Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Franchesci Il Poggione Toscana Rosso IGT 2007

Variety: Sangiovese, Merlot
Country of origin: Italy
Wine appellation: Tuscany
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n/a
Color: medium to darker garnet red
Bouquet: very restrained, subtle touch of black currant and cherries
Taste: medium body, black sour cherries, nice visible tannins, a bit flatter at the beginning, but very long dry and persistent finish
Recommended food pairing: rostbeef
Overall score: 85
Price: gift
Stopper: cork
Nice example of Supertoscan wine, not that expressive in the nose, but nice very dry and long in the taste> It lacks a bit of roundness, but it is nicely dry and  with nice tannins.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Vinařství Bukovský Sylvánské Zelené 2006

Variety: Sylvaner
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Velke Pavlovice sub-apellation, Dvořanky vineyard
Vintage: 2006
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n.a
Color: straw yellow
Bouquet: nice pepperness and tones of dry herbs, citrus tones
Taste: medium body, very nice minerality with zesty acidity, herb complex tones
Recommended food pairing: smoked trout
Overall score: 83
I tasted this wine about one year ago ad it changed really nicely from more lively citrusy flavor to more complex herb and hey aromas including nice pepperness and minerality. It shows how wine can nicely develop and change its profile. For pics please refer to link above.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Albali Arium Reserva 2001 DO

Variety: Tempranillo
Country of origin:
Spain
Wine appellation:
Valdepeňas
Vintage:
2001
Alcohol content: 13%
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n/a
Color: medium red with garnet meniscus
Buquet: canned sour cherry with notable oaky tones and spice tones, aged tones of vintage port with dominance of vanilla and coffee, nice and expressive
Taste: Medium body, dry plums and cherries with black coffee tones and spices accompanied by vanilla tones, slightly flatter than expected from the nose with nice tannins even after of 9 years of aging, medium acidity, medium finish.
Recommended food pairing: dry salami
Overall score: 85
Price: CZK190
Stopper: cork
Very nice example of reserva from Spain. Not having the complexity of Rioja, but also it is more reasonably priced. In the nose there are nice aged and bottled tones of old tawny port with visible vanilla and spices. In the taste it slightly lacks the complexity present in the taste, it is more straightforward and flatter, but still very nice with the dominance of canned cherries and plums with hint of vanilla. I remember tasting from the same producer 2002 Crianza, which was very different from this one.

Collegium Vinitorum Jan Rajský Cabernet moravia pozdní sběr 2003

Variety: Cabernet Moravia
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation:
Slovácko sub-appellation, Moravská Nová Ves village
Vintage:
2003
Alcohol content: 12.68%
Residual sugar: N/A
Acidity: N/A
Color: medium ruby red with lighter meniscus
Bouquet: canned black cherries with hint of spicy tones and slight touch of vanilla, very fruity
Taste: medium body, cherries, raspberries and slightly black pepper with vanilla
Recommended
food pairing
pork with plum sauce
Overall score: 83
Price: gift
Stopper: cork
This CM aged 20 months in barrique barrels and comes from the area where it was crossbred by Mr. Gloss. The wine is very fruity with dominant cherry tones with nice spiciness of black pepper, no paprika tones at all, which quite often can be present in under ripe CM

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Quinta Hinojal Rose 2007

Variety: 100% Tempranillo
Country of origin: Spain
Wine appellation: Castilla y León
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n/a
Color: deep raspberry red
Bouquet:  canned cherries and raspberries with the hints of coffee tones
Taste: medium body, canned strawberries with low acidity
Recommended food pairing: summer part BBQ
Overall score:  75
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: plastic cork
It got unbelievably hot  today, we had 28 degrees on the balcony so we decided to accompany our mushroom risotto with last rose this year. The wine definitely past its time as it goes towards this interesting mature tones of canned fruit and surprisingly coffee style of flavor.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Bc.Luděk Vondrák Ryzlink rýnský 2006 výběr z hroznů

Variety: 100% Rhine Riesling
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Bohemia, Mělník sub-appellation
Vintage: 2006
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n/a
Color: straw yellow
Bouquet:  Very expressive, dry fruit, dry apricot, straw wine type of flavor, concentrated with dry lemon peel preserved in sugar
Taste: medium to full body, full mouth feel, concentrated flavor of dry fruit, especially apricot and lemon peel, long finish
Recommended food pairing: foie grass, or Roquefort cheese
Overall score:  88
Price: CZK 200
Stopper: cork
Amazing overripe tones of dry canned and sugar fruit with nice lemon peel tones and apricot, full concentration of straw wine,but without the excessive sugar and with full body and huge extract.

Tenuta Argentiera Poggio Al Ginepri 2008

Variety: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Syrah, 25% Merlot
Country of origin: Italy
Wine appellation: Tuscany, Bolgheri
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n/a
Color: medium red with garnet meniscus
Bouquet: aroma of oriental spice with black currant and black cherries, quite heavy with  
Taste: medium to full body, black cherries, vanilla, black cumin, dark chocolate, medium to long finish
Recommended food pairing: steak with demi glace sauce
Overall score: 87
Price: EUR 20
Stopper: cork
Nice complex example of wine from Supertuscan region of Bolgheri, full of black currant, cherries and black chocolate and spices. I would just age it for 2 to 3 years as it appears it still would improve with aging.

Ventoux Vidal Fleury 2009

Variety:  Syrah (70%), Grenache (30%), Mourvedre (10%)
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Ventoux, Cote du Rhone
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 14,0%
Residual sugar: g/l
Acidity: g/l
Color: ruby red with violet tones
Bouquet: very fruity, violets, plums, blackberries, forest fruits
Taste: medium to full body, forest fruit, especially blackberries accompanied by plums, very drinkable and nicely balanced, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: duck liver pate
Overall score: 84
Price CZK 220
Stopper: cork
Excellent example of fruity and concentrated wine from Cote du Rhone. We opened the bottle for dinner and as it s so easily drinkable, somehow we finished it quite soon. In taste there is concentration of forest fruit and plums with nicely balanced fruit taste with alcohol, which does not stand out at all and it is well encompassed.

Added pic

Pics was added to this post just now. Apologies for delay.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Vina Jaraba Crianza 2003 DO

Variety: 80% Tempranillo x 10% Cabernet Sauvignon x 10% Merlot
Country of origin: Spain
Wine appellation: La Mancha
Vintage: 2003
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: dark garnet with bricky meniscus
Bouquet:  black cherries, leather, hint of animal tones, wood
Taste: medium bodied, very smooth, rounded, canned black cherries, coffee, spices, chocolate, vanilla, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: fuet
Overall score: 4+8+12+6+6=86
Price: CZK 180
Stopper: cork
Excellent development of the wine, for comparison check the notes from tasting one year ago, where you can find the picture of the bottle.