Seabird Island Sauvignon Blanc 2010

Description stays the same as the one of tasting the same bottle in March of this year here. So I will no reproduce it.

La Minga Sauvignon Blanc 2009

Variety: Sauvignon
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Central valley
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: pale  yellow
Bouquet: very fresh of lime and white grapefruit
Taste: light body, dominant is the lemon flavor with  lively acidity, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 82
Price: CZK 165
Stopper: cork
Very zesty and lemony style of SB, surprising for Chile, the wine is produced by Sur Andino, a sister winery of Vina Carmen.  Nice for hot summer day where you search for refreshing Sauvignon for good price.

Jacques & Francois Lurton - Les Fumées Blanches Sauvignon Blanc 2005

Variety: Sauvignon Blanc

Country of origin: France
Wine appelation: Languedoc
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: minerality, canned gooseberry, grapefruit
Taste: medium body, minerality, white currant, grapefruit, citrus tones,  medium finish 
Recommended food pairing: fish, seafood

Overall score: 82

Price: CZK 150 (on sale)

Stopper: screw cap

It is slightlyfuller than 2004 vintage tasted here, where you cn find the label

Schmitt Söhne Pinot Grigio 2006

Variety: Pinot Grigio

Country of origin: Germany
Wine appellation: Rheinhessen
Vintage: 2006
Alcohol content: 11.5%
Color: straw yellow
Bouquet: yellow melon, concentrated, nectarine, honey
Taste: light to medium body, ripe peach, roundness, almonds, light residual sugar, matured tones, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: blue cheese
Overall score: 84
Price: CZK 139 in promo (2008)
Stopper: cork (single piece)
Nice PG with hint of residual sugar and nice aged tones of honey and herbs. 
P.S. the picv is 2007 vintage the only difference is the cork stopper in 2006

Ses'fikile Rain Song Chenin Blanc 2008

Variety: Chenin  Blanc

Country of origin: South Africa
Wine appellation: Western Cape
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: pale yellow
Bouquet: concentrated, herbs,
Taste: full body, mineral, tropical canned fruit, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: summer drink, salads
Overall score: 82
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: screw cap
Full bodied Chenin Blanc. In taste it is more structured and less fruty and more similar to French versions of the variety. 

Cave de Bebleiham Pinot Gris 2007

Variety: 100% Pinot Gris
Country of origin: FRance
Wine appellation: Alsace
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: ripe citrus fruits, nice aged tones
Taste: medium body, preserved apple, with nice lime acidity, touch of white grapefruit, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: chicken
Overall score: 81
Price: CZK 140
Stopper: cork
NIcely round Piot gris.

Santa Rita Medalla Real Special Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2005

Variety: Sauvignon Blanc
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Casablanca Valley
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n/a
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: overripe tones of gooseberry, white currant and herbs
Taste: medium to full body, strong gooseberry and white currant, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: vegetable salad with balsamico and parmigiano reggiano
Overall score: 87
Price: CZK 299
Stopper: single piece of cork 50mm long
Quite complex sauvignon blanc, medium to full body with excellent big style of wines bouquet reminding me the wines from Mikrosvin Mikulov when Perina (remember Andrew we were visiting him in his living room tastings) was the wine maker.

Robert Mondavi Chardonnay Private Selection 2007

Variety: Chardonnay
Country of origin: USA
Wine appellation: California
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: %
Color: golden yellow
Bouquet: very smoky, butter, toast
Taste: medium to full body, overripe pineapple,toast, butter
Recommended food pairing: smoked salmon
Overall score: 84
Price: CZK 399
Stopper: cork
Smoky buttery Californian style of Cahrdonnay.

Gadais Pere & Fils Muscadet Sèvre et Maine sur lie - La Grande Réserve du Moulin 2006

Variety: Melon de Bourgogne

Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Loire Valley

Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: minerality, quite neutral, bread and yest tones

Taste: medium body, very dry, with almost no acidity, minerality like licking a stone with bready tones, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: fish, seafood

Overall score: 85

Price: ?? gift on web CZK 250

Stopper: cork

Very nice mineral and neutral style of wine. I really like the yeasty and mineral character in it.

