Mussel Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2009

Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc  
Country of origin: New Zealand
Wine appellation: Marlborough
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: pale yellow
Bouquet: grass, white currant, gooseberry
Taste: light to medium body, white grapefruit, lime, white currant, gooseberry, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: see food
Overall score: 84
Price: CZK 199
Stopper: screw cap
This is not typicall passion fruit styl of New Zealand SB, it has also nice grass character to it.

Beamonte Navarra Crianza 2004 DO

Variety: Tempranillo x Garnacha x Cabernet Sauvignon

Country of origin: Spain
Wine appellation: Navarra
Vintage: 2004
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: medium red with orange meniscus
Bouquet: cherries marmelade, vanilla, wood
Taste medium body, cherries, vanilla, round structure balancing the tannins and fruit, wood, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: fuet
Overall score: 85
Price: CZK 120
Stopper: cork
For picture please refer to my tasting of 2 years ago here. It actually is much better then the reserva I tasted 4 days ago here. Quite like the good balance between the fruit and wood and still visible tannins.

Santa Rita 120 Carmenére 2004

For tasting notes please refer to tasting of the same bottle one month ago here.

Beamonte Navarra Reserva 2003 DO

Variety: Tempranillo x Cabernet Sauvignon

Country of origin: Spain
Wine appellation: Navarra
Vintage: 2003
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: mediumgarnet red with lighter meniscus
Bouquet: plums, canned cherries, vanilla, leather
Taste medium body, canned cherries with vanilla and plums supported by good acidity at the end of the palate, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: fuet
Overall score: 82
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: cork
Aging 18 months in American and French used oak barrels this Reserva offers good value for the price, but does not stand out and in no way is comparable to Tesco Finest Rioja from the same vintage tasted here. Also it is surprising, but when I compared it to my notes of Crianza 2004 from the same producer tasted in January 2010 here , which I do not remember very well, it seems that I liked the Crianza more.

Robertson Winery Shiraz 2005

Variety: Shiraz
Country of origin: South Africa
Wine appellation: Breede River
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: medium garnet red with bricky meniscus
Bouquet: Christmas spices, clove cinnamon, leather, coffee
Taste: medium body, round, spices, canned blackberries and dry cherries, coffee, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: beef jerky
Overall score: 85
Price: CZK 199
Stopper: cork
Excellent leather, spicy style of Shiraz. Very good bottle aging made it round and smooth.

Wombat Hill Cabernet Merlot 2002

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
Country of origin: Australia
Wine appellation: South Eastern Australia
Vintage: 2002
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: garnet red with bricky meniscus
Bouquet: canned cherries, plum jam (povidla), coffee, vanilla
Taste: medium body, soft, round, plums, cherries, black currant jam, good acidity considering the age with coffee tones in the mid palate and warm (probably alcohol) medium finish
Recommended food pairing: venison
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 200 
Stopper: cork
Interesting if I compare my notes from 2 years ago here, where you can find the labels.

Luis Felipe Edwards Cabernet Sauvignon Pupilla 2005

Variety: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Colchagua Valley
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: medium ruby red
Bouquet: black currant, cherries
Taste: medium body, dominant fruit is the black currant supported with wild cherries and very good acidity, which keeps the wine still fresh and not dull,  medium finish
Recommended food pairing: grilled meat
Overall score: 85
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: cork
Very good almost book example of CS in very price friendly category. It is nicely round, properly aged and very drinkable.