Sapphire Hill 2009 Cinque Gemma "California Chianti" Red Cuvée 3-Pack
$74.99 (Normally $120.00) 38% off List Price
2009 Cinque Gemma Red Cuvée, North Coast
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Previous offer:
6/18/12 (Plus)

Any manipulation? Acid addition? Mega Red/Purple?

This place is, hands down, my favorite winery, and I've been all over northern California! Lisa and Chris are wonderful people, are always pouring in their tasting room (which makes for a GREAT time!) and their juice is fantastic. I wish this included a trip to their winery... For those close enough to do so, head up to Healdsburg, you will NOT regret it! As far as this specific wine goes, it's a very nice, easy drinker, perfect with any pizza or pasta dish.

Bobrinko wrote:This place is, hands down, my favorite winery, and I've been all over northern California! Lisa and Chris are wonderful people, are always pouring in their tasting room (which makes for a GREAT time!) and their juice is fantastic. I wish this included a trip to their winery... For those close enough to do so, head up to Healdsburg, you will NOT regret it! As far as this specific wine goes, it's a very nice, easy drinker, perfect with any pizza or pasta dish.

I've also tasted through this winery's lineup before and have purchased several wines here. Unfortunately, this was several years ago and I don't remember what I bought or drank, but I remember enjoying it. Sorry I can't speak to this specific wine...

I've had some very nice Pinot from this winery!

Thank goodness, I was really was getting ready to bust my new self imposed price cap when I saw Virginia isn't on the list-saved from myself. This sounds like a VERY nice spaghetti wine and we do love our spaghetti,

Hmmm, $25/bottle for an easy drinking pizza wine? Doesn't sound like a good QPR.

dalylink wrote:Hmmm, $25/bottle for an easy drinking pizza wine? Doesn't sound like a good QPR.

That was my thought, as well.

dalylink wrote:Hmmm, $25/bottle for an easy drinking pizza wine? Doesn't sound like a good QPR.

According to the woot discount posted here, people are spending $40 a bottle for an easy drinking pizza wine. What the ?

dianefreda wrote:Thank goodness, I was really was getting ready to bust my new self imposed price cap when I saw Virginia isn't on the list-saved from myself. This sounds like a VERY nice spaghetti wine and we do love our spaghetti,

Is this correct? I'm in VA, bought their wines previously from WW, and really enjoyed the pinot and chardonnay (the latter being exceptional).

dalylink wrote:Hmmm, $25/bottle for an easy drinking pizza wine? Doesn't sound like a good QPR.

Easy drinking yes, pizza wine no.
I have no problem paying $25 for a good easy drinking medium bodied red but when the pizza wine descriptor is used it makes me think of a Tuesday night wine. Last weeks Cycles Gladiator case is a perfect example of a good Tuesday night wine. $25 a bottle is more like a Saturday/Sunday night wine with a big hearty home meal.

Bringing flak cannons online.

cortot20 wrote:Easy drinking yes, pizza wine no.
I have no problem paying $25 for a good easy drinking medium bodied red but when the pizza wine descriptor is used it makes me think of a Tuesday night wine. Last weeks Cycles Gladiator case is a perfect example of a good Tuesday night wine. $25 a bottle is more like a Saturday/Sunday night wine with a big hearty home meal.

Bringing flak cannons online.

Getting somewhat off-topic here, but the descriptors "spaghetti wine" and "pizza wine" drive me crazy, specifically when they are used as code for "not very good."
Heck, if ever there's a good time to break out the good stuff, it's when you're eating pizza or pasta, imo. Two of the world's great foodstuffs deserve great wine!

dah7m wrote:Getting somewhat off-topic here, but the descriptors "spaghetti wine" and "pizza wine" drive me crazy, specifically when they are used as code for "not very good."
Heck, if ever there's a good time to break out the good stuff, it's when you're eating pizza or pasta, imo. Two of the world's great foodstuffs deserve great wine!

Nothing wrong with having a great wine with spaghetti-my sauce simmers all day and it certainly deserves the best wine-

dianefreda wrote:Nothing wrong with having a great wine with spaghetti-my sauce simmers all day and it certainly deserves the best wine-

Indeed!! My sauce has wine in it!!

rco wrote:Is this correct? I'm in VA, bought their wines previously from WW, and really enjoyed the pinot and chardonnay (the latter being exceptional).

No, it's not correct. Virginia is on the ship-to list.

Somebody can't count. Obviously, there should be five of these wines.

kylemittskus wrote:Any manipulation? Acid addition? Mega Red/Purple?

Thanks for asking. At Sapphire Hill we hand select each barrel and do not add outside products such as mega red. We spend our efforts blending the right wines to showcase our wines.

We hope you enjoy our Cinque Gemma Blend! Chris

cortot20 wrote:Easy drinking yes, pizza wine no.
I have no problem paying $25 for a good easy drinking medium bodied red but when the pizza wine descriptor is used it makes me think of a Tuesday night wine. Last weeks Cycles Gladiator case is a perfect example of a good Tuesday night wine. $25 a bottle is more like a Saturday/Sunday night wine with a big hearty home meal.


Bringing flak cannons online.

