Free Saturday Wine Tasting:What's New at Paumanok Vineyards? Tasting the 2010's and 2011's with Karen

The low down on the recent Long Island vintages,  in a nutshell, 2010 was killler, 2011 was a little more, shall we say "challenging". As far as I'm concerned the 2010 reds coming out are awesome, especially the new Cab Franc and the nonvintage "Festival White" which is  mainly Chardonnay, and is 2011 juice, is better than ever with a touch of Chenin in the blend for some lovely aromatic components. So enjoy the 2010's and fear not the 2011's because the winery and the winemaker is more important than the vintage year in the final analysis.
We're almost at the midpoint of winter, so come and enjoy the fresh new release of one of our favorite Long Island wineries, Paumanok. Our great wine consultant Karen will be on hand to pour and hold forth on the great 2010 vintage and even some of the 2011's that just hit the market. She'll be at Mora's Fine Wines Saturday February 18th beginning at 3pm. Here is the line up.
Paumanok Festival Chardonnay 2011
"Festival Chardonnay is a blend of several lots of Chardonnay and 2% Sauvignon Blanc and 1% Chenin Blanc.

Paumanok Riesling Dry 2010
"This wine was fermented entirely in stainless steel tanks to preserve the Riesling varietal character.

Paumanok Chenin Blanc 2011
"The Paumanok 2011 Chenin Blanc is a blend of our three lots of Chenin, 100% Chenin!

Paumanok Festival Red 2009
New release no info yet

Paumanok Cabernet Franc 2010
76% Cabernet Franc, 23% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot, and 100% delicious

Paumanok Cabernet Sauvignon 2007
Excelent wine from an excellent vintage, at a total production of only 681 cases we're lucky to still be able to offer it