The Art of Wine Collection

The Cellar

"Dancing on the Water" Smooth Chardonnay - South Australia, Australia
"Autumn Nocturne" Cabernet Sauvignon - South Australia, Australia
"Red Collage" Jazz Shiraz - Barossa Valley, Australia
"Take It From The Top" Sauvignon Blanc - Nelson, New Zealand
"Night Moods" Pinot Noir - Nelson, New Zealand
"Pianoforte" Rosso di Montalcino - Super Tuscany Region, Italy
“Exit” 2005 Riesling – Releasing April 1!

	"Dancing on the Water" Smooth Chardonnay The Wine True to Chardonnay’s form and reputation, “Dancing on the Water” offers complex versatility to the palate due to diligent malolactic fermentation resulting in a soft, creamy, and food-friendly finish. Fruity flavors (pineapple, peach, and nectarine) and characters of vanilla, nuts, and butterscotch pair perfectly with all of Chardonnay’s traditional culinary favorites. Wild yeast adds a superb mouth-feel and elegant texture making “Dancing on the Water” a standalone charmer in warm and cool climates. South Australia Vintage: 2002 Harvested: Feb/March 2002 Time in oak: Nil Alc/Vol: 13.5% Total Acid: 7.2 g/L pH: 3.45 The Artistic Expression Released in 2001, the album entitled Dancing on the Water delighted jazz fans and critics alike as a fresh, brilliant, and awe-inspiring masterpiece showcasing simplicity of arrangement and stripped down contemporary piano at its best. Just like the album’s title song, “Dancing on the Water” Smooth Chardonnay encompasses an acoustic easiness, a “less is more” appeal, and a playful overture. As such, the label features a waterfront reflection of figures, perhaps children, dancing together and enjoying the simple joys of life.

	"Autumn Nocturne" 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon The Wine Deep and dense cherry red in color with brooding fruit aromas of berries and plums enhanced with toasty oak. The palate is bright and vibrant showing sweet berry fruit in the mid-palate. Like most Cabernets, the 2001 vintage Autumn Nocturne is extremely dependable and evolves with age. Remarkable and rhythmic, warm and engaging, to be savored. South Australia Vintage: 2001 Harvested: April 2001 Time in oak: 9 months in French & American oak Alc/Vol: 13.5% Total Acid: 6.5 g/L pH: 3.45 The Artistic Expression From the 2001 album, Dancing on the Water, "Autumn Nocturne" has been described as a gorgeous, impassioned, and moody ballad balancing a tuxedo-clad Friday night at Carnegie Hall with a melancholy afternoon spent daydreaming in a porch swing. Similarly, the Cabernet is both vibrant and smooth, both complex and romantic, and both traditional and innovative. To reflect these dueling virtues, the Cabernet’s label portrays a classic grand piano (representing the tradition, pedigree, and class of Cabernet Sauvignon) bursting into brightly colored flames at its center (representing flavorful innovation exploding from convention with passion and drama).

	"Red Collage" Jazz Shiraz™ The Wine As Australia’s flagship grape variety, Shiraz has never been so seductive, powerful, and opulent. Such is true with Bob James Red Collage Jazz Shiraz. The deep red color runs through to lifted sweet floral aromatics of violets and cherries then into stone fruits, plums, peppers and spices. Red Collage’s soft tannins nurture layers of intoxicating complexity impeccably balanced with lush texture, bold fruit flavors, and a kick of American oak. Barossa Valley, Australia Vintage: 2000 Harvested: March & April 2000 Oak treatment: 18 months in American oak (20% new) Alc/Vol: 13.5% Total Acid: 7.3 g/L pH: 3.48 The Artistic Expression Bob’s original piece entitled "Red Collage" may at first glance connote pandemonium, but as true in art as in mathematics, even chaos has sequence, hidden meanings, and ultimately symmetry. Bold colors fill every corner of the eye as seemingly stark blacks and whites fade to ambiguous shades of gray. As a wonderful and complex journey, both the Jazz Shiraz and the art work play to the imagination and personal interpretation to be enjoyed on new levels with each passing experience.


	"Take It From the Top" 2003 New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc The Wine Living in the shadow of its popular cousin Chardonnay, the ongoing evolution of Sauvignon Blanc fails to receive the credit is so deserves. With aromas and flavors of citrus, apple and pear, zippy acidity plus herbal notes, “Take It From The Top” is not your father’s Sauvignon Blanc! Crisp and fresh, this spectacular white wine is the perfect complement to seafood, poultry, and vegetarian delights, as well as the stronger flavors of fall and particularly Thanksgiving dinner right down to the notoriously difficult to pair Brussel spouts. Nelson, New Zealand Alc/Vol: 13.5% Total Acid: 4.1 g/L The Artistic Expression The Bob James Trio released Take It From The Top in 2004 as a tribute album to some of the best musicians the world has ever seen, who have also influenced Bob’s own style, including Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, and Oscar Peterson. Beautifully collaborative yet distinctly of Bob’s ilk, Take It From The Top reflects the importance of honoring the best that life has to offer with creativity and frivolity. The corresponding artwork depicts frolicking figures connected only by the joy of life in a world of muted colors and random coincidences.

	"Night Mood" 2003 New Zealand Pinot Noir The Wine Wine critics love to disagree but one point of complete harmony is the endorsement of New Zealand Pinot Noir. With beautiful aromatics, great fruit weight, silky tannins and crisp, juicy acids, “Night Mood” Pinot hits the US shores at prices that put Burgundy to shame. Grown on plains of Nelson, these exquisite grapes are cozily at home in the highest sunshine hours of any area in New Zealand and protection from wind and frost as well as summer sun and heat through natural topography. Hand plunged and lightly oaked, the finished wine is an "up front" Pinot that will further develop in the bottle. With cherry, cranberry and soft earthy note, this delightful Pinot is brim full of supple well integrated oak and ripe fruit tannins. Nelson, New Zealand Vintage: 2004 Harvested: April 2003 Alc/Vol: 13
	"Pianoforte" 2002 Rossi de Montalcino The Wine Step aside Chianti! A Tuscan treasure, Rosso di Montalcino is created in the tradition of a Brunello wine with its rich ruby, red color and berry, spice and chocolate bouquet. Food-friendly and a bit rustic, this baby Brunello is perfectly structured to accent strong flavors while still comforting, open, and approachable. Full in the mouth with vibrant acidity, noble tannins and a long silky finish. An exquisite dry red table wine, it's an excellent choice with pasta, game or steak dishes. Super Tuscany, Italy Alc/Vol: 13.5% Total Acid: 3.3 g/L

	“Exit” 2005 Riesling Releasing April 1! Bob James adds its 7th varietal - 2005 Riesling Moutere, New Zealand Cropped at very low levels from the South Islands Oldest Riesling Vines, Bob James’ Art of Wine 2005 Moutere Riesling displays delicate fresh stone fruit characters with a hint of ginger on the nose. A full-bodied Riesling with good mouth feel and a lengthy finish. Stone fruit of fresh apricots and blossom on the nose lead to a full-bodied, off dry style of the wine with citrus characters, lime/lemon on the palate, long finish. Harvested: May 4, 2005 Alc. 13% Cellar Up to 3 years Preferred Food Pairings - Asian × Spicy × Seafood


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