Fattori Vecchie Scuole Sauvignon 2008 IGT

Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc  
Country of origin: Italy
Wine appellation: Veneto
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: very light yellow
Bouquet: very fresh, lime,white flowers
Taste: medium body, very dry, minerality, white currant, lime, lively acidity , medium finish
Recommended food pairing: see food
Overall score: 87
Price: EUR 14
Stopper: cork
Excellent Sauvignon Blanc, Expressive nose of white flowers and lime with balanced refreshing taste. This is the bottle I got at Vino Destilaty show in 2009.

Mavín Rizling vlašský 2008 Neskorý zber

Last bottle of this wine from my cellar. For tasting notes please refer here.

Vinum Moravicum Sauvignon Hibernal 2007

Variety: Sauvignon Blanc x Hibernal (Seibel 7053 x Rhine Riesling)
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Velke Pavlovice sub-appellation
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Residual sugar: 9.1g/l
Acidity: 5.4g/l
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: expressive, elderberry syrup
Taste: medium body, canned gooseberry accompanied by the elderberry syrup due to slight residual sugar
Recommended food pairing: pork on sweet reduction
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 140
Stopper: plastic cork
Same wine we tasted in January last year here and this definitely changed. it is with less acidity as it used to be and now the remaining residual sugar is more visible together with more canned and matured tones.

Jacob's Creek Shiraz Rosé 2010

Variety: 100% Shiraz
Country of origin: Australia
Wine appellation: South Eastern Australia  
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: raspberries pink
Bouquet: sour cherries, raspberries
Taste: light to medium body, dominant raspberries with touch of cherries, pleasant acidity with hint of residual sugar, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: salad
Overall score: 84
Price: CZK 199
Very nice refreshing rose, what is amazing is the raspberry flavor and the color. It looks like artificially colored:)

Nové Vinařství Cépage Rulandské modré Rosé 2010

Variety: 100% Pinot Noir

Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-apellation
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 11.0%
Color: light bricky pink
Bouquet: forest strawberries, cream
Taste: light body, red currant, nice zesty higher acidit, medium finish
Recommended food pairing:summer BBQ
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 180
Stopper: screw cap
This is very nice rose, typical for 2010 vintage is higher acidity, which in this case makes the wine  very refreshing.

Terredora Greco di Tufo DOC Loggia della Serra 2005

Variety: Greco

Country of origin: Italy
Wine appellation: Campania
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 13%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: minerality, apricot, apple, peach, nice bottle aging
Taste: medium to full body, minerality, citrus tones, nice lime acidity, round, medium finish
Recommended food pairing:  fish
Overall score: 85
Price: CZK 345 (150 on sale)

Very nice full bodied mineral food style wine.
Greco is the oldest white grape variety in Campania. It was brought to this area by the Pelasgian’s (an ancient Greek people). A first century B.C. fresco, recently discovered at Pompeii, refers to wine made from Greco grapes. As was said, this is most likely the grape used in Falernian. This grape is one of the varietals used to blend the white version of Lacryma Christi. The best wines made from Greco grapes are made near the town of Tufo and carry the Greco di Tufo DOCG designation. The rules require Greco (di Tufo) grapes of 85-100% with up to 15% Coda di Volpe Bianca. Greco di Tufo is a mineral driven wine that reflects the ancient volcanic chain that makes up the soil in this area.

Chateau Valtice Sylvánské Zelené 2007 pozdní sběr

Variety: 100% Sylvaner
Country of origin: Czech Republic  
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulv sub-appellation, Valtice village, Za humny vineyard
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: medium yello w
Bouquet: minerality, spices, lime, freshly cut grass
Taste: light to medium body,  spiciness with lime acidity,white grapefruit,  medium finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 149
Stopper: cork
This was bet on already tasted Sylvaner, This time 83 points, compare to points from April tasting here.

