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I have to tell you, as soon as I saw that this was a Chinese cuvee, I thought, "Definitely in for one." Because if this wine is anything like those delicious little crab rangoons invented by the Chinese, then it HAS to be amazing.
Wait. What do you mean that crab rangoon isn't really a Chinese invention? Well, fried wontons then. Get 'em with a little pork inside and mmm ... really? No way! They're not really Chinese, either?
OK then fine! Fortune cookies! You can't say anything bad about those. Just think of a little table set out with fortune cookies and a couple bottles of this Chinese cuvee to ring in the New Year! The Chinese New Year, of course.
No. No no no. You just shut your mouth right now. I won't hear one bad word about my beloved fortune cookies. I expect more from someone born in the year of the horse.
Features
2005 Chinese Year of the Horse Cuvee 750ml
Wine of Diplomacy - Chinese Cuvee
Iron Horse is excited to release 2005 Chinese Year of the Horse Cuvee. It is a very luxurious wine, aged eight years en tirage,with fittingly lychee and Mandarin orange flavors. Available for gift giving for the holidays and leading up to Chinese New Year on January 31. Ideal for those lucky enough to be born in 1918, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002 and babies due in 2014.
Tasting Notes: By nose, Mandarin orange, ripe apple and croissant. By mouth, rich, full and silky, Mandarin orange, ripe apple and lychee nut.
Specs
Winery Retail Price: $98.00
Average Shipping: $14.00
Woot Shipping: (-$5.00)
Total MSRP: $107.00
Food Pairings: Delicious with sweet potatoe soup, lobster, soy marinated Alaskan butterfish, sour cherry stuffed duck with thyme, crispy Asian duck confit, rack of lamb with cumin and chile peppers, hot and sour cabbage, rice with dried fruit and pork sausage.
- Appellation: Green Valley of Russian River Valley
- Blend: 50% Pinot Noir, 50% Chardonnay
- Alcohol: 13.5%
- Acidity: .86 g/100ml
- Residual Sugar: 0.7 g/100ml
- pH: 2.95
- Malolactic Fermentation: None
- Barrels: 0% Barrel Fermented
- Total production: 250 cases
Specs
Winery Retail Price: $98.00
Average Shipping: $14.00
Woot Shipping: (-$5.00)
Total MSRP: $107.00
Food Pairings: Delicious with sweet potatoe soup, lobster, soy marinated Alaskan butterfish, sour cherry stuffed duck with thyme, crispy Asian duck confit, rack of lamb with cumin and chile peppers, hot and sour cabbage, rice with dried fruit and pork sausage.
- Appellation: Green Valley of Russian River Valley
- Blend: 50% Pinot Noir, 50% Chardonnay
- Alcohol: 13.5%
- Acidity: .86 g/100ml
- Residual Sugar: 0.7 g/100ml
- pH: 2.95
- Malolactic Fermentation: None
- Barrels: 0% Barrel Fermented
- Total production: 250 cases
Vendor Details
Iron Horse
- Owners:
- Audrey, Barry, Joy and Laurence Sterling
- Founded:
- 1979
- Location:
- Sebastopol, CA
Iron Horse is one of Sonoma County's most prestigious, small, independent, estate, family owned wineries located in cool, foggy Green Valley. Iron Horse Sparkling Wines have been served at the White House for five consecutive presidential administrations, beginning with the Reagan-Gorbachev Summit Meeting in Geneva on November 20, 1985, which led to the end of the Cold War. Wine & Spirits Magazine has named Iron Horse Sparkling Winery of the Year nine times. From the beginning, Robert Parker has said, "These impressive Sparkling Wines...possess more texture and flavor than just about any sparkler I have tasted from California."
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