Chateau Valtice Chardonnay 2006 výběr z hroznů

Variety: 100% Chardonnay

Country of origin: Czech Republic  
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Dolní Dunajovice village, Dunajovský kopec vineyard
Vintage: 2006
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: straw yellow

Bouquet: honey, overripe pear, pineapple

Taste: medium body,honey, pear marmalade,dry pineapple, very good minerality and stunning bottle maturity which goes towards the complex wine from Mikulov area, medium finish

Recommended food pairing: cheese cake

Overall score: 88

Price: CZK 213

Stopper: cork

Stunning Chardonnay, It was very nice to accompany our dinner and reminded me the traditional old style Micros style of wine, which had high concentration, high minerality and higher alcohol, but balanced in the overall composition.

Stapleton & Springer Roučí 2008

Variety:  50% Pinot noir, 50% Saint Laurent
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Velké Pavlovice sub-appellation, Boretice village, Čtvrtě and Trkmanská vineyard
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: light red with garnet meniscus
Bouquet: very subtle, strawberry jam, cherries 
Taste: medium body, sour cherries, raspberries,garnet apple, good acidity, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: game food
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK  360
Stopper: cork
Different from both 2007 and 2006 Rouci tasted before. This one s not as complex as 2007 and not as jammy  as 2006. 

Stapleton & Springer Pinot Noir 2008 Modré hory

Variety: 100 % Pinot Noir
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Velké Pavlovice sub-appellation, Bořetice village, Čtvrtě and Trkmanská vineyard
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: light garnet with watery meniscus
Bouquet: forest strawberries, cranberries
Taste: medium body, cherries, garnet apple, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: pork
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK
Stopper: cork
Not as good as 2006 Pinot from the same winery tasted before, but very good standard

Stapleton & Springer Pinot Noir 2006 Ben's Reserve

Notes are similar to ones from October last year tasting so I will not reproduce them.

Bisenc Rulandské Bílé 2005 pozdní sběr SUR LIE

Variety: Pinot Blanc
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Slovacko sub-appellation, Skoronice village,
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: golden yellow
Bouquet: very expressive, overripe fruit, orange marmalade, mango, honey
Taste: medium to full body, dry , dry fruits, very high extract, round, smooth, orange canned peel, mango, medium to slightly longer finish
Recommended food pairing: Cheesecake
Overall score: 86
Price: ??
Stopper: plastic cork
I love this wine, excellent concentration with overripe towards dry fruit in the nose and mouth. I remember buying this wine in 2007 Wine & people exhibition in Veletrzni Palac. I bought two bottles and this is the last one, first one was tasted two years ago and for the notes please refer here. It is amazing the aging potential of some Moravian wines, it is so visible when I compare it for example to new world , which hardly lasts for more than 5 years.

Terredora Campania Bianco 2005 IGT

Variety: Fiano, Grecho
Country of origin: Italy
Wine appellation: Campania
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: golden yellow
Bouquet:  canned lemon peel, mango
Taste: medium body,  bouquet of dry fruits with orange peel marmalade playing the accord and good minerality and still amazing lemon acidity holds it nicely together, medium finish  
Recommended food pairing: dry cheese, cream sauce pasta
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 199 in promotion in 2009
Stopper: cork
Expecting the wine to be over and was very positively surprised as it has nice mineral structure and stunning acidity. Needs to be served in bigger glass to get it aired properly

Viña Tarapacá Chardonnay 2004

Variety: Chardonnay
Country of origin: Chile

Wine appellation: Maipo Valley
Vintage: 2004
Alcohol content: 13%
Color: straw yellow
Bouquet: dry fruits with honey wine (medovina) and bottle aged tones
Taste: medium body, nicely round, dominant dry fruit, such as pineapple and apple, followed by surprisingly good lime acidity, which keeps it fresh, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: pork
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 199 in 2006
Stopper: cork
For me this was quite nice surprise as When I found this bottle in the cellar I expected the wine to be oxidated. But this was and not at all the case, the cork was soaked to 1/4 only only even though it laid down for 6 years. Color was surprisingly not golden, but nicely straw yellow and taste had apart from typical tropical fruit tones, this time in dry version also very good acidity and at the same time roundness.

Elesko Chardonnay 2 D.S.C 2009 výber z hrozna

Variety: Chardonnay

Country of origin: Slovakia
Wine appellation: Malé Karpaty, village Vištúk, vineyard Zoya
Vintage: 2009

Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: tropical fruits with pineapple being the dominant, touch of white peach
Taste: medium to full body,round with pear and pineapple in the mid palate and ripe white grapefruit at the end, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: mushroom rissotto
Overall score: 83

Price: EUR 10

Stopper: cork
Heavier style of Chardonnay. definetely food wine.