Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Yealands Way Sauvignon Blanc 2010
I checked my notes from January 2013 and they are almost the same this time I feel more grassy elements in the nose, which I like and I do not have at all any bitterness in the finish and I would say I can feel perfect minerality and lean and cripy clean mouth profile. Scoring is the same. 4+7+12+6+6+50=85
Misiones de Rengo Chardonnay Reserva 2009
Variety: Chardonnay
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Rapel Valley
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: tropical fruit, pineapple, touch of vanilla
Taste: medium to full body, overripe pineapple, pear, lower acidity, butter, very round and creamy texture, medium to longer warm finish
Recommended food pairing: salmon
Overall score: 4+7.5+11+6+6.5+50=85
Price: CZK 159
Stopper: single piece cork
Definitely food style Chardonnay, the oak is just complementing the fruit and is not overpowering the main profile.
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Rapel Valley
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: tropical fruit, pineapple, touch of vanilla
Taste: medium to full body, overripe pineapple, pear, lower acidity, butter, very round and creamy texture, medium to longer warm finish
Recommended food pairing: salmon
Overall score: 4+7.5+11+6+6.5+50=85
Price: CZK 159
Stopper: single piece cork
Definitely food style Chardonnay, the oak is just complementing the fruit and is not overpowering the main profile.
Chateau Valtice Ryzlink rýnský 2011 pozdní sběr
Variety: 100% Rhine Riesling
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Valtice village, Jižní svahy vineyard
Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: green apple, apricot
Taste: medium body, hint of lemon acidity followed by apricot flavor, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: schnitzel
Overall score: 4+7+11+6+6=84
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: cork
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Valtice village, Jižní svahy vineyard
Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: green apple, apricot
Taste: medium body, hint of lemon acidity followed by apricot flavor, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: schnitzel
Overall score: 4+7+11+6+6=84
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: cork
Fresher style of Riesling, different from 2010 vintage, which was from cooler year and also from different vineyard.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Donatella Cinelli Colombini Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2004 DOCG
Variety: Sangiovese
Country of origin: Italy
Wine appellation: Tuscany
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: darker red
Bouquet: cherries, hint of leather and spices
Taste: medium to full body, good structure, cherries, nice tannins drying the mouth with pleasant acidity, hint of wood and spices, medium to longer finish
Overall score: 4+8+12+6+7=87
Price: ??
Stopper: cork
Quite nice Brunello drank from Magnum bottle.
Country of origin: Italy
Wine appellation: Tuscany
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: darker red
Bouquet: cherries, hint of leather and spices
Taste: medium to full body, good structure, cherries, nice tannins drying the mouth with pleasant acidity, hint of wood and spices, medium to longer finish
Overall score: 4+8+12+6+7=87
Price: ??
Stopper: cork
Quite nice Brunello drank from Magnum bottle.
Saint Clair Family Estate Vicar's Choice Sauvignon Blanc 2007
Tasting notes are pretty much the same as in April 2013.
Znovín Znojmo Terroir Lacerta Viridis Sauvignon 2011 pozdní sběr
Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Znojmo sub-appellation, Šatov village, Na vinici vineyard
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Residual sugar: 7.9g/l
Acidity: 6.5g/l
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: dead nettle flowers, white peach
Taste: medium body, rounder styler, peach, ripe and tropical style, white grapefruit, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 4+7+12+6+6=85
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: cork
This is tough as I scored this 2011 vintage the same as 2010, but the wines are different: 2011 has bigger body it is more tropical and it has slightly longer finish, 2010 vintage is more pure, leaner and it has clearer fruitier finish.
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Znojmo sub-appellation, Šatov village, Na vinici vineyard
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Residual sugar: 7.9g/l
Acidity: 6.5g/l
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: dead nettle flowers, white peach
Taste: medium body, rounder styler, peach, ripe and tropical style, white grapefruit, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 4+7+12+6+6=85
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: cork
This is tough as I scored this 2011 vintage the same as 2010, but the wines are different: 2011 has bigger body it is more tropical and it has slightly longer finish, 2010 vintage is more pure, leaner and it has clearer fruitier finish.
