DJCC Winetasting 2008

The Dallas Junior Chamber of Commerce is having it’s 8th Annual Wine Tasting on February 23rd at the Dallas Contemporary Museum of Art. If you live in Dallas be there. The usual crowd will be 300-400 young professionals from around Dallas supporting a helluva good cause. Proceeds from the event go to support the DJCC’s Easter Egg Hunt for the blind.

Ok, so here is the breakdown:

Wine Tasting features wines from all over the world including a special contribution from Vincent Arroyo Winery that you can’t buy anywhere but direct from the winery (thanks guys!) so if you want to try the best damn Petite Syrah ever you’ll have to buy a ticket and show up.

Funds from the Wine Tasting go to support the Easter Egg Hunt for the blind (March 8th, watch the DJCC website for details). Since you are probably confused I’ll clarify one important detail, we don’t torment visually impaired kids. We have beeping eggs for them to find and it’s an amazing experience to watch them hunt.

For $30 (non-member price) you get to try wines from all over and socialize with the best of Dallas’ Young Professionals.

Even if you can’t make it but want to support the EEH, go by a ticket. (Don’t worry, I’ll drink your wine).

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1999 Vincent Arroyo Petite Sirah

While Arroyo makes several types of wines they claim that the Petite Syrah is their signature. Dive into the 1999 Arroyo Petite Sirah Winemaker’s Reserve and taste the fire in the barrel. This particular Syrah is barrel-aged for 34 months and is aged well. The nose gives a strong berry scent (and is strongly similar to their Petite Syrah Port: imagine that) and the flavor compliments it well with an earthy tone that is full. While enjoying this wine by itself I can imagine it would compliment a well cooked steak or a rather spicy dish. The aftermath of this wine is a dry palette but a lingering flavor that is quite nice. Being a fan of full wines, I can’t wait to try their Zinfandel.

Arroyo is a Napa winery and they don’t distribute their wines so if you want to try them out you will have to order directly from the winery (or go and taste). It helps to know that a number of their wines sell out so you might try getting on the waiting list, and I promise it will be worth the wait.

Excellent alone or with a spicy dish, this wine has a very long finish.

Owner: Vincent Arroyo
Winemaker: Vincent Arroyo
Appellation: Vincent Arroyo Winery, Napa California
Vintage: 1999
Grape: Petite Sirah
Drink now or let it linger and drink whenever.
Drinkable Score: 8.0/10

Price: I think I paid about $30 a bottle (give or take)

http://www.vincentarroyo.com/

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