Tenuta Luisa Wine Tasting

On Wednesday, June 27th, 2007, we will be tasting Tenuta Luisa wines at Enoteca Drago. Translated (loosely) below are the wine descriptions from their website. Please visit Tenuta Luisa to learn more about this wonderful Friulian winery.

Tocai Friulano

DOC Isonzo of the Friuli

Variety of the grapes: 100% Tocai Friulano

Maturation: 7 months steel, 2 months bottle

Organolettiche characteristics: representative of the enologia and the viticulture of Friuli. Intense yellow color; it introduces famous florals and yields aromas that reflect the characteristic scent of bitter almond. Rigorously dry taste, but with moderated acidity, always round, wide, velvety.

Temperature of service: 10°-12° C.

Sauvignon Blanc

DOC Isonzo of the Friuli

Variety of the grapes: 100% Sauvignon

Maturation: 7 months steel, 2 months bottle

Organolettiche characteristics: of golden yellow color. Very fine with a bouquet that remembers the sage, the capsicum, the tomato leaf. Wine of great structure and at the same time equipped of optimal acidity.

Gastronomic coupling: first plates complemented by the decided taste, fruits of sea and crustaceans

Temperature of service: 10°-12° C.

Cabernet Franc

Characteristics: Land and microclimate, but also a tradition perpetuated by generations of viticulture concur to giving to this wine one rare personality. Intense, herbaceous, typically aciduous and of body, but above all, an unsurpassable nobility of aromas and scents, harmonic and refined.

Gastronomic coupling: it is a great wine with game, red meats (roasted and grilled) but also well seasoned Montasio cheese.

Temperature of service: 15°-17°.



Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso

Characteristics: intense, tannic, low alcohol

Scent: vinoso-yielded, with clear scent of wild raspberry and mora, herbaceous, personalized. It pleasantly assumes a wide bouquet.

Gastronomico coupling: it is wine for all meals, excluding fish. Particularly it is paired well with the regional dishes of Friulani.

Temperature of service: 15°-17°.

La Fenetre Wine Tasting

Enoteca Drago will be hosting a La Fenetre Wine Tasting next Wednesday, June 20th, 2007. Join us any time after 5pm in the bar area and sample the delicious wines listed below while enjoying thin crust pizzas and complementary appetizers.

For more information about La Fenetre Winery, please visit http://www.timelesspalates.com

2005 La Fenêtre Bien Nacido Vineyard “Block Eleven” Chardonnay, Santa Maria Valley

100% Chardonnay from a hillside planted exclusively for Bob Lindquist of Qupé, this wine consists of juice that has been in barrel for the past 18 months. Like the 2004, it has been aged in 25% new, 50% 1 year old, and 25% neutral French oak. The wine has been given limited new oak contact in order to allow the rich minerality of the hillside to show through.

Again the wine is styled like a great Meursault. It is rich and creamy, but also boasts a zingy acidity. This perfectly balanced wine speaks of vanilla, almonds, and crème brûlée with a hint of sour apple and lime.

Approximately 90 cases produced

2005 La Fenêtre Au Bon Climat Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Maria Valley

100% Pinot Noir from the legendary Jim Clendenen's estate vineyard, this wine was made in a style more reminiscent of Burgundy. The Santa Maria Valley provides ideal growing conditions for perfect cool climate Pinot Noir. The ideal conditions of the 2005 vintage produced a silky, rich, and meaty wine that has a long elegant finish.

The wine has been aged 18 months in 33% new French oak giving it notes of vanilla, caramel, and spice to go along with red berries, plum, and cola.

Approximately 65 cases produced

2005 La Fenêtre Barnwood Vineyard ‘South Mesa’ Syrah, Santa Barbara County

The South Mesa of Barnwwod Vineyard is quickly becoming one of Santa Barbara's best sites for high altitude Syrah. Sitting above sea level at 3200 feet, the small concentrated berries struggle to ripen fostering intense concentration and complex flavors.

The wine is developing beautifully having spent 18 months in 100% French oak barrels. The color is dark purple, almost black. The wine has a beautiful, high toned floral essence, and loads of spice. On the palate there is generous blackberry, black pepper, and licorice.

Approximately 150 cases produced

2005 La Fenêtre Barnwood Vineyard ‘South Mesa’ Cabernet, Santa Barbara County

The high altitude Cabernet at Barnwood Vineyard's South Mesa is some of the very best in Santa Barbara County. At 3200 feet above sea level, the site produces small, concentrated berries that are absolutely delicious and unique in a region where Cabernet Sauvignon is not abundant.

Tasted recently the wine is powerful and ripe, yet elegant. Bottled after 18 months in French oak, the juice is black with a dark red, almost purple rim. The wine boasts dark fruit and berries including plums and blackberries as well as raisins, tobacco, green pepper, and a hint of burnt caramel. The wine has the lovely soft tannins required for cellaring, a meaty midpalate, and a long finish.

Approximately 90 cases produced

St. Michael Eppan Wine Tasting on Wednesday, June 13th

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Abbazia di Novacella Wine Tasting

Please join us for a Wine Tasting at Enoteca Drago any time after 5pm in the bar area this Wednesday, June 6th, 2007. Complementary thin crust pizzas and authentic Italian appetizers will be served as well. Listed below are the wines we will be pouring with more information about each specific wine available by clicking on its label.

"Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance."
Benjamin Franklin

Abbazia di Novacella Lagrein 2004



Abbazia di Novacella Pinot Grigio 2006


Abbazia di Novacella Pinot Nero 2005



Abbazia di Novacella Veltliner 2006