Slack Winery Tasting

When:
July 27, 2013 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
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NV Slack Pink Shoals Sparkling Wine

Reg. Price:  $22.99

This brut rose sparkling wine made from  80% Merlot, 15% Cab Franc, 5% Cab Sauvignon is salmon pink in the glass and delicious to sip or to pair with a variety of foods as it has nice body.

NV Slack Rocky Shoals Sparkling Red Wine

Reg. Price:  $22.99

Anchor Sale Price:  $18.39 (20% off)

This lightly sweet, red sparkling wine made from Merlot (60%), Cab Franc (20%), and Chambourcin (20%) won a Silver Medal at the 2013 Maryland Winemasters Choice competition in which Maryland winemakers rate their colleagues Maryland wines in a blind tasting format.  Here is Slack Winery’s story about this wine’s name:

“How did we get the name Rocky Shoals? ….Just south of Woodlawn Farm [location of Slack Winery’s tasting room and bed and breakfast] is Point Lookout, a promontory of land-meets-sea known for its rocky shoals. Twenty-five years ago, our friend Giles Gerard sailed a daring personal mission in his wooden craft boat, Mon Coquin, arriving safely in America from Paris before crashing unexpectedly on the rocky shoals at Point Lookout. This sparkling red honors the courage of Frenchmen like Giles who sail independently and fearlessly to a new land, then serve as selfless ambassadors to teach the rest of the world about terroir, fois gras, specialty herbs and red wines. Rocky Shoals also pays tribute to the extraordinary wine maker Eric Fry, who taught us to make red wines in the classic Bordeaux style, yet encouraged our unbridled experimentation elsewhere.”

 

2010 Slack Tide Blanc

This dry white blend of 30% Viognier, 40% Traminette, 20% Chardonel, and 10% Petit Manseng  is medium in body and full of pure fruit flavors.  This wine matches especially well with crab cakes and other local seafood.

Reg. Price: $15.99

 

2012 Slack Red Drum Red

Reg. Price:  $26.99

This new release from Slack is a dry red blend of 80% Sangiovese and 20% Petit Verdot, two grapes that grow extremely well in the gravelley soils and warm weather climate of southern Maryland.  This medium-bodied red is Chianti-like in style with a nice balance of red fruit, low tannins, and good acidity to pair with a variety of foods or to simply sip with appetizers or cheeses at the start of an evening.  This is a great summertime red wine!


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