 Le Proven\u00e7al C\u00f4tes de Provence Ros\u00e9 captures the warmth of the sun-drenched Proven\u00e7al countryside along with the region\u2019s rarified air and illuminated landscapes, all of which shimmer beside the sparkling Mediterranean Sea. Le Proven\u00e7al is bottled in the traditional \u201cflute \u00e0 corset,\u201d the distinctive bottle of the Provence region, that recalls charming flower-bedecked villages, colorful outdoor caf\u00e9s, and fun in the sun. Delicate in color, much like the lightest of pink roses, the 2015 Le Proven\u00e7al Ros\u00e9 enchants the eye as well as the nose and palate. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

\"dog-point\"<\/a>The International Wine of the Month Club\u2019s Collectors Series<\/a> is proud to offer three exceptional highly allocated wines in August from three countries. Ernesto Catena\u2019s sophisticated 2012 Tikal J\u00fabilo<\/a>, an artful blend of Malbec (60%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (40%), leads the way. For our money and palate, high-end Bordeaux blends such as J\u00fabilo from top Argentine producers represent Argentina\u2019s finest oenological endeavors. And apparently we are not alone. Wine Spectator<\/em><\/strong> awarded the 2012 Tikal J\u00fabilo 94 Points<\/strong>. Deep in color, the 2012 J\u00fabilo offers an amplifying bouquet followed by layers of blackberry, currant, black cherry liqueur, raspberry, spice, and dark chocolate flavors that glide gracefully over the tongue. Medium-bodied but amply structured, the 2012 Tikal J\u00fabilo unfolds gracefully in the glass, becoming lush but never heavy, recalling the much beloved style inherent in the best wines from Pomerol.<\/p>\n

Next in line is the 2013 Dog Point Section 94 Sauvignon Blanc<\/a>, <\/strong>a wine widely touted as New Zealand\u2019s premier Sauvignon Blanc. Dog Point spares no pains in fashioning their wines, especially the vineyard\u2019s premier offering, Section 94. The Dog Point 2013 Section 94 Sauvignon Blanc readily affirms the estate\u2019s acumen with Sauvignon Blanc: it garnered 96 Points<\/strong> from Bob Campbell MW,<\/strong> New Zealand\u2019s wine specialist, and 93 Points<\/strong> from Wine Spectator<\/em><\/strong>. The 2013 Section 94 offers an attractive pale straw color, wonderful aromatics replete with savory scents of herb, melon, nectarine and orchard fruits, a textured, smooth mouth-feel, and a delicious m\u00e9lange of herb, fruit, and well-integrated oak flavors. Rich, expansive, and powerfully structured, there is no wimp in this wine.<\/p>\n

Last but hardly least in this month\u2019s Collectors Series is the 2013 Franklin Tate Estates Alexanders Vineyard Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon<\/a>. <\/strong>Grapes for the 2013 Franklin Tate Estates Alexanders Vineyard Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon were sourced from a single block of low yielding Cabernet Sauvignon. Enchanting to behold with its purple robe and emitting aromas of ripe blackberries, cassis, cinnamon, dark chocolate, eucalyptus, and mint, it takes extraordinary patience not to quaff this wine and make short order of this gracious Cabernet. Thanks to basket pressing, the 2013 Alexanders Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon offers a soft, rich mouth-feel of delicious fruit and fine-grained tannins, which add body and complexity. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Salud!
\nDon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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