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Maxine Borcherding is a chef, sommelier, lover of wine, fine food, and good whiskey; travel enthusiast, writer and passionate educator, and the founder of the Taste and Compare Academy of Wine, Spirits and Food. Recently retired from 16 years as Lead Chef Instructor at the Oregon Culinary Institute, she is happily spending her “retirement” teaching consumer and professional level classes in wine and food, is the Oregon and SW Washington provider of the French Wine Scholar Study and Certification Program for the Wine Study Guild, provides operational consulting and staff training for hospitality venues, promotes the wines of France, Italy, Spain, and the Pacific Northwest, and leads food and wine tours to the great wine and culinary regions of France and Spain. Maxine kindly offers these handpicked selections (two bottles) from her curated wine cellar.

Domaine de Panisse Châteauneuf-du-Pape Confidence Vigneronne 2013 
Medium bodied, approachable, soft, smooth, cherry filled wine. Domaine de Panisse Confidence is produced from a blend of 80% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre and 10% Syrah. Here you find limestone, rocks and sand in the terroir.
The 0-rapes are not destemmed. The wine is aged in a combination of 50% used, French oak barrels and the remaining 50% of the wine is aged in tank for 12 months. On average, 350 cases are produced each year. In the best vintages the wine should be consumed within 4-14 years after the vintage.- Wine Cellar Insider.

Jonathan Livingstone-Learmonth (Drink Rhone) says: The nose is exuberant - bright and fresh, with an attractive purity of red fruit. The palate is also pure and precise, gives a jolly fruit expression with a smooth layer of extract. The emphasis is on the fruit all the way through. There is a fine tannic frame behind. A go-to wine for pleasurable early drinking. From 2016.

Bosquet des Papes Châteauneuf-du­-Pape Tradition 2011 - The Tradition has nice red-purple color with shiny highlights. On the nose, the Chateauneuf-du-Pape spreads aromas of little red berries. It has a sweeping silky smooth mouth.
It will ideally be served with cooked or in sauce meats.

Blending 85% Grenache, 10% Syrah and 5% Mourvedre produced a wine with a smoky, incense and red berry nose. Fresh, silky, lush and concentrated, the wine ends with a blast of kirsch liqueur in the finish.- Wine Cellar Insider

WS92 Wine Spectator Very dark and saturated in feel, with a sappy intensity to the plum, roasted fig, blackberry pate de fruit and pastis notes. Lots of licorice and toasted apple wood accents rivet the finish, showing solid grip for the vintage.

RP92 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate Starting off the reds, and a superb effort in the vintage, the 2011 Chateauneuf du Pape is a textbook Southern Rhone that dishes out loads of spice, saddle leather, garrigue and herbs to go with a core of sweet red fruit. Medium-bodied, focused and fresh, with savory tannin on the finish, it's a traditional Chateauneuf to drink over the coming 5-8 years.