“From wine what sudden friendship springs!”- John Gay “The Squire and the Cur,” ‘Fables’
BTB Advertiser and Friends of the Blog The Tin Theater will be holding another FREE Wine Tasting Event inside the theater on Thursday, Oct. 20th, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Wine Tastings are a regular feature at the Tin Theater, and are held the third Thursday of every month.
The Tin Theater is located at 923 SW 152nd Street, just west of the Tin Room Bar.
Here are the wines that will be featured:
Skouras Moscofilero-Roditis White 2010
Roditis 70% , Moscofilero 30%
The color is bright white yellow, with green hues. The nose is complicated and the wine smells fresh flowers, hints of squashed blossoms and fruit aromas such as avocado. A relaxed pace and luxurious texture gives flavours of orange and lemon blossom and touches of jasmine and mint. In the aftertaste the acidity travels across the palate for a clean extended finish.?Skouras Red St. George Cabernet Sauvignon 2010
Aghiorghitiko 90% Cabernet Sauvignon 10%
The color is brilliant, medium-deep violet with pink hues.?On the nose it is vivid and intense with aromas of black cherries, and blackberries with hints of plums, violets, and dried herbs. On the palate it has medium body, moderate acidity with smooth tannins, all in harmony. The aftertaste is moderate with a note of gentle anise seed.Hestia’s carefully cultivated wine program is based on fruit from specific vineyard sites in several of the smaller sub-appellations located in the Columbia Valley AVA in Washington State. We have vigilantly selected each vineyard site to ensure that it allows us to deliver wines that express the best Washington State has to offer. Hestia Cellars has secured acreage from Andrews Ranch vineyard atop the northern slope of the Horse Heaven Hills, StoneTree vineyard located off the Columbia River in the early ripening Wahluke Slope, Boushey vineyard in the Yakima Valley, Washington States’ oldest growing region, and Ambassador Vineyard in the prestigious Red Mountain AVA. Grapes from these vineyards are blended to create balanced and complex wines with unique layers of flavors and aromas.
??2009 Hestia Red
65% Syrah, 25% Petit Verdot, 5% Merlot, 5% Malbec –From Andrews Ranch, Stonetree and Boushey Vineyards. 20 months used French Oak. We normally release our Petit Verdot as a single varietal club wine but this year decided to blend the entire production into our Red. Super excited that we did. At 25% it bring an unbelievable amount of color, structure (acid/tannin) and big black and blue fruits to the finished product. Combined with Syrah the result is a big, inky wine with bright fruit notes of blackberry and blueberry framed with spice, vanilla and dark chocolate.2008 Hestia Cabernet Sauvignon ?(90 pts WS)
90% Cabernet, 10% Petit Verdot – Single Vineyard, Andrews Ranch. 20 months used French oak. This is a single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, which received 90 points from The Wine Spectator, that tastes like Cabernet should taste, for less than $30.00 wholesale. It’s a screaming deal. The extra year in the bottle has really allowed it to develop and the black currant and cedar notes jump out of the glass. A deft touch with the oak gives it a level of austerity and restraint that you don’t see a whole lot of in the current Washington Cab market. Tannins are really well integrated and the higher acid levels keep it fresh. We have approx 100 cases remaining.2008 Hestia Syrah – 420 cases ?(92 pts WS)
97% Syrah, 3% Viognier – Stonetree and Andrews Ranch vineyards. 20 months used French oak. I think it’s easy to talk about how crowded the Washington Syrah market is, how they just don’t sell, how the pricing structure is wrong, etc. I know it’s tough to sell Syrah in the summer. But now it’s fall. Prime time. Taste this wine. It’s brilliant purple, smells of blueberries, vanilla, spice, other things that are nice and coats the palate. It’s smoky and peppery and finishes with a distinctive meaty note.
