Znovín Znojmo Veltlínské zelené 2012 výběr z hroznů

Variety: 100% Gruner Veltliner
Country of origin: Czech Republic

Wine appellation: Moravia, Velké Pavlovice sub-appellation, Velké Němčice village, Punty vineyard
Vintage: 2012
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: citrus fruit, hint of almonds
Taste: medium t full body, rounder style, grapefruit, slight hint of peeled almonds, lower acidity, slightly higher sugar,however still dry though,  medium finish
Recommended food pairing: Wiener schnitzel
Overall score: 4+7+11+5+6=83
Price: CZK 150 on Special
Stopper: single piece of cork

Fuller style of GV. I miss slightly the acidity.

Chateau Margerots Bordeaux Superieur 2010 AOC

Variety: Merlot,  Cabernet Sauvignon
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Bordeaux
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: medium ruby red with violet meniscus
Bouquet: predominantly fruity, black sour cherries, some cassis
Taste: medium body, similar to nose quite fruity, black sour cherries, light tannins, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: BBQ
Overall score: 3+6+11+5+5+50=80
Price: CZK 120
Stopper: single piece cork

Basic fruity Bordeaux, although it is Superieur classification, it taste like basic Entre Deux Mer.

Nové Vinařství Cuvée 0 Fata Morgana 2010

Variety: Frankovka, Saint Laurent, Pinot Noir
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 10.5%
Color: onion skin
Bouquet: canned white currant, ripe yellow melon
Taste: light body, very good acidity, lime, pink grapefruit, white currant,  very refreshing and zesty, medium finish
Recommended food pairing:summer BBQ
Overall score: 4+7+11+5+6+50=83
Price: CZK 170
Stopper: screw cap
Refreshing style with higher acidity due to cold 2010 vintage.

Grant Burge Hillcot Merlot 2005

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. What was said in October 27, 2013 still applies.

Terredora Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Bianco 2007 DOC

Variety: Coda di Volpe

Country of origin: Italy
Wine appellation: Campania
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 13%
Color: straw yellow
Bouquet: expressive, herby, tropical fruit, hint of liquorice, mineral
Taste: medium body, round, excellent minerality, similar to nose herby character, pineapple, peach, almost going towards mango, what is amazing you cam taste liquorice similarly to nose, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: salmon
Overall score: 4+8+11+6+7=86
Price: CZK 320

Stopper: cork

Very nice herby and mineral wine. hard and dry, but very nice;-) Check my notes from October 2013.

Vinselekt Michlovský Rulandské bílé 2009 pozdní sběr

For tasting notes and scoring please refer to my tasting notes from week ago.

Jacob's Creek Chardonnay 2005

7th bottle of this wine tasted. As stated in January 2014 for detailed notes and scoring see my November 2013 tasting.

Reisten Pinot 2008 pozdní sběr

Scoring and notes are the same as 10 days ago. I had two bottles only and I did not want to cellar it more as it was last time in perfect bottle maturity.

Vinselekt Michlovský Malverina 2005 Organic

Very nice, I really felt like the organic Malverina 10 days ago, This bottle confirmed my high scoring;-)

Viña Tarapacá Sauvignon Blanc 2011

For detailed notes and scoring refer to my October 2013 tasting.

Herbarium Moravicum Ryzlink Vlašský 2006 pozdní sběr (Mikulov, lot: 310701001)

Opening the wine slightly more than 1 year from our last tasting. It confirmed its qualities. I very much like that. The notes from January 2013 are almost the same. Scoring is 4+8+12+6+7=87.

Jedlička a Novák Rulandské bílé 2011 pozdní sběr

Variety: Pinot Blanc

Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Velké Pavlovice sub-appellation, Bořetice village, Terasy vineyard

Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: very neutral, hint of bread
Taste: medium body, red apple, light acidity, pink grapefruit, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: pork
Overall score: 3+6+10+5+5=79
Price: CZK 180
Stopper: plastic cork

I did not really liked this Pinot Blanc, it is very ordinary.

Chateau Valtice Dornfelder 2009 pozdní sběr

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. November 2013 tasting notes apply.

Víno Mikulov Sommelier Club Rulandské modré 2012 Selection Barrique

Tasting notes and scoring is the same as in January 2014.

Herbarium Moravicum Veltlínské Zelené 2010 pozdní sběr

Variety: 100% Gruner Veltliner
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: light to medium yellow
Bouquet: quite neutral, citrusy, minerality, white flowers
Taste: medium body, quite round profile, with very good zestiness, higher acidity, lime, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: schnitzel
Overall score: 4+7+10+6+6=83
Price: CZK 120
Stopper: cork
Typical representative of 2010 vintage with higher acidity. very different from 11 vintage tasted here.

