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Glen Ellen Inn Oyster Grill, Martini Bar & Secret Cottages Significant Other (White Wines)
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SIGNIFICANT OTHERS... WHITE
Blush & Rose'
Blush wines are produced by allowing red grape skins to remain in limited contact with the grape juice before fermentation starts, creating a pink-tinted juice. The skins are then extracted, and the pink juice is treated in the same manner as white juice. Like Molly Ringwold in “Pretty in Pink”, these wines are often dry, sometimes sweet, and always prom dress pink. Enjoy summer in a glass year round with strawberry, mango & pink grapefruit notes and a long, supple finish.
Sonoma
Lasseter Family Winery Enjoue
Sonoma Valley, 11 syrah, mourvedre, grenache..................................35.
Little Vineyards nv
“Band Blend” Rose, Sonoma, nv..................................................25.
Buehler White Zinfandel
California 06..................................................................................26.
Gewurztraminer
Gewurztraminer can range from off-dry to sweet. This grape produces very aromatic wines, offering scents of rose, clove, peach, apricot and candied fruit. Try it-what's the Gewurz that can happen?
Sonoma
Larson Family Winery Gewurztraminer
Carneros, Sonoma, 09................................................................23.
Chateau St. Jean Gewurztraminer
Sonoma County, 09.....................................................................25.
Arrowood Gewerztraminer
Saralee’s Vineyard, Russian River Valley, 08............................50.
Napa & Northern California
Londer Dry Gewurztraminer
Anderson Valley, 07.…………………….…..............................47.
Rousanne
Roussanne is not overtly fruity, but often reminiscent of a flowery herbal tea. In warm climates, it produces rich wines, with flirty flavors of honey lime, and pear, and a full body. In cooler climates it is more floral and more delicate, with higher acidity, and is always delicious when blended . Like Dorothy says,there's no place like Rhone.
Sonoma
Atmosphere Marsanne/Rousanne,
Dos Burros Sonoma Valley, 09.................................................48.
Napa & Northern California
Wellington Roussanne
Sonoma County, 09....................................................................30.
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Blanc wines are as as lively as a California gubernatorial debate, with notes of fresh, yeasty apple, sometimes with a hint of spice, pear or melon, and good acidity.
Sonoma
Arrowood Pinot Blanc
Saralee’s Vyd, Russian River 06 ................................................60.
Valley of the Moon Pinot Blanc
Sonoma County, 10.....................................................................30.
Chenin Blanc/Grenache Blanc
Chenin Blanc is higher acid, lively, wine, which can be as dry as a Brittish wit,
sometimes accompanied by a musky melon aroma.
Grenache Blanc, hard to find but delicious when you do, has pear, peach
and spring blossom notes with well balanced acidity.
Sonoma & California
Dane Cellars, Chenin Blanc
Clarksburg, 09.............................................................................27.
R2 Wine Company, Grenache Blanc
Santa Ynez Valley, 10...........…...................................................34.
Viognier
Viognier has a dry body with a vibrant floral nose of apricots, peaches
and pears, and sometimes honeysuckle. Like a politician, this wine
exhibits different qualities at once; dry one moment, sweet the next.
Sonoma
Thomas George Viognier
WildWood Vineyard, Sonoma Valley, 09....................................48.
Jemrose Viognier
Egret Pond Vineyard, Bennett Valley, Sonoma County, 10.........47.
La Crema, Viognier
Sonoma County, 10......................................................................35.
Napa & Northern California
Freemark Abbey Viognier
Rutherford, Napa Valley, 08.............……….....................……..32.
Cline Viognier
California, 11...............................................................................19.
Pinot Gris/Grigio
You could say Pinot Gris/Grigio is the cross dresser of the grape world. This is the same grape, but produced in two different styles. The Pinot Gris style tends to be relatively big, rich and full-flavored, with honey peach and pear notes, while the Pinot Grigio style is more flinty and crisp, with delicate green apple, and spice, and good acid structure.
Clarbec Vineyards Pinot Gris
Clarbec Vineyard, Sonoma Valley, 10......................................... 25.
Mulas Family Pinot Gris
Sonoma Valley 10.........................................................................31.
Larson Family Winery Pinot Gris
Sonoma Valley, 11.........................................................................30.
Rocky Hill Pinot Gris
Richard Dinner Vineyards, Sonoma Mountain, 10.......................33.
Charles Creek Winery Pinot Gris
Sonoma, 07...................................................................................29.
Seghesio Pinot Grigio,
Sonoma, 10...................................................................................30.
White Blends
Winemakers have known for centuries that finely honed varietal blending techniques can result in a wine in which the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. White Blends are like Forrest Gump's chocolates, always delicious-and you never know what you gonna get.
Marsanne aromas can suggest almond paste or citrus, mixed with perfume, and can add a lovely bees wax quality to wine.
Rousanne, usually used in blended wines, is delicate with wildflower or sometimes green tea aromas.
Muscadelle & Semillon, have hints of pear, tangerine, apples and bee pollen.
Viognier, like Marilyn (Monroe, not Manson) has a lush, seductive body, and often
has hints of honeysuckle, citrus and apricot that will tickle your nose.
Sonoma
Carlisle “The Derivative”
76% Semillon, Monte Rosso, 24% Muscadelle, Pagani Ranch, Sonoma Valley,10.......35.
Eric Ross Marsanne-Rousanne
Saralee's Vineard, Russian River Valley 09.........................................................31.
Spann Vineyards, Chardonnay-Viognier,
North Coast, 10....................................................................................................29.
Napa & Northern California
Conundrum
Meritage, sauv. blanc, muscat canelli, chardonnay, viognier, California, 10.................................46.
Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc – Viognier,
California, 10.......................................................................................................19.
JC Cellars
“The First Date” Rousanne & Marsanne, California, 05.....................................39.
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