Europa Cellars Newsletter, 9th October 2008
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Our Renovation Sale continues
Jamet Cote Rotie Pre-arrival
Rimauresq Cotes de Provence Pre order
Dear Wine aficionado,

Short and sweet this week as the main news is our renovation sale, which continues until the end of October. Be sure to call in and find a salve for the financial blues... while the biggest savings can be found in-store we have a few wines in this weeks newsletter that represent particularly good value. (see below for details)

We are also very excited to offer you wines from Domaine Jamet and Rimauresq. Both highly anticipated new additions to Europa. We expect them to arrive in-store in early November

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Regards

The Europa Cellars team
David, Boon, Brian, Ev and Sam

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2004 Valdamor Albarino Selection, Rias Baixas
Full Price $39.95 / Offer Price $24.00
100% Albarino
Valdamor specialise solely in first class Albarino. They work hard to obtain the best quality fruit possible, working with the growers to enhance their viticultural techniques and paying them well for the resulting good fruit. Since 2003 they have been searching for older parcels of vines to again improve the quality of their wines.

The 'Albarino selection' is made from fruit sourced from these older vineyards, which are cold settled and fermented in stainless steel. The wine is racked and left to mature on the fine lees, which add texture to the already complex fruit, and frame the wine beautifully.

2005 Domaine Chevilly, Quincy
Full Price $37.00 / Offer Price $29.60
100% Sauvignon Blanc
Quincy has become very popular in recent years, filling the gap left by the price-creep of Sancerre over the past 5 years. It is small appellation very close to Sancerre, and the vineyards are found on a sandy plateau near the river .... The wines have a kernal of soft, fleshy fruit, and finish bright and herbacious.

2005 Elian da Ros 'le vignoble d'élian', Côtes du Marmandais
Full Price $36.50 / Offer Price $21.90
50% Cabernet Franc, 30% Merlot, 20% Shiraz.
The hugely talented Elian da Ros trained under Olivier Humbrecht and worked for the Domaine Zind- Humbrecht for 4 years. Like his mentor he adopts a low-yielding non-interventionist approach to winemaking. Hand harvested and matured for 14 months in oak, this wine is luscious and rich backed with excellent acidity and robust but approachable tannins. Aromas of plum, cassis and tobacco.  

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Special Offer
'Domaine Jamet, Northern Rhone, France
(Strictly first in first served)

Brothers Jean-Luc and Jean-Paul Jamet have been running this domaine since the retirement of their father Joseph in 1986. The estate has expanded to cover 8.5 hectares of the "roasted slope", spread over more than 20 separate plots. The range of terroirs offers a rich and varied palate from which to blend complex and special wine, year in, year out. Even in a poor year, Jamet's Côte Rôtie is never 'green'. It is a hedonistic wine, a veritable explosion of intense, peppery black fruit, and quite simply delicious.

2004 Jamet Cote Rotie / Shelf Price $165.00 / Offer Price $140
(very limited availability)
“Dark red. Wonderfully perfumed and expressive aromas of bright raspberry and wild strawberry, complicated by smoky minerality and Asian spices. Focused, pure and brisk, with an array of red and dark berry flavors, hints of pepper and spices and clean, bracing acidity. Finishes distinctly elegant and very long, with a late note of violet pastille adding even more interest. This is extremely well-balanced.” 93 points By Josh Raynolds
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Jan/Feb 07.


Rimauresq, Côtes de Provence, France

Rimauresq takes its name from the ‘’Real Mauresque’’ which is the river which flows through the vineyards. The Domaine itself is located at the foot of Notre Dame Des Anges and the Massif des Maures mountain range. At the heart of the Provence wine region, twenty minutes from Toulon, Rimauresq consists of 57 hectares of vines.

Its exceptional‘terroir’, recognised through its Cru Classé status, results in wines of elegance, complexity, purity and long term cellaring potential. The terroir is of crystalline rock with sand and gravelly soil. It frequently benefits from the combination of the individual terroirs in the same area of the vineyard. It is this diversity that allows Rimauresq to excel in all three colours red, white and rosé.

