Stonehead Cabernet Sauvignon 2007

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Central Valley
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: medium ruby red
Bouquet: sour cherries, a bit of sulfite
Taste: light to medium body, similar to nose dominant characteristics are sour cherries with slightly stronger tannins and grapefruit at the end of the palate, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: summer barbecue
Overall score: 77
Price: CZK 70
Stopper: Plastic cork
"Supermarket" style of wine. Uninspiring Merlot. Cannot imagine it being younger, it must have been undrinkable.

La Consulta Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Country of origin: Argentina
Wine appellation: Uco Valley
Vintage: 2006
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: dark red with lighter meniscus
Bouquet: blackcurrant marmalade, cherries, plums
Taste: medium body, canned black currant, sour cherries, slightly higher tannins, touch of mocca, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: 
Overall score: 80
Price: CZK 80
Stopper: plastic cork
This Cab Sauv is better than the Malbec tasted here. It offers very good value/price ratio. Not complicated, but reasonable for drinking.

Chateau Valtice Neuburské 2003 pozdní sběr

Variety: 100% Neuburger (Red VeltlinerxSylvaner)
Country of origin: Czech Republic  
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulv sub-appellation, Dolní Dunajovice village, Pod Slunným vrchem vineyard
Vintage: 2003
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: medium yellow 
Bouquet: ripe apples 
Taste: medium body, red ripe apple, grapes, lively acidity in balance with bottle tones, very drinkable, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: turkey
Overall score: 84
Price: CZK 170 (in 2006)
Stopper: cork
This was the last of the four bottle we drank this year. Somehow I delayed the notes to this last one. I was amazed by the freshness of the wine given the age, we finished it in 30 minutes, somehow you want to continue drinking it.

Chateau Lednice Rulandské modré 2008 pozdní sběr

Variety: 100% Pinot Noir
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Lednice village, Ve starých vineyard
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Residual sugar:  1.7 g/l
Acidity: 4.9 g/l
Color: light to medium ruby red with watery meniscus
Bouquet: dominant red fruits, mainly ripe cherries
Taste: medium body, cherries, nicely round and balanced given its young age,  longer finish
Recommended food pairing: pate
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK159
Stopper: cork
Nice fruity style of Pinot Noir with dominant cherries and sour cherries. It has unexpectedly longer finish.

Seabird Island Sauvignon Blanc 2010

Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc  
Country of origin: New Zealand
Wine appellation: Marlborough
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: pale, watery
Bouquet: very fresh, lime, white grapefruit, white currant
Taste: light to medium body, white grapefruit, lime, white currant (see the pic), medium finish
Recommended food pairing: see food
Overall score: 84
Price: CZK 159
Stopper: screw cap
Nice fruity style of Sauv Blanc, it is not as complex as the one from NZ tasted one hour ago here, but it has amazing value/price ratio. Very refreshing SB for summer parties.

Shepherds Ridge Sauvignon Blanc 2008

Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc  
Country of origin: New Zealand
Wine appellation: Marlborough
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n/a
Color: very pale almost like a water
Bouquet: very fresh, lime, white grapefruit, gooseberry with the hint of maracuya at the end
Taste: medium body, very dry, white grapefruit, lime, lively acidity accompanied by nice astringency, less tropical than in the nose, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: see food
Overall score: 87
Price: CZK 299
Stopper: screw cap
Very nice crisp lime acidity with touch of tropical fruit in the bouquet. Nicely drinkable. We drank it with nice salad in the beautiful spring day and finished it quite quickly:). It is produced by Wither Hills, which I had one year ago and it was excellent and it even won Sauvignon forum here in 2009. P.S. the pic is from the web from 2006

Prelius Morello di Prille Maremma Toscana IGT 2008

Variety: 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Cabernet Franc, 30% Merlot
Country of origin: Italy
Wine appellation: Tuscany
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 13.5 %
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n/a
Color: deep ruby red with purple hues
Bouquet: ripe sour cherries, blackcurrant, hint of spices mainly cinnamon
Taste: medium body, sour cherries, cherries, blackcurrant, light oak and vanilla, nice tannins, slightly higher "Italian" acidity, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: sirloin steak
Overall score: 85
Price: gift CZK 350 on web
Stopper: cork

The 52-acre estate has approximately 25 acres planted to Merlot, Sangiovese, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Vermentino, a late-ripening white grape variety. The vineyard is on a slight slope, which reaches an elevation of 150 feet, allowing the breezes that flow from the sea (just two miles away) to the hills to bring welcome relief to the vines during peak temperatures, allowing the grapes to ripen at a gradual pace while retaining desirable acidity. Cultivation: Organic Soil: Sand (80%), clay (15%), silt (5%) Elevation: 135 feet Aging: 9–10 months in large French oak casks; 3 months in bottle