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Corkcicles for Whites and Reds!

Corkcicles are Spring’s Best Friend
(And one of Oprah’s 2012 Must-Haves!)

Perfectly Chilled Wines Every time
It keeps your chilled whites at perfect drinking temperatures. It keeps your lighter chilled reds at perfect drinking temperatures. And it even brings those heavier room temperature reds down to more suitable drinking temperatures.

How does it work?
1. After freezing your Corkcicle… for whites, pour the first chilled glass. For reds, pour out a “taste” to make room for Corkcicle.

2. Insert into your bottle to cool room temperature reds in 15 min or keep whites perfectly chilled for an hour.

3. To refill glasses simply pull Corkcicle out 75% from the bottle. Tilt the bottle over the glass to fill.

Information provided from corkcicle.com

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Vinos de Arganza, Flavium 100% Mencia!

Flavium, 100% Mencia

90pts, Robert Parker!

Mencia may not be a grape you’ve heard about before, but we wanted to share this wine with you in hopes to expand your preference of Grape Varietals when looking for wine on a weekly (or daily) basis!

Mencia is a common grape grown in Northwest Spain. This particular wine comes from the northwest region of Spain, Bierzo. Although this grape used to be thought of as a cousin of Cabernet Franc, recent DNA testing has shown that this may not be true. And in flavor, this grape has really grown from what used to be a lighter bodied, simpler wine has now become a big red with bright color and complex flavors!

Our Tasting Notes:

Flavium Mencia has an absolutely beautiful Fuchsia red color!

The aroma holds chocolate, some dark cherry and even a hint of leather.

The wine is a nice rich and complex red! Dark fruit flavors with fresh acidity and tannins.

Great flavor and sophistication!

Food Pairing:

This wine could go great with slow roasted pork, grilled duck or many other foods!

Enjoy one tonight!

Cheers,

Mr. Bill

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Kosher Wines for Passover!

Kosher Wine for Passover

Please Pre-Order for best Availability!

Don Guillermo de Mendoza | Chardonnay | Argentina

A pale sunshine with spring-leaf green highlights. A spring bouquet of citrus, velvety peach and pineapple laced with flowers and honey. A well-rounded, equilibrated, fruity, creamy flavor with just the right touch of acidity to give it that new morning freshness.

Don Guillermo de Mendoza | Malbec | Argentina

A nice, intense red wine with bright violet edges. The bouquet is variety of berries, cherries and mature figs. The palate finds mature fruits and cherries. It is a round wine with pleasant tannins. Non-Mevushal.

Gabriele | Sweet Red | Italy

This sweet red wine shows a deep ruby red color and has a bouquet composed of raspberry and strawberry aromas. The flavor is fresh, well-balanced and long-lasting. Best enjoyed chilled. Mevushal.

Hai | Cabernet Sauvignon | Israel

Dark, well extracted and concentrated, medium/full bodied. Aromas of dark forest fruit, black cherry, cassis, cigar box. Great structure, round and velvety smooth on the palate, beautiful tannins well balanced with excellent length on the finish.

Terra Vega | Carmenere | Chile

Dark, dry Chilean Red Wine with hints of leather, chocolate and young fruit. The grape variety, Carmenere grows particularly well in this very hot southern, climate. A great new red to bring to Sedar!

**Other wines may be available too!

Pre-orders must be placed by Monday, March 18!

(540) 400-7771 | info@mrbillswinecellar.com

2825 Brambleton Avenue | Roanoke, Virginia 24015

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Molly Dooker, “The Boxer” 2010 Australian Shiraz!

Notes from the Winery
Very deep black-crimson, The Boxer shows a full spectrum of flavours from fresh berries and plum, to fig and blackberry jam, surrounded by cinnamon spice, licorice, and lovely warm oak with hints of cigar box and tobacco. Soft luscious palate-coating fruit with incredible depth, combined with creamy chocolate oak layers producing a complex wine with amazing power.

Did you notice that The Boxer is a double Mollydooker?
The grapes were grown on the Longbottom vineyard in Padthaway, the Birchmore vineyard in Langhorne Creek and the Hunt Creek, Semmens and Mollydooker vineyards in McLaren Vale.

Barrel fermented and matured in 60% new and 40% one year old American oak.

Alc: 16% Residual sugar: 2.6g/L

- Reviews -
Wine Advocate
‘Very deep garnet-purple colored, the 2010 The Boxer Shiraz has notes of warm blackberries and blueberries with nuances of menthol, some spice cake, anise and bacon fat. Concentrated, big, rich and ripe, it offers a very spicy palate with some licorice and cumin seed coming through, supported by a medium level of velvety tannins, lively acidity and finishing very long. Drink it now to 2017+.’ – 91 points, Lisa Perrotti-Brown, www.erobertparker.com

Wine Spectator
‘Fresh and vibrant, this delivers a lively mouthful of dark cherry, mocha and bay leaf flavours that linger on the firm finish. Best after 2013. Tasted twice, with consistent notes.’ – Harvey Steiman, www.winespectator.com

Stop in and try a bottle today!

Cheers,

Mr. Bill

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