On these harsh soils, aided by a North-West orientation, the vines produce small quantities of very highly concentrated grapes. The micro climate at Rimauresq is unique within the Appellation. The vineyards are located at an altitude of between 140 to 190 metres and are lucky enough to get the benefit not only of the cooling Mistral winds but also the shade of the mountains above. It is this shade which gives a longer ripening period in the crucial weeks prior to harvest.

Nine noble grape varieties are found at Rimauresq ; Syrah, Grenache, Cabernet Sauvignon and Carignan for the reds, Rolle (Vermentino) and Ugni Blanc for the whites and Cinsault, Mourvedre and Tibouren for the rosés. At Rimauresq we keep only the best fruit from the vineyards. This dedicated approach, combined with a modern gravity fed winery, allows Pierre Duffort and his team to focus on producing the very best Provence has to offer.

2007 Rimauresq Blanc / Shelf Price $35.00 / Offer Price $29.75
85 % Rolle, Ugni Blanc 15 %
Lovely vibrant fresh fruit aromas mixed with honeysuckle and a light grassiness. On the palate fresh again with sweet/herbal fruit. Quite delicious.

2007 Rimauresq Rosé   / Shelf Price $30.00 / Offer Price $25.00
35% Cinsault, 25% Tibouren, 35% Grenache, 5% Syrah
“This delicate and powerful rose has a flavorsome finale, fruity and toasted, very elegant.” 16/20
Bettane et Desseauve – Le Guide des Grands Vins de France 2008

2007 Rimauresq 'R' Rosé   / Shelf Price $41.00 / Offer Price $34.00
30% Cinsault Old Vines, 40 %  Grenache Old Vines 23% Tibouren, 7% Rolle
“[…] and R de Rimauresq 2007 Côtes de Provence, which is made by the Wemyss family, who owns Fonty’s Pool in Western Australia and sell this lovely dry, scented rosé mainly to restaurants in thUK. [This Provencal rosé is] made from the Cinsault grape, that can make such lusciously fruity reds and pinks for early drinking, plus […] the strictly local Tibouren […]” Financial Times, Food & Drink, “Everything’s coming up rosé” by Jancis Robinson, June 28-292008.

2007 Rimauresq Rouge/ Shelf Price $35.00 / Offer Price $29.00
47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Syrah, 33% Carignan, 5% Mourvèdre
“Eye: brilliant garnet-coloured with glints. Nose: open, expressive, intense, flattering, select woody,
fruity brandy. Palate: sound and immediately flavourful, full-bodied and aerial, delicately built, acomplex and lingering flavor. Conclusion: a nice personality for this full of flavor and elegant red wine.” **** A nice success. Le Guide des vins de Provence 2008

2007 Rimauresq 'R' Rouge/ Shelf Price $55.00 / Offer Price $46.00
40% Syrah, 60% Cabernet Sauvignon
“Made from cabernet-sauvignon and syrah, this powerful cuvee shows a quality of tannins only
rarely seen in this region. The fruit intensity is outstanding!” 17/20 Le Guide des Vins de Provence 2008, Carte blanche à Bettane et Desseauve

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Dinners & Tastings

Francis Ford Coppola Tasting
Tuesday 14th October 5-7:30pm, In-store, FREE
...That’s right, Francis Coppola is also a wine aficionado. The man behind the celebrated Rubicon Estate. Come and taste wines from his FFC Presents and Diamond Collection. Proof that you don’t need to mortgage your house to enjoy good American wine!

Global Riesling Tasting
Tuesday 21st October 5-7:30pm, In-store, $30pp (bookings essential)
Join us for a selection of the worlds most scrumptous Rieslings. Louis Sipp, J.B. Becker, Weinbach, Albert Mann, Max Ferd Richter and Joh Joh Prum.
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