Jedlička a Novák Rulandské modré 2008 výběr z hroznů

Tasting notes and scoring are almost identical to tasting from January this year so I will not reproduce it. If I compare it to Luis Felipe Edward tasted recently here This one has more acidity, it is not as smooth and coffee and vanilla style, rather balance between fruit and oak. What is more important it has good potential to age. (unfortunately this was my last bottle). I had the wine with prosciutto and tuscany wild boar salami which stinks like sore leg but I love it. I can only add that at this time of the year the most fantastic wine for me is PINOT NOIR!!!!!!!

Chateau Sainte-Marie Vieilles Vignes Entre Deux Mers Bordeaux 2009 AOC

Variety: 70% Sauvignon Blanc, 25% Semillon, 5% Muscadelle
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Bordeaux, Entre Deux Mers
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: mineral, gooseberry, lime, supported by nice spiciness
Taste: medium body, very neutral  good minerality with white current and gooseberry, at the end white grapefruit and touch of bread and spices,  medium finish
Recommended food pairing: oysters
Overall score: 81
Price: CZK 300
Stopper: single piece cork
I cannot get the taste for white Bordeaux. This wine should be accompanied by food not to drink alone as it is quite neutral and mineral. What I miss is the vibrancy, acidity and of fruitiness of cooler climate whites, but this cannot play the role in evaluation as you must consider the terroir.

Robert Mondavi Woodbridge Shiraz 2006

Variety: Shiraz
Country of origin: USA
Wine appellative: California - Nappa
Vintage: 2006
Alcohol content: 13,5%
Color: darker ruby red with garnet meniscus
Bouquet: forest fruits,  overripe cherries, hint of spices, balck chocolate
Taste: medium body, very sweetish fruity, smooth, rounded, balck sweet cherries, blackberries,  vanilla, black chocolate, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: chocolate fondant
Overall score: 84
Price: CZK 199
Stopper: screw cap
Big fruity and chocolate style of Shiraz with less earth and leather tones, however with good vanilla and chocolate flavor.

Domaine de la Janasse Cotes du Rhone 2008

Variety: Grenache with Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsaut and Carignan

Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Cotes du Rhone
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: medium ruby red
Bouquet: cherries, sour cherries, strawberries, secondary leather, earth and spice
Taste: medium body,  similar to taste red cherries, cranberries with meaty and earthy medium tannins, medium  finish
Recommended food pairing:  BBQ
Overall score: 85
Price CZK 250
Stopper: cork

Produced from 50 - 60 years old wines this CDR combines nicely fruit, minerality, meat and earth. It is not a big wine, but very enjoyable, far better than this supermarket CDR tasted recently here.

Marks and Spencer Crozes Hermitage 2009 AOC

Variety: Syrah
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Crozes Hermitage
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: medium ruby red with purple meniscus
Bouquet: red berries, blueberries, spices
Taste: medium body, black sour cherries, blackberry, higher acidity, very fruity, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: roasts
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 220
Stopper: cork
Good value/price ratio CDR wine. It is more fruity than complex and I would recommend to leave it for 2 to 3 years ion the cellar. 

Domaine du Pégau Plan Pegau rouge

Variety: Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: table wine from Châteauneuf du Pape
Vintage: non vintage, but I guess 2009
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: darker ruby red
Bouquet: excellent, earthy, spicy, leather, smoke, touch of tobacco and hint of fruit
Taste: medium to full body, granate apple, blackberries, powerfull, properly structured mouth drying tannins black chocolate, long finish
Recommended food pairing: medium rare flank steak
Overall score: 88
Price CZK 250
Stopper: cork
This is amazing value wine!! Apparently coming from the edges of the Châteauneuf du Pape appellation so it cannot receive more than table wine classification. This is far from table wine you may think of, there is so much in it, it has complex nose with earthy and animal tones and excellent structure in the mouth. This will never be copied in new world wines. New world winemakers actually claim this is fault of the wine, but I do not give a shit as I LOVE IT!!!!!. considering the price this wine is no way comparable to basic CDR tasted 30 minutes ago here, which costs almost the same. 