Milan Nestarec Muzika Nach Pinot Noir Zweigeltrebe 2011

Variety: 50% Pinot Noir, 50% Zweigeltrebe

Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia

Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: medium ruby red with violet hue, opaque (non filtered)
Bouquet: expressive, cherries, plum cake, bread, hint of animal tones
Taste: medium body, perfect dense fruit, black cherries, black sour cherries, plums, good acidity, perfect fruit and hint of smoky and toasty aroma, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: pork
Overall score: 4+7+12+6+7=86
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: screw cap
Fantastic value wine. It is from one of the AUTHENTIST winemaker making the wine in traditional method, without chemicals in nature, without artificial yeasts, without filtration, without purification with minimal use of sulfur. It is definitely not Pinot nor Zweigelt in the taste, but I very much like it:-) 

Habánské sklepy Rulandské Modré 2011 pozdní sběr

Variety: 100% Pinot Noir

Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Velké Pavlovice sub-appellation, Velké Pavlovice village, Trkmanska vineyard

Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: lighter red
Bouquet: small cherries, hint of cranberries and plums
Taste: medium body, predominantly fruit driven style pinot with sour cherries playing the major character in the taste supported by hint of pink grapefruit, and granate apple, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: pork
Overall score: 4+7+11+6+6=84
Price: CZK 190
Stopper: single piece cork

NIce fruity pinot, it still feels young though and will improve over 3-5 years. Maybe it will develop as 2008 vintage tasted in December 2011 from the same vineyard.

Habánské sklepy Rulandské šedé 2012 pozdní sběr

Variety: Pinot Gris
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Velké Pavlovice region sub-appellation, Čejkovice village, Helezný díl vineyard
Vintage: 2012
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: peach, hint of orange, acacia honey
Taste: medium body, rounder style, orange, peach, lime, light acidity, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: cheese cake
Overall score: 4+7+11+6+6+50=84
Price: CZK 190
Stopper: single piece cork

Nice Pinot Gris, slightly off dry and still quite young, needs time to age.

Herbarium Moravicum Sauvignon Blanc 2010 pozdní sběr (Znojmo, lot: 0509110044)

Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Znojmo sub-appellation
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: light to medium yellow
Bouquet: dead nettle flowers, grassy, lime
Taste: medium body, very zesty style, lime, gooseberry, high acidity is nicely balanced by slight residual sugar, medium body
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 4+7+11+6+6=84
Price: CZK 120
Stopper: cork
This wine shows how 2010, however difficult vintage it could have been, was perfect vintage for whites, which keep very nice and fresh. This Sauvignon has this nice grassy element that I really like. For previous tastings please refer here.

Habánské sklepy Rulandské šedé 2005 pozdní sběr

Variety: Pinot Gris
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Velkopavlovická region sub-appelation, Čejkovice village, Helezný díl vinyard
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: golden yellow
Bouquet: concentrated, honey, dry orange crust
Taste: medium body, similar to nose, orange, dry fruits, light and already rounded acidity is nicely balanced by slight honey type of flavor, which is perfectly integrated due to good bottle maturity and does not feel sweet at all, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: on its own, or matured hard cheese
Overall score: 4+8+11+6+7+50=86
Price: CZK 180
Stopper: single piece cork

Last but one bottle from the case, Habánské sklepy confirms very good ability for development in the bottle. It is already at peak though so last bottle will be finished soon. For previous tasting of the same wine please refer here.

Vinselekt Michlovský Rulandské bílé 2009 pozdní sběr

Variety: Pinot Blanc

Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Mikulov village, Pod Valtickou vineyard
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: dry lemon crust, minerality, hint of bread
Taste: medium body, minerality, lime, quite good acidity, lemon, white grapefruit, zesty, very dry profile, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: roasted chicken with vegetables and lemon
Overall score: 4+8+12+6+6+50=86
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: cork

Wine developed only a bit from my last tastings, which you can find here.

Nové Vinařství Cuvée 2 Larus 2006

TAsting notes and scoring is the same as in in December 2013. What is very nice is the mineral character of the wine despite being slightly aromatic, it also feels very zesty.

Jacob's Creek Shiraz Cabernet 2004

Same as 2 weeks ago I refer you to  my December 2013 tasting notes.

