Amazing wine tasting -- Open House
Mini bio of Stephanie --
"Since 2003, Stephanie DeMasi has been heading up sales for Juslyn. In 2005 she was promoted to General Manager and oversees everything from compliance to quality control. A New York City native, Stephanie began graduated from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration and has worked with an admirable list of industry Who's Who, including world renown restauranteurs like Drew Nieporent and Daniel Boulud, and Napa local wine pundits Cathy Corison and the Bounty Hunter. Stephanie completed the Advanced Certificate of the WSET in 2002 and has started dabbling in winemaking herself. Stephanie became a partner in Juslyn Vineyards in 2007. She also achieved a Wine Spectator Restaurant Wine Award in 2006 for her wine program at Fresh Restaurant in TriBeCa." -- Juslyn Website
Invite your wine loving friends and help us welcome here to St. Louis and get a chance to taste some of the best wines of California....
We will taste both of their great 2005 wines!
2005 Juslyn Cabernet Sauvignon Spring Mountain....$89.99
"More backward, but also revealing the noble sweetness of tannin that is so important for this varietal, the 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon Spring Mountain Estate exhibits a dense ruby/purple hue as well as sweet aromas of black currants, white chocolate, camphor, and spring flowers. Beautiful purity, ripe tannins, full body, and a 45-second finish result in a dazzling example of Spring Mountain Cabernet. However, patience is warranted. Give this wine 2-3 years of bottle age, and drink it over the following 15+ years.
As proprietors Perry and Carolyn Butler move toward virtually all estate fruit from their 42 acres on the slopes of Spring Mountain, the quality of their wines has increased dramatically. Juslyn has been a solid performer for many years, but the most recent vintages exhibit a profound rise in quality, yet prices remain realistic for high end Napa wines."
Rated 95+/100 Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate
2005 Juslyn Perry's Blend....$69.99
The full-bodied 2005 Perry’s Blend (88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot) is a combination of estate fruit and purchased grapes. It is a wine of extraordinary elegance and precision, displaying a sweet, expansive nose of spring flowers, black currants, and hints of blueberries as well as crushed rocks. An ethereal lightness and overall harmony give the wine a Bordeaux-like framework. It possesses terrific purity and depth, and a sweetness to the tannin that suggests it can be drunk now or cellared for 15+ years.
Rated 95/100 Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate
Spring Mountain produces some of the great Cabs of California: Barnett, Behrens and Hitchcock, Cain Five, Paloma, Sherwin Family, Keenan, Pride Mountain, Spring Mountain and Philip Togni.
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