Noemie Goichot Cotes du Rhone 2009

Tasting notes are almost identical to ones from March this year.

Žernosecké vinařství Pinot Noir 2010 jakostní

Variety: 100% Pinot Noir
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Bohemia, Litoměřice sub-appellation,
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: lighter ruby red with watery meniscus
Bouquet: subtle, wild sour cherries
Taste: light to medium body, dominant fruit character of sour cherries, slightly higher acidity mosr likely due to difficult 2010 vintage,  medium finish
Recommended food pairing: pork cutlet
Overall score: 81
Price: CZK 169
Stopper: cork
It is predominantly fruity lighter type of PN, which is reflecting difficult 2010 vintage. It is nice break from heavy fruity reds. To get rounder and better I would leave it at least 3 years to age, it has nice acidity to hold it. However this was single bottle that I received from my business partner.

Luis Felipe Edwards Cabernet Pinot Noir Reserva 2005

Variety: 100% Pinot Noir
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Leyda Valley
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: terracotta with orange meniscus
Bouquet: coffee, vanilla, cranberries
Taste: medium to full body, similar to nose canned cranberries and cherries  accompanied by nice smooth and round tones of vanilla and coffee, very gentle and lingering medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: game food
Overall score: 88
Price: CZK 180 in 2009
Stopper: cork
Very nice gentle, round and smooth lingering PN. I have 5 more bottles in the cellar, yupiee!!

Víno Marcinčák Rulandské modré 2005 výběr z hroznů

Variety: Pinot Noir
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Novosedly village, Růžová hora vineyard
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: light ruby red
Bouquet: red sour cherries, cherries, touch of black chocolate
Taste: medium body, similar to taste dominant fruit are sour cherries and cherries with surprisingly slightly higher tannins, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: duck liver pate
Overall score: 83
Price: ?? gift
Stopper: cork 

Fruitier style of PN with to my surprisingly higher tannins and potential to age further to round up.

Tesco Finest Crozes Hermitage 2006 AOC

Variety: Syrah
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Crozes Hermitage
Vintage: 2006
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: medium red with garnet meniscus
Bouquet: red berries, canned cranberries, spices
Taste: medium body, canned sour cherries, higher acidity, at the end slight biterness, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: game
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 299
Stopper: cork
Interesting if you compare it to 2005 vintage tasted more than 2 years ago here this vintage is remembering the taste of 2005 vintage better and the nose is more visible.

Cantina di Montalcino Sangiovese Poggio del Sasso 2005 IGT

Variety: 100% Sangiovese
Country of origin: Italy
Wine appellation: Tuscany 
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: dark garnet red with bricky meniscus
Bouquet: very expressive, complex, black cherries, black forest fruit, black chocolte
Taste: medium body, very good structure in the mouth, canned black sour cherries and black currant, excellent harmonic tannins,which are drying nicely your mouth,black chocolate, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: pasta bolognesi
Overall score: 85
Price: CZK 199
Stopper: screw cap
fantastic wine! Please refer to my testing from May this year here of the same wine. 

Leo Hillinger Zweilgelt 2011

Variety:Zweihgeltrebe 
Country of Origin: Austria
Wine appellation: Burgenland
Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Residual sugar: 4.5 g/l
Acidity: 5.1 g/l
Color: dark ruby red with violet hues
Bouquet: blackberries, black sour cherries, red paprika
Taste: medium body,very fruity, similar to nose dominant fruit is black sour cherry underpinned by blackberries, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: duck liver pate
Overall score: 82
Price: EUR 9
Stopper: screw cap

Very big fruity Zweigelt, quite chewy and straightforward but nice. I would recommend to wait 2 years to settle down slightly.