Znovín Znojmo Terroir Lacerta Viridis Sauvignon 2010 pozdní sběr
Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Znojmo sub-appellation, Šatov village, Na vinici vineyard
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 11.0%
Residual sugar: 5.9g/l
Acidity: 6.7g/l
Color: pale yellow
Bouquet: gooseberry, lime, peach, hint of grass
Taste: light to medium body, white currant, feels quite spicy, pleasant acidity balanced by hint of residual sugar, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 4+7+12+6+6=85
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: cork
Tasted last time in May 2012, the wine is still very fresh and mineral in direct comparison to 2011 vintage it feels less rounded and sharper, which is most likely due to cold 2010 vintage.
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Znojmo sub-appellation, Šatov village, Na vinici vineyard
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 11.0%
Residual sugar: 5.9g/l
Acidity: 6.7g/l
Color: pale yellow
Bouquet: gooseberry, lime, peach, hint of grass
Taste: light to medium body, white currant, feels quite spicy, pleasant acidity balanced by hint of residual sugar, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 4+7+12+6+6=85
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: cork
Tasted last time in May 2012, the wine is still very fresh and mineral in direct comparison to 2011 vintage it feels less rounded and sharper, which is most likely due to cold 2010 vintage.
Dopff & Irion Sylvaner 2010
Variety: 100% Sylvaner
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Alsace
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: medow flowers,lime
Taste: medium body, zesty, lime white grapefruit, feels with slight residual sugar, which is perfectly balanced by higher acidity and good spicines, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: summer party
Overall score: 4+8+12+6+6=86
Price: CZK 240
Stopper: plastic cork
Very nice Sylvaner, fresh and zesty. The bottle finished very very quickly.
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Alsace
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: medow flowers,lime
Taste: medium body, zesty, lime white grapefruit, feels with slight residual sugar, which is perfectly balanced by higher acidity and good spicines, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: summer party
Overall score: 4+8+12+6+6=86
Price: CZK 240
Stopper: plastic cork
Very nice Sylvaner, fresh and zesty. The bottle finished very very quickly.
Monday, July 29, 2013
Vinařství Gala Ryzlink Vlašský 2010 pozdní sběr
Variety: Pinot Noir
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, cuvée from Pod Svatým kopečkem vineyard (Mikulov) and Pod Pálavou (Bavory)
Vintage: 201é
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: very mineral, lime, quite zesty
Taste: medium body, lime, citrus style, minerality, medium to longer finish
Overall score: 4+8+11+6+6+50=85
Price: CZK 250
Stopper: single piece cork
Fresher and less heavy and complex style of Welsh Riesling, however it has good minerality so it would be good to see how it ages.
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, cuvée from Pod Svatým kopečkem vineyard (Mikulov) and Pod Pálavou (Bavory)
Vintage: 201é
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: very mineral, lime, quite zesty
Taste: medium body, lime, citrus style, minerality, medium to longer finish
Overall score: 4+8+11+6+6+50=85
Price: CZK 250
Stopper: single piece cork
Fresher and less heavy and complex style of Welsh Riesling, however it has good minerality so it would be good to see how it ages.
Concha y Toro Casillero del Diablo Sauvignon Blanc Reserva 2011
Variety: Sauvignon Blanc
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Central Valley
Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: white currant, lime, green apple
Taste: medium body, excellent zesty style, lime, white currant, white grapefruit, good acidity, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: salad, fish
Overall score: 4+8+12+6+6=86
Price: CZK 189
Stopper: screw cap
Very nice fresh and zesty style of SB, surely better than their sunrise range tasted 3 weeks ago.
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Central Valley
Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: white currant, lime, green apple
Taste: medium body, excellent zesty style, lime, white currant, white grapefruit, good acidity, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: salad, fish
Overall score: 4+8+12+6+6=86
Price: CZK 189
Stopper: screw cap
Very nice fresh and zesty style of SB, surely better than their sunrise range tasted 3 weeks ago.
