Víno Mikulov Sommelier Club Ryzlink vlašský 2012 pozdní sběr

4th bottle of this wine tasted. Tasting notes are the same as in October 14, 2014.

Robert Mondavi Woodbridge Zinfandel 2005

9th bottle of this wine tasted. August 2014 tasting notes apply.

Vinzavod Assenovgrad Assena 2002

6th botlle of this wine tasted. Looking at my March 2014 tasting notes, not much has changed since then.

Ernest & Julio Gallo Family Zinfandel 2005

4th bottle of this wine tasted. Tasting notes from July 2014 apply.

Nové Vinařství Cuvée 4 Phantom Claret 2010

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Merlot
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 10.0%
Color: onion skin
Bouquet: overripe pineapple, overripe guava
Taste: light body, pineapple juice, slightly higher residual sugar is nicely balanced by higher lime acidity, medium finish
Recommended food pairing:
Overall score: 4+7+11+6+6+50=84
Price: CZK 170
Stopper: screw cap

Light bodied tropical character wine with higher residual sugar. What is interesting that red varieties were used to make this wine.

Herbarium Moravicum Chardonnay 2011 pozdní sběr (Slovácko, lot: 2505121065)

Variety: 100% Chardonnay
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Slovacko sub-appellation
Vintage: 2011, lot: 2505121065
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: expressive, tropical fruit, pineapple, hint of mango followed by peach
Taste: medium to full body, rounder profile, pineapple, greengage, at the end slight bitterness of the orange crust,  medium to longer finish

Recommended food pairing: turkey
Overall score: 4+7+11+6+7=85
Price: CZK 120
Stopper: cork

2nd bottle of the wine from this vintage and Slovacko sub-appellation and having the same production lot. Nicely done Chardonnay from hot 2011 vintage. For labels please refer to the first tasting from June 2012.

Undurraga Aliwen Cabernet Sauvignon Syrah Reserva 2007

2nd botlle of this wine tasted. My tasting notes from October 18, 2014 apply. The wine is at very good state of the botlle maturity. Luckily it is sealed with single piece cork, which was hardly soaked upon opening.  Scoring is the same.

Concha y Toro Sunrise Merlot 2007

Variety: Merlot
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Central Valley
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: darker garnet red
Bouquet: spices, cherry marmalade, black chocolate, coffee
Taste: medium body, very jammy, black sour cherries, hint of black currant an ripe plums, all accompanied by quite nice soft tannins, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: venison
Overall score: 4+7+11+6+7=85
Price: CZK 149
Stopper: cork

I think Sunrise is one of the best value wins on the market. Initially it is very fruity, but if you allow it to settle a bit in the cellar it will really improve, which I guess almost no one does:-)

Viña Bisquertt Petirrojo Chardonnay Reserva 2014

Variety: Chardonnay
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Colchagua Valley
Vintage: 2014
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: white flowers, white peach, pineapple, hint of green apple
Taste: medium body, white peach, white (not very ripe) pear, slight pineapple, hint of vanilla, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: cream sauce pasta
Overall score: 3.5+7+11+6+7=84.5
Price: CZK 249
Fresh, quite young chardonnay with the nose of white flowers, white peach and hint of oak

Vinselekt Michlovský Rulandské šedé 2011 pozdní sběr

Variety: Pinot Gris
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Nový Přerov village, Na štrekách vineyard
Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: zesty, lime, green melon, white flowers
Taste: medium body, minerality, lime, clean crispy acidity, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 4+7+12+6+7=86
Price: CZK 129
Stopper: cork

Crispy and mineral dry style of PG. Very nicely drinkable.

Viña Bisquertt La Joya Sauvignon Blanc Gran Reserva 2014

Variety: Sauvignon Blanc
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Colchagua Valley
Vintage: 2014
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: pale yellow with green hues
Bouquet: fresh, lime, white grapefruit, minerality
Taste: medium body, lots of emphasis on lime, with ringing acidity at the forefront of the mouth, followed by white grapefruit and slight adstringency at the end of the mouth profile, good minerality, longer nicely mouth watering finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 4+7+12+7+7=87
Price: CZK 249
Stopper: single piece cork

Very lime and sharp acidity style SB with less of white currant and no peach sometimes found in Sauvignons. This would be preferable for lovers of more and less fruit driven style of SB and I 'd say this is no party wine rather gastronomic.

Santa Carolina Sauvignon Blanc 2014

Variety: Sauvignon Blanc
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Rapel Valley
Vintage: 2014
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: white currant, gooseberry, lime
Taste: medium body, lime, white currant, white grapefruit at the end, medium to longer finish
Overall score: 4+7+11+6+7=85
Price: CZK 179
Stopper: screw cap

Refreshing zesty limey style of SB.

Viña Bisquertt Petirrojo Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva 2013

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Colchagua Valley
Vintage: 2013
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: dark ruby red with violet hues
Bouquet: cassis, black sour cherries, black chocolate, initially there was some animal tones that disappeared in 1 hour after opening
Taste: medium body, black currant with ripe black sour cherries accompanied by nice acidity and complemented by good tannis and black chocolate and light spice tones, medium to longer nicely mouth drying finish
Recommended food pairing: grilled meat
Overall score: 3.5+7.5+12+6+7=86
Price: CZK 249
Stopper: cork

Nothing to complain about it, very young though and slightly disjoint, but already drinkable. It will improve over 2-5 years. 

