Rosemount Estate Rosemount Road Shiraz 2005

5th bottle of this wine tasted. Looking at my notes from April 2013 the wine is pretty much the same, already in advanced state of the bottle maturity, where primary fruit character is transformed to marmalade with significant spicy and coffee element with nice tones of chocolate.

Michel Torino Coleccion 2005 Shiraz

6th bottle tasted. Looking at the tasting notes from September 2014 they pretty much hold.

Rosemount Estate Diamond Cellars Cabernet Merlot 2007

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. For tasting notes please refer to March 2015.

Undurraga Aliwen Reserva Sauvignon Blanc 2014

4th bottle of this wine tasted. For tasting notes please refer to April 19, 2015.

Nové Vinařství Cépage Ryzlink rýnský 2011

3rd bottle of this wine tasted. For detailed tasting notes please refer to March 28, 2015.

Vinselekt Michlovský Ryzlink vlašský 2003 výběr z hroznů

Variety: Welsh Riesling
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Perná village, Goldhammer vineyard
Vintage: 2003
Alcohol content: 11.7%
Color: golden yellow
Bouquet: apple strudel with the walnuts, honey, oxidative tones visible
Taste: medium body, canned fruit, honey, even towards honey based wine (Medovina), sweet spices,  longer finish
Overall score: 4+6+11+7+6=84
Price: CZK 250
Stopper: plastic cork

The wine is clearly behind its zenith, yet still drinkable with very nice finish. I guess the major reason for the oxidation is the plastic cork. 

Víno Marcinčák Ryzlink rýnský 2007 výběr z hroznů

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. tasting notes are the same as in April 2015.

Groebe a la Carte Riesling 2006 trocken

Variety: Riesling
Country of origin: Germany
Wine appellation: Rheinhessen
Vintage: 2006
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: golden yellow
Bouquet: intense and complex, orange marmelade, herbs, petroil tones, herbs, almost going towards aged straw wines and light botrytis
Taste: medium body, complex,  layered, nice structure of sugared orange crust, with good acidity, and fantastic minerality, round mid profile with nice  longer finish
Overall score: 5+7.5+13+7+7.5=90
Price: CZK 250 in 2009
Stopper: single piece cork

Bought ages ago, opened with my friend visiting Prague this Riesling really needed the time to show its true potential, it has been residing my wine fridge for ages, but worth the time.

Rodinné vinařství Vrátil Rulandské bílé 2006 výběr z hroznů

Variety: Pinot Blanc
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, MIkulov sub-appellation, Březí village, Liščí vrch vineyard
Vintage: 2006
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: dry sugared citrus fruit, orange, pineapple, honey, some herbs
Taste: medium body, round, fuller mid profile, similar to nose there is dry pineapple, dry peach, honey, higher residual sugar is nicely accompanied by good acidity, medium to longer finish

Overall score: 4+7+12+6+7+50=86
Price: CZK 180 in 2007
Stopper: screw cap 

Very nice Pinot Blanc on the sweet side of the spectrum, the age helped it to get the proper balance between the sugar, acidity and the bottle matured tones. Went very well with Grana Padano and orange marmelade. 

Mikrosvín MIkulov Flower Line Ryzlink Vlašský 2005 pozdní sběr

3rd bottle of this wine tasted. For detailed tasting notes please refer to June 18, 2015 tasting.

Mikrosvín MIkulov Flower Line Ryzlink Vlašský 2005 pozdní sběr

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. For detailed tasting notes please refer to June 18, 2015 (yesterday) tasting. I had to open one more bottle as the first one was corked.