Chateau Lednice Veltlínské Zelené 2011 pozdní sběr

I really love this wine, although it is not very representative taste of Gruner Veltliner I do not really care, the most important is that the wine taste to you and not to the others:-) For tasting notes in detail please refer to my October 2013 notes.

Bremerton Verdelho 2007

Same as in January 2014 and November 2013 I would also refer you to my notes from September 2013.  It is amazing how the wine kept fresh despite 2007 vintage.

Chateau Valtice Aurelius 2005 výběr z hroznů

Same as in January 2014 I had to refer you to my September 2013 notes, the wine did not really moved from that time. This was my last bottlle of the 6 case.

Bodegas San Huberto Malbec 2003

Tasting notes and scoring is the same as in November 2013.

d'Arenberg The Jump Stump 2004

Variety: Grenache, Shiraz, Mourvedre

Country of origin: Australia
Wine appellation: McLaren Vale
Vintage: 2004
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: bricky red, opaque
Bouquet: cherries preserve, coffee, some spices
Taste: medium to full body, very gentle, canned fruit tones, mainly sour cherries, reasonable acidity , hint of spiciness, almost no tannins,  medium to long finish
Recommended food pairing: beef caserolle
Overall score: 4+7+11+6+6=84
Price: 250 CZK
Stopper: cork

Slightly behind its zenith, however not bad to accompany me beef.

Viña San Pedro Gato Negro Chardonnay 2007

Variety: Chardonnay
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Central Valley
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: fruity, pineapple, tropical fruit, green melon
Taste: medium body, similar to nose the wine is predominantly fruity with main fruit to be pineapple and ripe green melon, light acidity, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: BBQ
Overall score: 4+6+10+5+6=81
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: cork
Fruit driven unoaked Chardonnay from Chile. It is surprisingly fresh considering 2007 vintage.

Vinselekt Michlovský Malverina 2005 Organic

Variety: 100% Malverina
Country of origin:Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Slovácko sub-appellation, Břeclav village, Prostřední čtvrtky vineyard
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: straw yellow
Bouquet: expressive, herby, mineral, dry lemon crust, hint of big barrel smell
Taste: medium body, excellent minerality, similar to nose dry lemon crust character, lively acidity, lime, some spiciness, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: Schnitzel
Overall score: 4+8+12+6+7=87
Price: CZK 250
Stopper: single piece cork

Fantastic bottle maturity, excellent citrus combined with mineral and herby character. One of the discovered wine in the cellar:-)

Reisten Pinot 2008 pozdní sběr

Variety: 60% Pinot Blanc, 15%Pinot Gris, 25% Chardonnay
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub appellation, Sedlec village, Nad Nesytem vineyard
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 11.5%
Color: light to0 medium yellow
Bouquet: minerality, bread tones, hint of herbs,
Taste: medium body, very good mineral character complemented by bread and rounder character with orange crust and dry pineapple, longer finish
Recommended food pairing: chicken
Overall score: 4+8+12+7+7+50=88
Price: CZK 150 on sale
Stopper: single piece cork
I very much like this blend, it is rounder than pure Pinot Gris from Reisten tasted recently here, but similarly it has very high minerality and nice bread tones.

35°South Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva 2008

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon

Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Central valley
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: deep red with garnet meniscus
Bouquet: dense,  canned cherries and black currant, hint of vanilla

Taste: medium body, quite jammy, black currant and black sour cherries marmalade, good acidity, light touch of vanilla and black chocolate, medium to longer finish

Recommended food pairing:steak
Overall score: 4+7+12+6+6=85
Price: CZK 200
Stopper: single piece cork

Good example of New world Cabernet. Slightly higher alcohol needs a bit more chilling, but otherwise it is at very good bottle maturity.

 

Pazo Serantellos Albariño 2010 DO

Tasting notes and scoring is the same as in November 2013.

Bodegas San Huberto Syrah 2003

Variety: Syrah
Country of origin: Argentina
Wine appellation: Mendoza
Vintage: 2003
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: medium garnet red with bricky meniscus
Bouquet: forest fruit preserve, gentle with some spices, good bottle age
Taste: medium body, forest fruit preserve, jammy tones, gentle tannins and still good acidity, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: game food
Overall score: 4+8+12+6+6+50=86
Price: CZK 200
Stopper: cork (single piece)

Very good bottle aged Syrah from Argentina. Lokking back at my tasting notes of the same wine, but 2002 vintage almost exactly one year ago in January 2013 this vintage does not have the flatter part in the mid profile.