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The Luxury Flats at 2300 Welton will be LEED
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101 unit building in 2009.
Contact Charles at:
Kentwood City Properties
1660 17th St. Denver-80202
303.522.0183p
charles@kentwoodcity.com
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In this issue:
Manitou Springs Wine Festival
Wine Tasting to benefit Arvada Center
Petite Sirah--Son of Syrah
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Guy Drew 2006 Chardonnay, Grand Valley, Colorado
Lovely, bright unoaked chardonnay!
A focused flavor of honey prevails on the palate,
while rich golden delicious apples, tangerine, apricots, and
a slight lemon meringue tone marry together to form a delightful chardonnday.
Guy Drew 2006 Chardonnay has wonderful quality,
able to sit side by side with pride with unoaked chardonnays in this price point.
95 points -- tasted 5/20/2008 -BF $14
Coal Train Wine, Boulder Wine Merchant, and Wilbur's Total Beverage carry this wine.
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Two Rivers 2006 Chardonnay, Grand Valley, Colorado
Fine example of how prudent use of
oak and malolactic fermentation can enhance a wine.
The wine offers a creamy buttery tones at first,
but then bright fruit flavors shine through.
Mouthwatering pear, apricot, and hints of anise fill the mouth.
It is fresh and lively with lime zest nuances on the finish.
Elegant, yet full bodied and ripe;
better than many California chardonnay's in this price point.
The Stevlin closure is a plus.
94 points -- tasted 5/20/2008 -BF $12
Bonnie Brae Liquor Mart, Meridian Wine and Spirits, Total Beverage Thornton,
Highlands WineSeller, Coal Train Wine, Wilbur's Total Beverage,
and County Line Liquors carry this wine.
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L'Avion 2005 Roussanne, Santa Ynez Valley, California
Roussanne is a difficult grape to grow,
but fortunately for us a few growers think it is well worth it.
Marked greenish tint with a touch of cloudiness.
The nose is lemon meringue and summer blooms.
The palate is rich and exotic offering flavors of
orange salt water taffy, flan, white ginger,
tangerine zest, milk caramel, plantain, anise, and sweet Olathe white corn.
Oak barrel aging gives it a spicy profile.
An unusual and delightful white.
96 points -- tasted -BF $26
Reserve List Denver carries this wine.
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Sierra Cantabria 2006 Rioja, Spain
This is a great value, consistently, year after year.
It fills the mouth with bright wild cherry and plum tones.
The mid-palate offers nuances of dark rum, milk chocolate, and lavender.
Classic tempranillo, good old world structure, with ample ripeness.
93 points -- tasted 5/2/2008 -BF $14
Reserve List Denver, Total Beverage Thornton, and Coal Train Wine
carry this wine.
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Paringa 2004 Sparkling Shiraz, South Australia
What a fun wine!
Pair this wine with chocolate and incite a party.
One of the best sparkling shirazes on the market.
Blueberry flavors shine through the carbonation.
Distinct cinnamon and clove tones fill the mid-palate.
A hint of smoke and cigarbox shine on the finish.
Allow this one to warm up a little to enjoy all of its facets.
96 points -- tasted 5/2/2008 -BF $10
Reserve List Denver
carry this wine.
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3 Rings 2006 Shiraz, Barossa, Australia
A deep purple robe of color shows its ripeness.
The palate is filled with notes of smoky-roasted spices, plum, vanilla,
blackberry, lavender, chocolate, caramel, and a hint of gun metal.
Good acidity and soft tannins balance the complexity.
A fine example of the jump in quality you will find when you spend
a few dollars more in the realm of Australian wine.
93 points -- tasted -BF $17
Highlands WineSeller, Total Beverage Thornton, Tipsy's Liquor World, Bubbles Liquor Mart,
and Wilbur's Total Beverage in Westminster carry this wine.
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August Briggs 2005 Zinfandel, Napa Valley, California
Integrated and ripe, this red offers a spicy canvas.
The attention to detail is obvious with each smooth sip.
Its offers flavors of
allspice, plum, licorice, cigarbox, and cinnamon flavors.
Easy to drink with soft tannins and just a spark of acidity.
A zinfandel drinkers zin.
96 points -- tasted 5/14/2008 -BF $35
Highlands WineSeller and Coal Train Wine
carry this wine.
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Bogel 2006 Petite Sirah, California
Smooth little number with medium tannins and a spicy profile.
A focused blueberry flavor supports the palate while
chocolate, clove, cinnamon and a hint of tobacco fill the mouth.
Not as brutish with tannins as other petite sirahs,
with its lighter elegant mouthfeel.