Vin D' Alsace Muscat 2011 AOC

Variety: 100% Muscat
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Alsace
Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: lime, litchi, slight muscat flowers, grapes
Taste: light to medium body, light apricot, lime, ripe grapes, less spicy one would expect, good acidity balancing the residual sugar,  medium finish
Recommended food pairing: Asian food
Overall score: 3+6+10+5+5=79
Price CZK 100

3rd bottle of this wine tasted. First bottle tasted on November 2013, second on December 2013. The wine is slightly less fresh in the nose, otherwise it hardly moved despite plastic cork being the stopper. Again by chance I am having green shrimp curry with it:-)

Mikrosvín MIkulov Flower Line Ryzlink Vlašský 2005 pozdní sběr

Variety: 100% Welschriesling
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, obec Březí, Ořechová hora vineyard
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: red apples, lime, hint of nutty character, minerality
Taste: medium body, lime, apple, pleasant acidity, dry lemon crust, light minerality, the residual sugar is almost invisible, medium to longer finish
Overall score: 4+6.5+11+6+6.5+50=84
Price: CZK 200
Stopper: single piece cork

The wine shows already bottle maturity tones, it did not develop into this nice herby mineral profile, rather still fruity with more dry fruits, but without extra further complexity and herby character present in the higher Traditional line.

Saint Clair Family Estate Vicar's Choice Pinot Noir 2007

3rd bottle of this wine tasted. For tasting notes please refer to May 10, 2015.

Spielberg Pinot Blanc 2009 Austerlitz pozdní sběr

Variety: Pinot Blanc
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Slovácko sub-appellation, Žarošice village, Klášovky vineyard
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: straw yellow
Bouquet: pineapple, buiscuit and bread tones, light vanilla
Taste: medium body, dry lemon crust, dry pineapple, very nicely structured and layered, light hazelnut with proper acidity making the longer finish very lovely
Overall score: 4+7.5+12+7+7.5=88
Price: CZK 280
Stopper: single piece cork

6th bottle of this wine tasted. The wine is developing very nicely in the cellar. It is fresh, with good acidity and nice oak, all perfectly integrated into one compact very nice experience. For comparison check my notes from December 2014 with the pics. Was lucky that I bought 2 cases. One case is finished. The bottle actually drinks very very fast. 

Nové Vinařství Cépage Ryzlink rýnský 2011

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. For detailed tasting notes please refer to March 28, 2015.

Undurraga Aliwen Reserva Sauvignon Blanc 2014

3rd bottle of this wine tasted. For tasting notes please refer to April 19, 2015.

Moravíno Valtice Rulandské šedé 2013 pozdní sběr

3rd bottle of this wine tasted. Very very nice wines the problem with the wine is that you need to hide it deep in the cellar as I wanted to settle down a bit, but when seeing it there too immediately bottle for tasting. Detailed tasting notes are in November 19, 2014 post.

Flaxbourne Sauvignon Blanc 2014

4th bottle of this wine tasted. For detailed tasting notes please refer to April 22, 2015 tasting.

M&S Sauvignon Blanc 2013

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. For detailed tasting notes please refer to April 12, 2015 tasting.

Viña Leyda Reserva Chardonnay 2013

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. Tasting notes from May 21, 2015 apply.

M&S Kaituna Hills Kaituna Blue Sauvignon Blanc 2014

6th and last bottle of this wine taste. Very good SB. the case finished fairly quickly. Tasting notes are the same as in April 12, 2015.

Weingut Meyer Riesling 2013 trocken

Variety: Riesling
Country of origin: Germany
Wine appellation: Pfalz
Vintage: 2013
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: water yellow
Bouquet: very crispy, lime, green apples
Taste: medium body, very fresh, crispy style, lime, green apples, tangy almost steel acidity, minerality, longer finish
Overall score: 3+7.5+12+7+7=86.5
Price: CZK 215
Stopper: screw cap
Very tangy and crispy style of Riesling, drinks like water, Acidity sharp like steel but with huge lime and green apples fruit. I very much like it. Probably will not age and even if the box would go very fast.

M&S Kaituna Hills Kaituna Blue Sauvignon Blanc 2014

5th bottle of this wine taste. Tasting notes are the same as in April 12, 2015.