Leo Hillinger Welschriesling 2011

Variety: Welsch Riesling  
Country of Origin: Austria
Wine appellation: Burgenland
Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Residual sugar: 2.6 g/l
Acidity: 6.4 g/l
Color: pale yellow slightly sparkling
Bouquet: lime, green apples
Taste: light body, zesty  lime acidity, very refreshing, green apple, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: fish, salad
Overall score: 82
Price: EUR 7
Stopper: screw cap
Light zesty refreshing style of Welsch Riesling.

Chateau Fillion Bordeaux 1999 AOC

Variety: not stated
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Bordeaux, 
Vintage: 1999
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: light garnet red with bricky meniscus
Bouquet: strawberry marmalade with wild cherries and good bottle aged tones, but no oxidation
Taste: medium body, sour cherries with good structure balancing the acidity with still good tannins considering the age, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: pork loin in prosciutto
Overall score: 85
Price: ???
Stopper: single piece of cork 40mm
I found the bottle in the cellar and was not sure whether it will be still OK considering 1999 vintage. but when I pulled the long single piece of cork I was hoping it would be OK and it was! I was amazed by the tannins and acidity which made the wine hold perfectly together making it very enjoyable experience. I personally would not on blind tasting guess it is a Bordeaux, rather Nebbiolo.

Neoklas Šardice Augustinianský Sklep Rulandské bílé 2007

Variety: 100% Pinot Blanc
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Slovácko sub appellation, Šardice village, Dubový-Červenice vineyard
Vintage: 2007 lote 10/07
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: very intense, canned lemon peel, mineralty and hey tones
Taste: medium body, good concentration, round, dry pineapple, bread, hazelnut, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: pineapple risotto
Overall score: 86
Price: CZK  150 in 2009
Stopper: cork
Very good PB, which has excellent balance between acidity, minerality and fruit. It is perfectly aged and balanced.

Víno Marcinčák Chateau Lány 2003

Variety: Zweigeltrebe + Pinot Noir
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation
Vintage: 2003
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: medium ruby red with light violet hue (amazing considering the vintage)
Bouquet: red sour cherries, black currant 
Taste: medium body, good combination of acidity and fruit, similar to taste dominant fruit are sour cherries nicely complemented by black currant and light touch of vanilla at the end, slightly longer finish 
Recommended food pairing: duck liver pate
Overall score: 85
Price: ?? bought ages ago
Stopper: cork 
This is replacement bottle as the first one had a cork taint. This one is fine and for me this is big surprise due to still ruby red color and mostly considering extremely hot 2003 vintage with very good acidity. The wine is predominantly fruity, but nicely round and balanced with smooth tannins.
P.S. The cuvee was made for President of the Czech republic Vaclav Klaus, hence the name Lany, which is the summer residence for presidents in the CR.

Znovín Znojmo Dornfelder 2011 pozdní sběr

Variety: 100% Dornfelder (Dornfelder is a dark-skinned variety of grape of German origin used for red wine.It was created by August Herold  at the grape breeding institute in Weinsberg in the Württemberg region in 1955. Herold crossed the grape varieties Helfensteiner and Heroldrebe, the latter which bears his name, to create Dornfelder. Helfensteiner (Frühburgunder × Trollinger) and Heroldrebe (Blauer Portugieser × Lemberger [Blaufränkisch]) were both crosses created some decades earlier by Herold.
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Znojmo sub-appellation, Hostěradice village, Volné pole vineyard
Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Residual sugar: 4.2. g/l
Acidity: 4.1 g/l
Color: dark ruby red with violet meniscus
Bouquet: big fruit, mainly blueberries, and blackberries, plums with touch of green pepper
Taste: medium body, black overripe sour cherries, still slightly higher acidity, and touch of olives, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: black chocolate
Overall score: 86
Price: CZK 170
Stopper: cork
I really like this Dornfelder. it is so rich and dense with huge forest fruit and plums flavor that it must be loved by women, almost no tannins with good acidity balancing it and making it dull.