Monday, March 1, 2010
Pics updated
So I have decided to decrease the battalion of bottles in my balcony and take pics of the labels. It seems incredible of how much we managed to taste from Xmas.:) Pics are updated in most of the captions, there are still about 12 bottles left.
Cave de Turckheim Alsace Pinot Noir AOC 2008
Variety: 100% Pinot Noir
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Alsace
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: very pale red with watery meniscus
Bouquet: gentle, fresh red currant
Taste: light body, very fruity, red currant, higher acidity, quite flat
Recommended food pairing: turkey
Overall score: 76
Price: CZK ???
Stopper: plastic cork
This was the first Pinot we have tasted in our small tastings of Pinot Noirs in category CZK 250 - CZK 500. This was quite fruity and light style of Pinot, very straightforward, young with lighter body. I would recommend to drink it instead of rose as it had higher acidity and was very refreshing rather complex type of drinking. Not sure about the price of such rose :)
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Alsace
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: very pale red with watery meniscus
Bouquet: gentle, fresh red currant
Taste: light body, very fruity, red currant, higher acidity, quite flat
Recommended food pairing: turkey
Overall score: 76
Price: CZK ???
Stopper: plastic cork
This was the first Pinot we have tasted in our small tastings of Pinot Noirs in category CZK 250 - CZK 500. This was quite fruity and light style of Pinot, very straightforward, young with lighter body. I would recommend to drink it instead of rose as it had higher acidity and was very refreshing rather complex type of drinking. Not sure about the price of such rose :)
Plantagenet Omrah Pinot Noir 2005
Variety: 100% Pinot Noir
Country of origin: Australia
Wine appellation: Western Australia
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: bricky red wit orange meniscus
Bouquet: quite expressive, cheriies, vanilla, leather
Taste: medum to full body, very round, extractive, wild strawberries, cherries, vanilla, slightly higher alcohol medium to long finish
Recommended food pairing:pork loin
Overall score: 86
Price: CZK404
Stopper: screw cap
VINIFICATION
The must was fermented in open-topped fermenters and hand plunged to extract the right amount of color and ripe tannins from the grape skins. The wine was aged for 12 months in oak, of which 25% was new, during which time the lees were stirred to accentuate the Pinot Noir character of the wine.
This was the second sample of Pinot and quite different from the first one from Alsace. It already had some aged tones, nicely complex bouquet with secondary tones of leather and vanilla, which were very nicely accompanied in the taste by wild strawberries. The wine got better and better after opening. We opened the bottle about 3 hours before tasting and still at the end of tasting it improved.
Country of origin: Australia
Wine appellation: Western Australia
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: bricky red wit orange meniscus
Bouquet: quite expressive, cheriies, vanilla, leather
Taste: medum to full body, very round, extractive, wild strawberries, cherries, vanilla, slightly higher alcohol medium to long finish
Recommended food pairing:pork loin
Overall score: 86
Price: CZK404
Stopper: screw cap
VINIFICATION
The must was fermented in open-topped fermenters and hand plunged to extract the right amount of color and ripe tannins from the grape skins. The wine was aged for 12 months in oak, of which 25% was new, during which time the lees were stirred to accentuate the Pinot Noir character of the wine.
This was the second sample of Pinot and quite different from the first one from Alsace. It already had some aged tones, nicely complex bouquet with secondary tones of leather and vanilla, which were very nicely accompanied in the taste by wild strawberries. The wine got better and better after opening. We opened the bottle about 3 hours before tasting and still at the end of tasting it improved.
J.& F. Lurton Les Salices Pinot Noir Oak Aged VdP 2004
Variety: 100% Pinot Noir
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Languedoc, Minervois
Vintage: 2004
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: medium red wit bricky meniscus
Bouquet: spices, cloves, sour cherries
Taste: medum body, cherries, vanilla, slight spiciness,at the end canned cherries tones, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: pate with canned cranberries
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 250
Stopper: screw cap
This was the third sample of Pinot and quite different as well. It had higher color than previous two and also in the bouquet and taste it had stronger taste of cherries accompanied by sweet spices, such as clove. I would not personally get the variety if I did not know.
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Languedoc, Minervois
Vintage: 2004
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: medium red wit bricky meniscus
Bouquet: spices, cloves, sour cherries
Taste: medum body, cherries, vanilla, slight spiciness,at the end canned cherries tones, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: pate with canned cranberries
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 250
Stopper: screw cap
This was the third sample of Pinot and quite different as well. It had higher color than previous two and also in the bouquet and taste it had stronger taste of cherries accompanied by sweet spices, such as clove. I would not personally get the variety if I did not know.
Sileni Tahuna Pinot Noir 2004
Variety: 100% Pinot Noir
Country of origin: New Zealand
Wine appellation: Hawke's Bay
Vintage: 2004
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: bricky red with orange meniscus
Bouquet: ripe tones of canned cherries, wild strawberries, vanilla
Taste: medum body, excellent balance, nicely lingering, velvety tannins, wild strawberries, round, canned cherries, vanilla, medium to long finish
Recommended food pairing: wild boar with rosehip sauce
Overall score: 88
Price: CZK 475
Stopper: screw cap
This was the last botlle of the tasting and clearly the best. Not only for me, it also won the tasting. It was very elegant, nicely matured, velvety in the mouth and pleasure to drink it. Somehow I am lucky with Pinots, because it was brought by me and last time we did the same tasting Anakena Pinot Single Vineyard brough by me did also win :). On the label it is recommended to store it fr 2 -4 years, but probably given the crew cap where the wine ages much slower it was fabulous after 6 years of aging.