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Seabird Island Sauvignon Blanc 2012
Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Country of origin: New Zealand
Wine appellation: Marlborough
Vintage: 2012
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: pale yellow
Bouquet: fresh, lime, whire currant hint of grass
Taste: medium body, very zesty, and refreshing, white currant white grapefruit, hint of lime and goosebrrry, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: on its own in hot summer day
Overall score: 4+8+12+6+6+50=86
Price: CZK 180
Stopper: screw cap
Excellent for wine for such a hot day like today wen we have now 27°C at 22:30 and it does not feel like it will cool down. Hence the reason for slightly better scoring than in recent tasting, and tasting in June 2013 and April 2013.
Country of origin: New Zealand
Wine appellation: Marlborough
Vintage: 2012
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: pale yellow
Bouquet: fresh, lime, whire currant hint of grass
Taste: medium body, very zesty, and refreshing, white currant white grapefruit, hint of lime and goosebrrry, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: on its own in hot summer day
Overall score: 4+8+12+6+6+50=86
Price: CZK 180
Stopper: screw cap
Excellent for wine for such a hot day like today wen we have now 27°C at 22:30 and it does not feel like it will cool down. Hence the reason for slightly better scoring than in recent tasting, and tasting in June 2013 and April 2013.
Herbarium Moravicum Veltlínské Zelené 2011 pozdní sběr
Friday, July 26, 2013
Herbarium Moravicum Veltlínské Zelené 2011 pozdní sběr
3rd bottle of this wine tasted. Same notes and scoring as month ago.
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Vinařství Josef Valihrach Sauvignon šedý 2010 zemské víno
I felt like something fresh and I remember this Sauvignon Gris which I tasted at my friends cellar in December 2012 for the first time, later on in April 2013. I now opened the bottle I got from him as a gift. Tasting notes are similar to those from April 2013. But re membering the wine itwas in better conditions in December 2012. Unfortunately I did not make my notes then :-). What I remember the most at that time was the fact that when we left the cellar at 4:00 a.m. outside temperate was hovering around - 20°C!!!
Michel Torino Coleccion Sauvignon Blanc 2011
Almost same notes as one month ago.Scoring this time is 4+6+10+5+5=80, maybe the difference is that this bottle was stored in the wine fridge, whereas the previous was in the flat, which could made a difference under the plastic cork.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Vinium Velké Pavlovice Sauvignon 2010 pozdní sběr
Variety: Sauvignon Blanc
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Klentnice village,
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 11.0%
Color: lighter yellow
Bouquet: quite neutral, hint f gooseberry,
Taste: medium body, white currant gooseberry, lime, although it has higher acidity it does not feel fresh and lively, medium finish
Color: lighter yellow
Bouquet: quite neutral, hint f gooseberry,
Taste: medium body, white currant gooseberry, lime, although it has higher acidity it does not feel fresh and lively, medium finish
Overall score: 3+6+9+5+5+50=78
Price: CZK 165
Price: CZK 165
Stopper: cork
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Maycas del Limarí Jaoya del Limarí Sauvignon Blanc 2010
Variety: Sauvignon Blanc
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Limari Valley
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: pale yellow
Bouquet: white grapefruit, gooseberry, lime, touch of grass
Taste: medium to full body,white grapefruit, gooseberry, lime, round, good acidity, longer finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 4+8+12+6.5+6.5=87
Price: CZK 290
Stopper: screw cap
I remember I tasted this wine, but 2008 vintage in February 2011 and I liked it a lot. I was interested how 2010 vintage would be. I was not disappointed, although slightly more expensive the wine is very nice and this time marks and spencer even acknowledged my guess that the wine was actually from Maycas del Limari, which was not stated on the front label, rather it was general SB label stating Limari valley. This vintage seems more fruitier and less grassy than 2008 and also in direct comparison to Yelands tasted at the same time, this bottle is rounder and less grassy.
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Limari Valley
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: pale yellow
Bouquet: white grapefruit, gooseberry, lime, touch of grass
Taste: medium to full body,white grapefruit, gooseberry, lime, round, good acidity, longer finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 4+8+12+6.5+6.5=87
Price: CZK 290
Stopper: screw cap
I remember I tasted this wine, but 2008 vintage in February 2011 and I liked it a lot. I was interested how 2010 vintage would be. I was not disappointed, although slightly more expensive the wine is very nice and this time marks and spencer even acknowledged my guess that the wine was actually from Maycas del Limari, which was not stated on the front label, rather it was general SB label stating Limari valley. This vintage seems more fruitier and less grassy than 2008 and also in direct comparison to Yelands tasted at the same time, this bottle is rounder and less grassy.
