Harvest Wines Friday Is Back!!!

Join us for Harvest Wines Friday

Classic California Wines

We’re Tasting from 5:30pm…

842 Farmington Ave., West Hartford, CT 06119

Featured Wines…

Newton Red Label Chardonnay 2009

Enticing and delicate aromas of white nectarine and vanilla spice are intertwined with baked apple and caramel notes. The aromas carry through to the palate where they are accented by ripe melon and fresh pineapple flavors. The velvety mouthfeel of this well-balanced Chardonnay persists throughout the lingering and refreshing citrus finish.

The lush and approachable flavors of this balanced wine make it a versatile, food-friendly choice. Winemaker Chris Millard suggests pairing with baked halibut, roasted poultry or a savory pecan tart.

“Yellow-gold. Spiced apple and pear on the nose, lifted by lemon zest and flowers. Supple, sweet and easygoing, with moderately concentrated flavors of apricot, pear and vanillin oak. Nicely fresh and intense, with ripe acidity and a slight warmth on the back end.”

88 Points

International Wine Cellar

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Santa Barbara Winery 2009 ZCS California

Our first ZCS was created in 1998 when Winemaker Bruce McGuire called the staff together to taste red wine blends centered around a Zinfandel from vines that were more than 40 years old.

Everyone’s favorite was a blend of that Zinfandel with a Carignane and a Sangiovese. Bruce fine tuned the percentages and released 800 cases of this new wine in 1999 for sale in Santa Barbara.

Soon, we were receiving calls from all over the country looking for this obscure blend; a happy occurence that has led to this eleventh vintage of ZCS.

In this synergistic blend, the Zinfandel from 50 year old vines lends the jammy fruit quality to the wine, the Carignane adds density and finish, and the Sangiovese shows off cherry aromatics and flavors.

Bruce purchased all of the fruit for this vintage from Wild Rose Vineyard in Lodi, which farms to his standards. A small crop and excellent Zinfandel crop led to intense concentration and full flavors in the finished wine.

Oak aging takes place in neutral puncheons so as not to disturb the full fruit quality of ZCS. This is a very versatile, food friendly wine made to match a wide range of occasions and meals..