Thanks for the discussion. At Sapphire Hill we have customers that think our $50 Pinot Noirs are their everyday wine and others that hold our Cinque Gemma for their Anniversary dinner. I will say that since we introduced thing wine in April this year it is our best selling wine with most sales at $40 per bottle. If you would be willing to try our wines I hope you would find them enjoyable. Cheers Chris

dah7m wrote:Getting somewhat off-topic here, but the descriptors "spaghetti wine" and "pizza wine" drive me crazy, specifically when they are used as code for "not very good."
Heck, if ever there's a good time to break out the good stuff, it's when you're eating pizza or pasta, imo. Two of the world's great foodstuffs deserve great wine!

Thanks
When we set out to make our Sapphire Hill "Pasta Wine" our intent was to make the best wine that matched the flavor profiles of red sauces (bolognese, puttanesca, etc), lasagna and pizza. We made 38 blends before we settled on the five varietals because we wanted a wine that we could be proud of and enjoy with our favorite dishes. We had no price point or cost constraints, just bottle what we were happy with. FYI most of our wines are 48 to 250 cases but we made almost 400 cases of this wine because we were very happy with the blend.


We hope you will enjoy the wine. Cheers! Chris & Lisa

Bobrinko wrote:This place is, hands down, my favorite winery, and I've been all over northern California! Lisa and Chris are wonderful people, are always pouring in their tasting room (which makes for a GREAT time!) and their juice is fantastic. I wish this included a trip to their winery... For those close enough to do so, head up to Healdsburg, you will NOT regret it! As far as this specific wine goes, it's a very nice, easy drinker, perfect with any pizza or pasta dish.

Thanks for the kind words! Lisa & Chris

no poll?

lacotomo wrote:no poll?

You are:
a - disappointed
b - enraged
c - apathetic
d - some other thing I'll mention in the comments

true559 wrote:According to the woot discount posted here, people are spending $40 a bottle for an easy drinking pizza wine. What the ?

Thanks for posting. I hope that you could make it in to our winery in Healdsburg for tasting but if not .. I would like to say that one of the great benefits of the woot community is you are not relying on the owner (naturally noone thinks their baby is ugly) you are getting the Woot team to bring you offers that they believe are solid value driven wines that should have a solid appeal. I believe that if the Woot team believes a $40 Pasta wine is a good offering then perhaps it is worth a try - after all you are only investing $25 a bottle and you may find a hidden gem ( pun intended)

I will say that our Cinque Gemma has been well received in our tasting room and is actually our best selling wine - outselling our Pinot Noir and Zafira Rockpile Zin. We would love for you to give us a chance. Cheers! Lisa & Chris

chrisatsapphirehill wrote:Thanks for asking. At Sapphire Hill we hand select each barrel and do not add outside products such as mega red. We spend our efforts blending the right wines to showcase our wines.

We hope you enjoy our Cinque Gemma Blend! Chris

So that sounds like a yes to the addition of acid?

chrisatsapphirehill wrote:Thanks
When we set out to make our Sapphire Hill "Pasta Wine" our intent was to make the best wine that matched the flavor profiles of red sauces (bolognese, puttanesca, etc), lasagna and pizza. We made 38 blends before we settled on the five varietals because we wanted a wine that we could be proud of and enjoy with our favorite dishes. We had no price point or cost constraints, just bottle what we were happy with. FYI most of our wines are 48 to 250 cases but we made almost 400 cases of this wine because we were very happy with the blend.


We hope you will enjoy the wine. Cheers! Chris & Lisa

Thanks, Chris! I'm sure it's delicious. Definitely did not mean to imply that THIS would be supbar wine.
Looks like a great and tasty blend!

kylemittskus wrote:So that sounds like a yes to the addition of acid?

In looking through our records we added a small amount of acid to our 2009 Chardonnay but no other wines to date. Our Chardonnay needed traces along with 1/2% of semillion to round out theouth feel. I would highly recommend tasting our Chardonnays. Cheers. Chris

dah7m wrote:Thanks, Chris! I'm sure it's delicious. Definitely did not mean to imply that THIS would be supbar wine.
Looks like a great and tasty blend!

Thanks for chatting. Wine tastIng on line is challenging but love the discussion. Always best to try the wines in our tasting room but that is not always practical. This is a unique wine positioned between pinot and our full bodied Zinfandels. I would compare to a brunello or a really rich Classico. Not a lot of American equivalents to compare this wine with. If you order please call me at the winery would love your feedback. Cheers. Chris

chrisatsapphirehill wrote:In looking through our records we added a small amount of acid to our 2009 Chardonnay but no other wines to date. Our Chardonnay needed traces along with 1/2% of semillion to round out theouth feel. I would highly recommend tasting our Chardonnays. Cheers. Chris

Thanks for the response! I ask just out of educational curiosity with regard to wine making philosophies, numbers (natural vs. enhanced), etc.

dianefreda wrote:Nothing wrong with having a great wine with spaghetti-my sauce simmers all day and it certainly deserves the best wine-

I couldn't agree more! When I hear the descriptor pizza or pasta, I think homemade pasta, bolognese, suace, and dough. After spending that much time to make a good meal, I want a nice bottle to finish it off. This comment partially sold me on the wine with as much pasta and pizza we make. The winery participation didn't hurt either.

Looking forward to tasting it!

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