Misiones de Rengo Sauvignon Blanc 2008

Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc  
Country of origin: Chille
Wine appellation: Central Valley (Maule Valley)
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Residual sugar: 2.44g/l
Acidity: 4.16g/l
Color: very pale zellow
Bouquet: very fresh, lime, yellow melon, grapefruit, white currant, acacia flowers
Taste: medium body, white grapefruit, lime, white currant,  nice astringency, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: see food, fish
Overall score: 82
Price: CZK 99
Stopper: cork
Excellent value/price ratio Sauvignon Blanc. Typical nose of SB, when it is chilled slightly more it reminds white grapefruite and lime. When warmer it goes towards tropical fruit tones, yellow melon maybe even passion fruit. In taste it is not complicated, but very straightforward refreshing SB, which must be excellent for summer parties:)

Raimat Chardonnay 2003 DO

Variety: 100% Chardonnay
Country of origin: Spain
Wine appellation: Costers del Segre
Vintage: 2003
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Residual sugar: unknown
Acidity: unknown
Color: golden
Bouquet: pineapple, cream, butter and toast
Taste: medium to full body, very nice ripe tropical fruit (mainly pineapple) with a hint of apple and nice toast tones, very balanced, round, medium to long finish
Recommended food pairing: pork chops
Overall score: 85
Price: ???
Stopper: cork
This was very  nice Chardonnay. Excellent color, almost like a gold. Nice bouquet of dry pineapple combined with vanilla. Very full body, pineapple with toastiness from the barrels nicely integrated with the fruit and properly aged.

Lamberti Bardolino Chiaretto 2007 DOC

Variety: Bardolino
Country of origin: Italy
Wine appelation: Veneto
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Residual sugar: unknown
Acidity: unknown
Color: strawberry pink
Bouquet: grapefruit, strawberries
Taste: light body, red currant, strawberries, nice acidity, refreshing
Recommended food pairing: salads, smoked salmon
Overall score: 81
Stoppper: cork
Price: CZK 149
I was just comparing my notes with the notes I wrote last year in autumn about this wine and they are almost identical. I preserved it n the wine fridge at 9 C and it helped to preserve it so nicely that there was almost no difference in taste and it still has this nicely acidity. In case of scoring I scored it this time slightly lower, 81.

Moravska Ruzenka Merlot 2008 Rose

Variety: Merlot
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub appellation, Drnholec village
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 11.5%
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n/a
Color: salmon
Bouquet: over ripe mango,
Taste: light body, pleasant acidity, pink grapefruit, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: fruit salad
Overall score: 79
Price: CZK129
Stopper: plastic cork
This was not a bad choice for Friday evening to accompany our search on youtube re old TV soap operas...

Cono Sur Sauvignon Blanc 2009

Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc  
Country of origin: Chille
Wine appellation: Central valley
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n/a
Color: very pale almost like a water
Bouquet: very fresh, lime, green apple, white grapefruit, gooseberry
Taste: light to medium body, white grapefruit, lime, lively acidity accompanied by nice astringency, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: see food
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 179
Stopper: screw cap
Very fresh, lime and more citrusy style than passions fruit style, which is typical for the New Zealand.

Vinařství u Kapličky Veltlínské Zelené 2008 kabinet

Variety: Gruner Veltliner
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub appellation, Milovice village, Milovické terasy vineyard
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 11.5%
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n/a
Color: pale yellow
Bouquet: very strange, not expressive hard to detect with some thinner tones or medicine as well
Taste: medium body, grape flavor, with almond bitterness at the end
Recommended food pairing: spinach quiche
Overall score: 76
Price: CZK ???
Stopper: plastic cork

This was the second sample and it was rather different from the first one, the nose was rather strange hardly detect that the wine is GV with some chemical tones in it. In taste it was rather flat, not expressive.

Baloun Veltlínské Zelené 2008 pozdní sběr

Variety: Green Veltliner
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub appellation, Starovičky village, Nová hora vineyard
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n/a
Color: pale yellow
Bouquet: freshly cut grass in the meadow, white peper
Taste: medium body, spicy, green pepper, almonds, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: salads, fish
Overall score: 82
Price: CZK ???
Stopper: plastic cork
This was quite typical GV for Moravia, rather spicy than citrusy style, but very nicely done. It ended on the second place.