91 points -- tasted 5/14/2008 -BF $12
County Line Liquors, Highlands WineSeller, Total Beverage Thornton,
Tipsy's Liquor World, Bubbles Liquor Mart,
Wilbur's Total Beverage,
and Bonnie Brae Liquor Mart carry this wine.
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Manitou Springs Colorado Wine Festival
Join the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce on Saturday, June 7, 2008
for their annual wine festival.
The festival begins at Soda Springs Park from 12:00pm to 6:00pm
(wine tastings tickets go on sale at Noon, ticket sales end at 5:00pm).
Twenty-two Colorado wineries will be pouring samples of their wines.
Live entertainment will be performed throughout the afternoon.
Specialty food and wine related gift booths will also be located throughout the park.
Wine tastings cost $25.00 per person ($5.00 military discount) and
includes a wine glass and tastings from all of the wineries.
A free wine tote will be given with the first 900 tickets purchased.
You may also purchase bottles and cases of wines from your favorite wineries.
Tickets are available at the event or you may pre-purchase tickets for yourself or
as gifts at the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau.
Cash or checks only, no credit cards.
June 7, 2008
Soda Springs Park
Manitou Springs, CO 80829
$25.00 per person
Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau
719-685-5089
View more details.
The Arvada Center’s 6th Annual
Wine and Arts Classic
A benefit for the Art Galleries of the Arvada Center.
Presented by Primo Vino and The Arvada Council for the Arts and Humanities.
Join 400 wine and art enthusiasts for an evening of the finer things
in life featuring a wine tasting, hors d’oeuvres, silent auction and
guest artists creating original artwork. Arvada’s premier event features
12 local distributors from a myriad of wineries.
Participants will also get a first glimpse of the upcoming summer Gallery exhibitions.
Friday, June 6th, 2008, 5:30-8:30 pm
Arvada Center Galleries
6901 Wadsworth Boulevard, Arvada, Colorado
$40 per person, $75 per pair, $250 per pair ($125 per person) for VIP Package
VIP Suite in the Lower Gallery, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
This private reception commences with a champagne toast and
wine sampling giving you an opportunity to stroll through Summer of
Cycles featuring the Harry Mathews and Jim Dillard Motorcycle Exhibition.
You will be treated to a private wine tasting of select rare wines introduced
by a foremost sommelier. This special reception concludes with a personal tour of
Summer of Cycles, conducted by Harry Mathews,
after which you are invited to mingle throughout the entire event.
Funds raised at this event will support.
Our Art Galleries and our continued efforts to make visual arts experiences
accessible to more than 20,000 adults and children each year.
Keeping the Arvada Center Galleries free to the public.
For tickets call 720-898-7200
Or go online www.arvadacenter.org
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Petite Sirah
According to the Wine Institute, there are over 75,000 acres of cabernet, over 50,000 acres of merlot, over 50,000 acres of zinfandel, but only about 4,400 acres of petite sirah, growing in California. Add to those figures the fact that many of us have never heard of petite sirah, or mistakenly think it is syrah; you've got to wonder, 'why would anyone bother with such an obscure grape?'
Winemakers don't make wine from petite sirah because they think they're going to make a lot of money, or because they think it is going to gain them a rock star reputation. They make wine from petite sirah because they love the varietal.
Petite sirah has only been around 124 years. Its real name is Durif, after its creator, French botanist, François Durif. Durif was created by crossing syrah and peloursin, an old, obscure French varietal. Grape growers in the United States adopted the French nickname, petite sirah, for this varietal, although you'll see either name used on Californian labels.
Its wine is saturated in purple color, with dense notes of blueberry, blackberry, smoke, and black pepper. It can be rather tannic and usually improves when permitted to breathe an hour or so. The concentration of fruit compliments the tannic nature. Petite sirah is similar to syrah just like any other parent-child relationship.
Many petite sirah vineyards are considered "old vine," a proud designation that denotes density of fruit flavors, mineral hints, and a cellar worthy structure. An old vine will produce at a fraction of a younger vine. Grape production, for all grape varietals, drops significantly when the vines reach 25 - 30 years old.
This may explain why there aren't that many old vine vineyards out there. When grape production slows to a crawl, the vines where ripped up and replaced, usually with whatever variety is in vogue at the time.
Fortunately for us, there are passionate winemakers, who love old vine zinfandel, carignane, morvedre, and petite sirah. These bottles of wine are often fantastic values, because they are a labor of love, not a vehicle in which to make money. For the savvy consumer non-mainstream varietals like petite sirah, reveal high quality wine at a reasonable price.
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