Event
Open Bottle - Col Solare and Shining Hill
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Time: 04:00pm - 08:00pm
Type: Wine Tasting
Location: The Wine Cabinet
Event Free
Double Bottle
Open Bottle Thursday!
September 18th, 2014
4:00 - 8:00PM
Featuring First:
Col Solare
Red Blend
Columbia Valley
2008
67% Cabernet Sauvignon,
20% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc
3% Syrah
93 Points
The Wine Advocate!
"From an extended vintage that saw solid hang time, the 2008 Col Solare shows a cool, elegant profile with black currant, mineral, smoke, wild herbs along with a medium to full-bodied, fresh and pure palate. Featuring clean, integrated acidity and a layered, pure profile, it has the structure to continue evolving gracefully for another decade or more. Drink now-2023."
Regular Price:
$84.99
Special Sale Price Tonight
$56.00
a bottle and if you buy
or more bottles the price drops to
$52.00
This stunning Bordeaux Blend drinks like a straight Cabernet Sauvignon because the 2008 fruit in the bottle is so big and lush.
Quantities limited, so with that said first come first served.
Click here or Call us at 703-668-WINE (9463) and Save!
Our Thoughts.....
Brilliant ruby red color not too deep . Traditional in its complexity, roundness, and elegance, yet modern in its intense fruitiness. The palate is supported by smooth tannins and well balanced by freshness. Full bodied structure with a classic finish.
Bonus Bottle
Also from
Col Solare
Shining Hill
Red Blend
2008
66% CABERNET SAUVIGNON
25% MERLOT
5% SYRAH
4% CABERNET FRANC
91 Points Wine Spectator
"Velvety in texture, this is rich with coffee and sandalwood accents to its supple blackberry and currant fruit, lingering generously. Stylish and deftly balanced. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and Cabernet Franc. Drink now through 2018. 1,000 cases made."–HS
Our regular price $49.99
Special Private Sale Price Tonight
Only $42.00 a bottle
if you buy 6 or more bottles the price
drops to $38.00
First come first served.
Don’t want to miss the sale?
Can’t make it Thursday?
You will have to call on this one!
703-668-WINE(9463)
Our Thoughts....
Aromas of currants, boysenberry, cherry, clove and spice with a supple texture, soft finish, and lingering flavors of black fruit and spice characterize this 2008 bottling of Shining Hill.!
History
Col Solare is the partnership between two influential wine producers respective regions: Tuscany’s Marchesi Antinori and Washington’s Chateau Ste. Michelle
The beginning Marchese Piero Antinori, known for his lifelong curiosity about how grapes are grown around the world, journeyed to Washington’s Columbia Valley in 1992 at the urging of Andre Tchelistcheff, also a wine industry legend and then a consultant to Ste. Michelle Wine Estates.
During that trip, Antinori discovered an emerging wine region supported by the zealous leadership of Chateau Ste. Michelle, the Northwest’s oldest and most acclaimed winery, highly regarded for its innovative work within its vineyards and winery.
Antinori’s renowned Solaia and Tignanello wines revolutionized the Italian wine industry in the 1970s with the introduction of Cabernet Sauvignon and French barriques, among other innovations. In Washington, he found old-world character, structure and fruit expression in the vineyards and cellars. He then turned to Chateau Ste. Michelle to form a partnership, based on the mutual pursuit of grape-growing and winemaking philosophies.