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When:
October 19, 2013 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
2013-10-19T18:00:00+00:00
2013-10-19T22:00:00+00:00
Where:
Mills Fine Wine & Spirits
87 Main Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
USA
87 Main Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
USA
LIST OF SATURDAY TASTING WINES
White Wines
2012 Bodegas Tamaral Verdejo, Rueda, Spain
Reg. Price: $19.99
Mills Club Price: $17.99
Case Price: $15.99
This vibrant, dry white made from the Verdejo grape is a wonderful alternative to Sauvignon Blanc and a great wine to pair with seafood, white meat dishes, and also Asian food. Bodegas Tamaral grows this wine’s grapes in century old vineyards at 2,300 feet in Nava del Rey area of the Rueda wine region, the epicenter for making Verdejo white wines in Spain.
2012 Bodegas Valduero Yunquera Blanco de Albillo, Spain
Reg. Price: $21.99
**Mills Anchor Sale Price:$17.59
Bodegas Valduero has almost single-handedly revitalized cultivation of the Albillo white wine grape native to Ribera del Duero. The winery’s 2012 Albillo white wine that is medium-bodied, full of pear and other white fruit flavors, and simply a great rare white wine to discover!
Red Wines
2009 Bodegas Valduero “Arbucala” Essencia, Toro, Spain
Reg. Price: $23.99
**Mills Anchor Sale Price: $19.19
This 100% Tempranillo red wine comes from a vineyard and winery Bodegas Valduero purchased in the superb Toro wine making region, where the warmer climate ripens Tempranillo grapes beautifully. The wine is named Arbucala, an ancient name for Toro. The Arbucala is deep purple red in the glass with nice dark red fruit notes and a luscious mouth feel. An excellent Tempranillo red to pair with beef and poultry dishes.
2009 Conde de Jauregui Crianza, Rioja, Spain
Reg. Price: $15.99
Mills Club Price: $14.39
Case Price: $12.79
This blend of 75% Tempranillo and 25% Garnacha is medium-to-full bodied with a good balance of vibrant red fruit and some toasty oak flavor from some aging in American oak. An excellent Rioja red. 88 points, Wine Spectator.
2012 El Supremo Malbec, Mendoza, Argentina
Reg. Price: $10.00
Mills Club Price: $9.00
Case Price: $8.00
This top-selling wine in our $10 rack wine program delivers classic Malbec dark red fruit flavors with a good medium finish. A great house wine any day of the week.
2011 Dante Robino Bonarda, Mendoza, Argentina
Reg. Price: $16.99
Mills Club Price: $15.29
Case Price: $13.59
Dante Robino migrated to Mendoza, Argentina, in 1920 after selling his vineyards on Italy. Ninety-three years later his Mendoza vineyards continue to produce excellent wines like this medium-bodied Bonarda red with rich red fruit flavors and also a soft finesse–if you never tasted an Argentine Bonarda wine, this Dante Robino is the one to try! While the Bonarda grape is native to the Piedmont region of Italy (very little is still grown there), the grape migrated to Argentina where it is now the second most widely planted red wine grape after Malbec.
Dante Robino migrated to Mendoza, Argentina, in 1920 after selling his vineyards on Italy. Ninety-three years later his Mendoza vineyards continue to produce excellent wines like this medium-bodied Bonarda red with rich red fruit flavors and also a soft finesse–if you never tasted an Argentine Bonarda wine, this Dante Robino is the one to try! While the Bonarda grape is native to the Piedmont region of Italy (very little is still grown there), the grape migrated to Argentina where it is now the second most widely planted red wine grape after Malbec.