MVZ Bzenec Ego No.69 Ryzlink Vlašský 2008 výběr z hroznů

Variety: Welsh Riesling
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Perná village, Purmice vineyard
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: expressive, herbs, minerality, summer apples, nice bottle maturity tones

Taste: medium body, round, dry, very mineral, dry lemon crust, very good acidity, nice longer finish

Overall score: 4+7.5+12+7+7=87.5
Price: CZK 250
Stopper: single piece cork

7th bottle of this wine tasted. Looking at my previous tasting notes the wine grew to its perfection. Superb minerality style, zero oxidative tones (the cork is soaked 1mm only!). This bottle is proof that Welsh Riesling needs its time and the best terroir is Mikulov, anywhere else the variety is rather mediocre. Why  to grow other varieties than Welsh Riesling and Palava there, isn't waste of the potential of the the land? For labels please refer to  my tasting notes from last year.

Weinkellerei Hechtsheim Edition Abtei Himmerod Riesling Feinherb 2013

Variety: Riesling
Country of origin: Germany
Wine appellation: Mosel
Vintage: 2013
Alcohol content: 9.5%
Color: pale yellow
Bouquet: fresh, green apples, lime
Taste: light body, very good acidity, zesty, lime acidity all nicely balanced by higher residual sugar, medium to longer finish
Overall score: 4+7+11+6+7=85
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: screw cap

Excellent value for the money. very fresh, zesty Riesling with good acidity and slight residual sugar.

M&S Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2014

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. Very nice Sauv Blanc indeed. Tasting notes from April 12, 2015 apply.

Tesco Finest Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. Tasting notes from May 10, 2015 apply.

Robertson Winery Pinotage 2008

5th bottle of this wine tasted. Looking at the tasting notes from October 2014 the wine hardly changed.

I Grotti Chianti 2011 DOCG

Variety: 85% Sangiovese, 10% Canaiolo, 5% Ciliegilio
Country of origin: Italy
Wine appellation: Tuscany , Chianti
Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: medium red
Bouquet: cherries, some spices
Taste: medium body, sour cherries, fairly fruit driven with the notes of bottle maturity, higher acidity, medium tannins, flatter mid profile, medium to longer finish
Overall score: 4+6+9+6+6=81
Price: CZK 150 on sale
Stopper: cork

Basic Chianti for reasonable price, nothing special.

Vinselekt Michlovský Vinum Palaviense Rulandské šedé 2011 pozdní sběr

Variety: Pinot Gris
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Perná village, Věstoňsko village
Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: lime, herbs, minerality and meadow honey
Taste: medium body, pineapple, lime, grapefruit, minerality and good acidity, nice mid profile, longer finish
Overall score: 4+7+12+7+7=87
Price: CZK 265
Stopper: single piece cork

Nicely done Pinot gris keeping the mineral and despite hot vintage zesty profile.

Concha y Toro Trio Chardonnay Pinot Grigio Pinot Blanc Reserva 2013

Variety: Chardonnay (70%), Pinot Grigio (15%), Pinot Blanc (15%)
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Casablanca Valley
Vintage: 2013
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: light to medium yellow
Bouquet: very fruity, slightly unripe pineapple, lime, passion fruit, green apple
Taste: medium body, lime, pineapple, very zesty, white grapefruit, crispy acidity, good minerality, longer finish
Overall score: 4+7+12+7+7=87
Price: CZK 199 on sale, regular CZK 299
Stopper: screw cap

Very zesty, crispy style. good acidity and minerality. Would be great for hot summer BBQ chilled down.

Reisten Pinot 2008 pozdní sběr

5th bottle of this wine tasted.  Tasting notes from January 2015 are valid.

Tesco Finest Cave de Turckheim Pinot Gris Alsace 2011 AOC

Variety: 100% Pinot Gris
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Alsace
Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: dense, ripe pear, orange, hint of red apples
Taste: medium body,  pear, peach,  red apples, lower acidity, rounder profile, hint of herby character, at the end orange peel, medium to slightly longer finish
Overall score: 4+6+10+6+6=82
Price: CZK 149
Stopper: screw cap

Just OK, I miss the acidity and the wine seems on its decline despite being sealed with the screw cap.