May Jug Club Wines

For all you wonderful Jug Club Members, this is what's in store for you this month...

WHITE
2005 Beckmen Vineyards "Le Bec Blanc" Purisima Mountain Vineyard
Retail $15.99 ~~ Jug Club Members $13.59
This is only the second vintage of this wine, and it promises great things to come! A nifty blend from the Central Coast region of Californa, it is comprised of 53% Roussanne, 37% Marsanne and 10% Grenache Blanc (a grape used very little in the States). Packed with complex aroma, including a toasty peach, and loaded with flavors of honeyed stone fruits, red apple, a little "nuttiness and a hint of pepper (from the Roussanne). Full bodied with a lush, tongue-coating texture and great structure, the acidity is also lively enough to give it some zip. This wine is gorgeous now, but believe it or not, this white can age! It will continue to develope over the next 6-8 years. This wine commonly retails for $20...but not here at the Jug!!!

RED
2005 Panarroz Jumilla
Retail $10.50 ~~ Jug Club Members $8.93
This wine is similar to our very first Jug Club red wine, The Stump Jump. The Stump Jump is an Australian wine comprised of mostly Grenache, followed by Shiraz (aka Syrah) and Mouvedre, while the Panarroz Jumilla is a Spanish wine of mostly Mouvedre, followed by Grenache and Syrah. The vineyards are located in the Jumilla region of Spain and are planted between 980 to 2,800 feet. 24 hour temperature swings can be from 40 to 105 degrees daily! This, combined with the fact that the vineyards are planted on steep slopes in a soil comprised of chalk, sand and shale, means that these vines are hearty and they produce very concentrated fruit. All of the vineyards cover a combined 754 acres, with half of that being planted to Mouvedre, which is mostly 50 years old. The wine itself is medium bodied with black fruits and a little leather. It's big, spicy, deep and sort of "rustic." We think it just SCREAMS for a steak! This puppy's ready to go, ubt it will hold on for a couple of years, should you desire to add it to your cellar!