Radomil Baloun Sylvánské zelené 2009 pozdní sběr

Variety: Sylvaner
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, MIkulov sub appellation, Drnholec vineyard, U křížku vineyard
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: light to medium yellow
Bouquet: citrus tones, underpinned by pepperness
Taste: medium body, lemon, gooseberry, round and neutral, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 82
Price: CZK150
Stopper: cork
Nice round example of Sylvaner.

Hana Mádlová Sylvánské zelené 2007 pozdní sběr

Variety: Sylvaner
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulv sub appellation, Popice village
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 11.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: aged tones, green pepper
Taste: light body, bottle aged tones, but not oxidative, canned apple,  shorter finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 78
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: cork
Already going down

Hana Mádlová Sylvánské zelené 2009 pozdní sběr

Variety: Sylvaner
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Velké Pavlovice sub appellation, Zadní hora vineyard
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 11.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: citrus tones
Taste: light body, lemon, a bit of grapefruit, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: cork
Second place for this Sylvaner. Nice example of citrusy style.

Domaine Bruno Sorg Sylvane 2009

Variety: 100% Sylvaner
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Alsace
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 12.1%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet:  minerality, lime
Taste: medium to full body, ripe ones of white fruit, almonds, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: turkey, pork
Overall score: 85
Price: CZK 250
Stopper: cork
Best of the Sylvaners we tasted in the blind tasting, nice full body and round mounth feel balanced by pleasant acidity.

Tomáš Bařina Dornfelder 2007

Variety: 100% Dornfelder
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Slovácko sub-appellation, Starý podvorov village, Krásná hora vineyard
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: medium ruby red with violet hues
Bouquet: plums, red fresh belly pepper,
Taste: light to medium body, very fruity, cherries, plums, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: turkey, pork
Overall score: 78
Price: CZK 150 
Stopper: cork
For me too light Dornfelder with a bit of green tones in the nose, but not in the taste, where plums are dominating.

Znovín Znojmo Terroir Lacerta Viridis Sauvignon 2008 pozdní sběr

Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Znojmo sub-appellation, Hnanice village, Knížecí vrch vineyard
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Residual sugar: 3.2g/l
Acidity: 6.2g/l
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: very mineral, black currant leaves, grass
Taste: medium body, very nicely drinkable, white currant, gooseberry, nice acidity, very fresh, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: corkVery fresh and mineral SB with dominant white currant and grassy character. It is very refreshing and not dull, good level of acidity and fruit.

Vinné Sklepy Lechovice Sauvignon 2006 kabinet

Variety: Sauvignon Blanc
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Znojmo sub appellation, Božice village, Nová Hora vineyard
Vintage: 2006
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: very mineral, dead nettle flowers, white grapefruit
Taste: medium body, excellent freshness accompanied by nice minerality, lime, white grapefruit and touch of white peach, slight residual sugar is balanced with nice acidity, medium finish
Recommended food pairing:  fish dishes in Thai cuisine
Overall score: 85
Price: CZK ??? I guess I bought it for CZK 199 in 2007
Stopper: single piece cork
Excellent SB. I really liked this wine, it has mineral and lime character balanced by just touch of residual sugar.

Viña Tarapacá Sauvignon Blanc 2010

Variety: Sauvignon
Country of origin: Chille
Wine appellation: Central valley
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: very pale
Bouquet: white currant, lemon, touch of grass
Taste: medium body, lemon flavor, zesty and lively acidity, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: salad
Overall score: 82
Price: CZK 100 (promotion)
Stopper: cork
Reasonable fresh SB for hot summer day in our balcony

Mavín Rizling vlašský 2008 Neskorý zber

Variety: Welsh Riesling
Country of origin: Slovakia
Wine appellation: South Slovakia Dvory nad Žitavou village
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: white flowers, slight touch of apricot, minerality
Taste: lighter body, green apple, lime, zesty acidity, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: Asian food
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 229
Stopper: plastic cork
Reasonable Welsh Resling, it improved from the tasting of the same bottle more than one year ago here, but it lacks the complexity of Welsh Rieslings from Mikulov.