Country of origin: New Zealand
Wine appellation: Hawke's Bay
Vintage: 2004
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: bricky red with orange meniscus
Bouquet: ripe tones of canned cherries, wild strawberries, vanilla
Taste: medum body, excellent balance, nicely lingering, velvety tannins, wild strawberries, round, canned cherries, vanilla, medium to long finish
Recommended food pairing: wild boar with rosehip sauce
Overall score: 88
Price: CZK 475
Stopper: screw cap
This was the last botlle of the tasting and clearly the best. Not only for me, it also won the tasting. It was very elegant, nicely matured, velvety in the mouth and pleasure to drink it. Somehow I am lucky with Pinots, because it was brought by me and last time we did the same tasting Anakena Pinot Single Vineyard brough by me did also win :). On the label it is recommended to store it fr 2 -4 years, but probably given the crew cap where the wine ages much slower it was fabulous after 6 years of aging.
Casa Silva Quinta Generacion Red 2005
Variety: 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Carmenère, 15% Syrah, 5% Petit Verdot
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Colchagua Valley
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Residual sugar: g/l
Acidity: g/l
Color: black with ruby hues
Bouquet: black currant, ripe sour cherries, black cherries, black chocolate, leather, vanilla
Taste: medium to full body, soft tannins, balanced, round with dominance of ripe berry fruits, mainly black currant, cherries underpinned black chocolate and vanilla, very long finish
Recommended food pairing: duck breasts with spinach and potato puree
Overall score: 90
Price CZK 462
Stopper: cork
Vinification
Hand selection prior and post-destemming. And, depending on the variety: Pre-fermentive maceration for 6 to 8 days at 6ºC. Alcoholic fermentation for 15 to 17 days at 27ºC to 30°C. Post ferment maceration for up to 15 days. Run off and then malolactic fermentation in French oak barrels.
Ageing
Aged in new French oak barrels for 13 months.
Very very nice blend. It has very powerful body, it is nicely round, and it has extremely long finish:)
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Colchagua Valley
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Residual sugar: g/l
Acidity: g/l
Color: black with ruby hues
Bouquet: black currant, ripe sour cherries, black cherries, black chocolate, leather, vanilla
Taste: medium to full body, soft tannins, balanced, round with dominance of ripe berry fruits, mainly black currant, cherries underpinned black chocolate and vanilla, very long finish
Recommended food pairing: duck breasts with spinach and potato puree
Overall score: 90
Price CZK 462
Stopper: cork
Vinification
Hand selection prior and post-destemming. And, depending on the variety: Pre-fermentive maceration for 6 to 8 days at 6ºC. Alcoholic fermentation for 15 to 17 days at 27ºC to 30°C. Post ferment maceration for up to 15 days. Run off and then malolactic fermentation in French oak barrels.
Ageing
Aged in new French oak barrels for 13 months.
Very very nice blend. It has very powerful body, it is nicely round, and it has extremely long finish:)
Casa Silva Shiraz Gran Reserva Lolol 2007
Variety: 100% Shiraz
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: ColchaguaValley
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Residual sugar: g/l
Acidity: g/l
Color: black with ruby hues
Bouquet: forest fruits, blackberries, pepper, mulberries, leather
Taste: medium body, very round and juicy taste with dominance of forest fruits, mainly blackberries, plums underpinned black chocolate and nice spices, medium to long finish
Recommended food pairing: lamb
Overall score: 88
Price CZK 329
Stopper: cork
Vinification
Hand sorting of the grapes before destemming. Prefermentive maceration for 6 days at 6ºC. Alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks for 17 days at 27ºC to 30°C. Post ferment maceration for 15 days. Run off and malolactic fermentation.
Ageing
75% aged in French oak barrels for 12 months. 25% in stainless steel tanks.
This was definitely very nice example of Shiraz. Juicy taste with forest fruits combined with tones of lack pepper and black chocolate. Slightly more complex than the Carmenere tasted here, which had bigger body, but was more fruity than this Shiraz, which has also some leather tones and very nice velvety tannins.
P.S. The vintage on the picture does not agree (loaded from web)
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: ColchaguaValley
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Residual sugar: g/l
Acidity: g/l
Color: black with ruby hues
Bouquet: forest fruits, blackberries, pepper, mulberries, leather
Taste: medium body, very round and juicy taste with dominance of forest fruits, mainly blackberries, plums underpinned black chocolate and nice spices, medium to long finish
Recommended food pairing: lamb
Overall score: 88
Price CZK 329
Stopper: cork
Vinification
Hand sorting of the grapes before destemming. Prefermentive maceration for 6 days at 6ºC. Alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks for 17 days at 27ºC to 30°C. Post ferment maceration for 15 days. Run off and malolactic fermentation.
Ageing
75% aged in French oak barrels for 12 months. 25% in stainless steel tanks.
This was definitely very nice example of Shiraz. Juicy taste with forest fruits combined with tones of lack pepper and black chocolate. Slightly more complex than the Carmenere tasted here, which had bigger body, but was more fruity than this Shiraz, which has also some leather tones and very nice velvety tannins.
P.S. The vintage on the picture does not agree (loaded from web)
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