Yealands Estate Sauvignon Blanc Single vineyard Awatere Valley 2010
Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Country of origin: New Zealand
Wine appellation: Marlborough, Awatere ValleyVintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: pale yellow
Bouquet: grassy, nettle, pine needles, lime, minerality
Taste: medium body, gooseberry, white currant, minerality, lime, stunning acidity, and similar to nose herby, long nicely lingering finish finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 4+9+13+7+7+50=90
Price: CZK 450
Stopper: screw cap
I very much like this style of SB, very sharp and grassy and herby supported by excellent minerality and lime.
Country of origin: New Zealand
Wine appellation: Marlborough, Awatere ValleyVintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: pale yellow
Bouquet: grassy, nettle, pine needles, lime, minerality
Taste: medium body, gooseberry, white currant, minerality, lime, stunning acidity, and similar to nose herby, long nicely lingering finish finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 4+9+13+7+7+50=90
Price: CZK 450
Stopper: screw cap
I very much like this style of SB, very sharp and grassy and herby supported by excellent minerality and lime.
Monday, July 22, 2013
ZV Bzenec Ego Veltlínské zelené 2010 pozdní sběr
Variety: Gruner Veltliner
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulv sub-appellation, Dolní Dunajovice village, Pod Slunným vrchem vineyard
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: very spice, green pepper and dry herbs
Taste: medium body, crunchy acidity, very drinkable, similar to nose there is pepperness in the taste followed by lime and hint of almond at the end of the mouth, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: salad, schnitzel, pork
Overall score: 4+7+12+5.5+5.5=84
Price: CZK 250
Stopper: single piece cork
I quite like this GV, It is from very difficult 2010 vintage, which proved to be at the end very good for white varieties. This is spicy and less fruity style of GV.
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulv sub-appellation, Dolní Dunajovice village, Pod Slunným vrchem vineyard
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: very spice, green pepper and dry herbs
Taste: medium body, crunchy acidity, very drinkable, similar to nose there is pepperness in the taste followed by lime and hint of almond at the end of the mouth, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: salad, schnitzel, pork
Overall score: 4+7+12+5.5+5.5=84
Price: CZK 250
Stopper: single piece cork
I quite like this GV, It is from very difficult 2010 vintage, which proved to be at the end very good for white varieties. This is spicy and less fruity style of GV.
Stříbrný Sonberk Rulandské šedé x Chardonnay 2011 pozdní sběr
Variety: Pinot Gris Chardonnay
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Popice village, Sonberk vineyard
Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Colour: light yellow
Bouquet: very fruity, hint of apricot, white peach and big butter pear (maslovka see the pic below)
Taste: medium body, very good minerality, lime, white grapefruit, slightly higher acidity then nose suggests, medium to longer finish.
Overall score: 3.5+8+11.5+6+6=85
Price: CZK 220
Stopper: cork
Feels very different from nose, where huge fruit is expected and in the taste where dominant is neutral profile with minerality and to me slightly higher acidity one would expect from the nose.
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Popice village, Sonberk vineyard
Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Colour: light yellow
Bouquet: very fruity, hint of apricot, white peach and big butter pear (maslovka see the pic below)
Taste: medium body, very good minerality, lime, white grapefruit, slightly higher acidity then nose suggests, medium to longer finish.
Overall score: 3.5+8+11.5+6+6=85
Price: CZK 220
Stopper: cork
Feels very different from nose, where huge fruit is expected and in the taste where dominant is neutral profile with minerality and to me slightly higher acidity one would expect from the nose.
Sunday, July 21, 2013
M&S Arrigo Bidoli Friuli Grave Sauvignon Blanc 2011 DOC
The notes are almost the same as well as scoring to our tasting in April 2013. For sure very good wine for our picnic.
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