Muscadet (mus-ka-DAY) is a region in the western part of the Loire valley, near the city of Nantes. White wines from Muscadet are made from the Melon de Bourgogne grape. They tend to be light in color and body, and are intensely mineral driven. They are thought to be a perfect complement to raw oysters from the nearby coast. Muscadets are gleefully paired, though, with any fresh shellfish or other seafood.
There are a couple of appellations in Muscadet, the best of which is considered to be Muscadet de Sevre et Maine. And the best bottles from that appellation are aged sur-lie, or on the lees, the musty mix of yeasts and other post-fermentation solids. This aging provides flavor complexity that can be missing in other bottles.

Folonari Campo al Mare Vermentino di Toscana 2005 IGT

Variety: Vermentino
Country of origin: Italy
Wine appellation: Tuscany
Vintage: 2005 
Alcohol content: 12,5%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: very mineral, almost like a wet stone
Taste: medium body, lemon, minerality, lime, white grapefruit, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 84
Price: CZK 150 in promotion 
Stopper: cork
Very similar to 2007 vintage tasted here. For me it was amazing how fresh and light colored the winer was given its vintage.

Undurraga Cabernet Sauvignon rosé 2010

Variety: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Country of origin: Chille
Wine appellation: Central Valley
Vintage: 2010  
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: raspberry pink
Bouquet: very fruity, cherries, raspberries, red currant
Taste: medium body, cherries, sour cherries, pleasant fruitiness, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: salads
Overall score: 81
Price: CZK 149
Stopper:screw cap (p.s. the pic from web has cork, but we had bottle with screw cap)
Reasonable rosé, not as good as Jabob's Creek, but fine.

Jacob's Creek Shiraz Rosé 2010

We really like this rosé. Although Australian and made from Shiraz, it does not have high alcohol in it and it has refreshing acidity. For notes please refer here.

Chateau de Tigne Anjou Blanc les Maillones 2007

Variety: Chenin Blanc
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Anjou
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: flowers, spicy
Taste: medium body, very dry, spicy, lemon, medium finish, slight nutty character (oak?)
Recommended food pairing: fish, seafood
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 416
Stopper: cork
Wine made by Gerard Depardieu. It is very interesting wine indeed, not usual Chenin Blanc like we know from South Africa, has more minerality and spicy tones in it.

Errazuriz Pinot Noir 2008

Variety: Chardonnay
Country of origin: Chile 
Wine appellation: Casablanca Valley 
Vintage: 2008

Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: medium garnet
Bouquet: cherries, strawberries, earthiness and hint of vanilla

Taste: medium to full body, round, fresh fruit flavor of cherries, smooth with a touch of vanilla, medium finish,
Recommended food pairing: pork
Overall score: 83

Price: CZK 199
Stopper: screw cap

Easy drinking smooth Pinot.

M&S Arrigo Bidoli Friuli Grave Sauvignon Blanc 2009 DOC

Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Country of origin: Italy
Wine appellation: Friuli
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: nice aroma of lime, grass
Taste: light to medium body, crunchy acidity of lemon, grapefruit, medium  finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 84
Price: CZK 199
Stopper: screw top (on pic is cork, but it is for different market)
Very nice fresh crispy Sauvignon Blanc. Bronze medal in Decanter shows that guys in Marks and Spencer know what they do. It is produced by Arrigo Bidoli. Unfortunately their web pages are very basic:(

Château La Marzenac Lussac-Saint-Émilion 2008

Variety: Merlot, Cabernet Franc
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Bordeaux
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: medium ruby red
Bouquet: cherries with smoky aroma from toasted oak
Taste: medium body, cherries, sour cherries, still visible tannins, black chocolate, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: dry salami
Overall score: 82
Price: CZK249
Very reasonable Bordeaux for the price. nice combination of fruitiness and the smoke from the barrique.