{"id":329,"date":"2012-03-02T20:17:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T20:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/?p=329"},"modified":"2012-03-02T20:17:09","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T20:17:09","slug":"todays-tasting-and-tuesdays-tasting-with-kysela-importers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chateaulavin.com\/blog\/2012\/todays-tasting-and-tuesdays-tasting-with-kysela-importers\/","title":{"rendered":"Today’s Tasting and Tuesday’s Tasting with Kysela Importers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Today we are tasting two unique wines.\u00a0 The Spur Red Blend from California and Barista from South Africa!<\/p>\n

The Spur Red Blend ($21.99) – The Spur celebrates the esteemed art of blending, combining the best the vineyard has to offer to handcraft the most interesting and sumptuous wine possible. This wine displays enticing aromas and flavors of black cherry and blueberry, with hints of chocolate, anise, spice and toasted oak. Mature tannins and balanced acidity lead to a smooth, lingering finish.\u00a0 It is a blend of 32% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Malbec,\u00a0 21% Petit Verdot, 7% Cabernet Franc, 6% Petite Sirah and4% Merlot.<\/p>\n

Barista Pinotage from South Africa ($18.99) – This is a very unique wine that we have had in the shop for a while and sold out of a number of times.\u00a0 We have more in and many of you have not had the opportunity to taste it, so I am opening it up again today.\u00a0 In 1925, the then Professor of Viticulture at Stellenbosch University, Abraham Perold, had the idea to create a proudly South African cultivar.\u00a0 He crossed-bred Pinot Noir and Cinsaut (known as Hermitage in South Africa), and Pinotage was the result. \u00a0Barista has a burst of intense, rich coffee and chocolate aromas with ripe nuances of mulberry, plum and Maraschino cherries. The sweet aromas of vanilla and banana follow through on the palate and create with the ripe, luscious tannins a wine ready to be enjoyed<\/p>\n

Stop in this evening for a taste!<\/p>\n

Tuesday Special Free Tasting!<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Tuesday a Jeremy Sutton from Kysela Importers \u00a0will be in the shop from 5:00 to 7:00 to taste some of their great wines.\u00a0 The list of wines we are going to taste are:\u00a0 White Wines – Praia Vinho Verde, Picpoul De Pinet and Palacio de Bornos.\u00a0 Red Wines – \u00a0Burgo Viejo Reserva Rioja, Castelmaure Col de Vents Rouge, Rueda Verdejo, Shotfire Shiraz, Maipe Reserve Malbec and Busi, Chianti Rufina.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Sutton has worked for importer Kysela Pere et Fils, LTD. for a little over three years.\u00a0 He has ten years experience in the wine business including both restaurant and retail work, and this lucky career path has provided him with extensive travel in France, Italy, Chile, Argentina and Oregon wine country.\u00a0 While his passion lies with the wines of southern France, Jeremy loves and appreciates wine in all its forms, origins and uses.\u00a0 He works to provide the thirsty, curious public with wines that both stay true to their indigenous character and are simply delicious to drink, from $10 to $100.\u00a0 There is nothing he enjoys more than providing people with a good bottle of juice.<\/p>\n

Kysela Importers \u00a0are the 2011 Wine Enthusiast’s Importer of the Year!<\/p>\n

Robert M. Parker, Jr.’s THE WINE ADVOCATE, Issue 105 had this to say about Kysela Imprters: “Fran Kysela, unlike most Americans, was born into a family that consumed and appreciated fine wine. One of the youngest specialty importers, Kysela began his career as the national sales manager for the import arm of Kermit Lynch’s sprawling wine business. Subsequently, he worked briefly for another high quality importer, Weygandt-Metzler in Unionville, Pennsylvania. Inevitably, Kysela founded his own firm, dedicated to discovering high quality top estates in France and Italy [and Portugal].<\/p>\n

Kysela’s offerings all tend to be extremely pure, ripe, fruity wines…in short, faithful reflections of their appellations. He is not an aggressive interventionalistic importer \u00e0 la Robert Kacher (or to a lesser extent, Neal Rosenthal, Eric Salomon, or Peter Weygandt), but neither does he permit his producers to take a laissez-faire approach to their work. In a few short years Kysela has emerged as one of the finest palates and selectors of top wine, whether it be an inexpensive Muscadet or a top of the line Burgundy.”<\/p>\n

Check out their web site at http:\/\/www.kysela.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This will be Chateau La Vin’s biggest event yet!\u00a0 I will see you there!<\/p>\n

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