Wine Of The Week!

WINE OF THE WEEK

Sorry to have been away for a while… personal matters…  I have decided to debut a wine of the week piece featuring a great value wine for under $20.  There are plenty of them out there!

This week’s wine is Guardian Peak Frontier 2007.this is a blend from South Africa.  It is part of a project of the South African golfer Ernie Els and his friend wine maker Louis Stydom.    The blend is 38% Cabernet, 35% Shiraz, and 27% Merlot.  The three grapes were vinified separately for eight months and 10 months in French and American Oak. The juice then went thru two months of blending before arriving in the bottle.

This wine weighs in at 14.9% alc so it has some power behind it  It is ripe and smoky with black cherry fruit flavors.  As usual, any blend can bring so much complexity to a wine and this Frontier is no exception!  This is a wonderful drinking experience.    It should also mature and soften over the next five years

As an interesting aside, Ernie Els has an autistic child so is very committed to educating the public about Autism.  You will be interested to know that a portion of  the sale of this wine will go to the organization Autism Speaks.  There are a number of wines out there these days that are tied to important causes. Not only can you enjoy a nice glass of wine but also know that you are helping!  By the way we sell this wine for a mere $8.99 at the Fruit Center.  Come in and try a bottle

Cheers

A