Viña Maipo Vitral Carmenere Reserva 2013

Variety: Carmenere 

Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Rapel Valley
Vintage: 2013
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: dark ruby red
Bouquet: ripe sour cherries, hint of green pepper, black chocolate, hint of smoke
Taste: medium body, very fruit driven style, black sour cherries is the major fruit nicely rounded up by black chocolate and light tannins with good spiciness, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: dry salami
Overall score: 4+8+12+6.5+7+50=87.5
Price: CZK 279
Stopper: single piece cork

The wine needs at least 2 hours to open up, initially very restrained and I'd say quite green pepper in the nose is very dominant. Later in the nose opens up with the sour cherries, chocolate and hint of smoke also to pop out. Surgically very precise Carmenere with good portion of oak barrel.

Ernest & Julio Gallo Family Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

9th bottle of 2006 vintage tasted. The notes are the same as in June 2014.

Moravíno Valtice Ryzlink vlašský 2012 pozdní sběr

Variety: Welsh Riesling
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Mikulov village, Pod Svatým kopečkem I. village
Vintage: 2012
Alcohol content: 14.5%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: apricot, greengage, hint of ripe peach, meadow flowers
Taste: medium to fuller body, ripe white peach, rounder profile, yellow fruits, medium to longer finish
Overall score: 3.5+7+10.5+6+6.5=83.5
Price: CZK  180
Stopper: single piece cork
This is more food and heavy rounder style of Welsh Riesling, it still has decent acidity, but it is not as crispy and mineral as one would expect. I will check 2013 vintage, which should be crispier and fresher style due to cold 2013 vintage.

Moravíno Valtice Chardonnay 2013 pozdní sběr

Variety: 100% Chardonnay

Country of origin:Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Mikulov village, Pod valtickou vineyard
Vintage: 2013
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: fresh, pineapple, still o a bit of yeasts
Taste: medium body, lime, slightly unripe pineapple in the palate is nicely complemented by pleasant acidity, medium to longer finish

Recommended food pairing: turkey
Overall score:  4+6.5+11+6+6.5=84
Price: CZK 200

Fresh, clean and lively Chard with good acidity of 2013 vintage. I slightly downgraded the nose as there is still a bit of yeasty aroma, which will disappear upon ageing. For interest compare this vintage to w from the same vineyard , but from the hot 2011 vintage tasted in August 2014.

Moravíno Valtice Grand Cuveé bílé 2013 pozdní sběr

Variety: Chardonnay, Riesling

Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Mikulov village, Pod Mušlovem village
Vintage: 2013
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: pale yellow
Bouquet: apricot, linden tree blossom, white peach, green melon
Taste: medium body, quite neutral, lime, apricot, peach, it feels with slightly less structure in the mid profile and a bit sweeter than dry, however with nice medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: matured sheep cheese
Overall score: 4+7+11+6+7=85
Price: CZK 200
Stopper: single piece cork

It actually really resembles the varieties in the nose with the green melon, peach of Chard and apricot of Riesling. Based on the nose it feels slightly more Riesling based, I checked the residual sugar and yes I was right despite the wine being classified as dry it has 7.8g/l residua sugar, which is noticeable and slightly offset by with higher acidity due to cold 2013 vintage. 

MVZ Bzenec Ego No.57 Rulandské šedé, Rulandské bílé, Chardonnay 2005 pozdní sběr

3rd and last bottle of this wine tasted. January 2014 tasting notes apply. Wine at the perfect state of the bottle maturity.

Moravíno Valtice Rulandské šedé 2013 pozdní sběr

Variety: Pinot Gris

Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Mikulov village, Pod valtickou vineyard
Vintage: 2013
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: expressive, minerality, citrusy, lime, orange tree blossom, almost like a citrus and orange based perfum, but in a nice sense

Taste: medium body, precise, sharp, mineral, crunchy lime acidity nicely accompanying major taste profile of dry orange crust and dry fruits, quite extractive, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: pumpkin risotto
Overall score: 4+8+12+7+7+50=88
Price: CZK 200
Stopper: single piece cork

One of the best wine tasted from 2013 vintage and for sure the best from Moravino of that year. Superb crispy acidity is nicely accompanying high extract and mineral character of the wine. Recently I tasted from the same vineyard 2006 vintage with 90 points. This sure is the best candidate for cellaring.

Moravíno Valtice Chardonnay barrique 2013 pozdní sběr

Variety: 100% Chardonnay

Country of origin:Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Valtice village, Kamenné hory vineyard
Vintage: 2013
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: lime, pineapple, spiciness, orange crust, very light touch of vanilla
Taste: medium to body, fresh pineapple with nice lime acidity in the front to mid palate is completed by spiciness of oranges and grapefruits, light touch of oak, nice longer finish

Recommended food pairing: turkey
Overall score:  4+7+12+7+7=87
Price: CZK 200

Comparing to 2011 unoaked Pinot Blanc tasted at the same time, this Chard feels slightly more restrained in the nose, but with better mouth profile due to superb acidity (cold vintage) and longer lingering finish. Good candidate for additional purchase as I have only one more bottle in the cellar.

Moravíno Valtice Rulandské bílé 2011 výběr z hroznů

Variety: 100% Pinot Blanc

Country of origin:Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Mikulov village, Pod Svatým kopečkem II vineyard
Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: white peach, pear, pineapple
Taste: medium to fuller body, rounder and fuller style with the white ripe pear playing the major role in the mouth supported by white peach and pineapple, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: turkey
Overall score:  4+7+11+6+7=85
Price: CZK 200

Fuller rounder style of PB representing very hot 2011 vintage. Despite that is has very good fresh and fruity nose without the alcohol being visible, quite extractive in the taste. 

Robert Mondavi Woodbridge Zinfandel 2005

8th bottle of this wine tasted. August 2014 tasting notes apply. I just had a tasting glass. Lenka finished it on her own in 2 days:-)

Moravíno Valtice Rulandské modré 2011 výběr z hroznů

Variety: 100% Pinot Noir 

Country of origin:Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Mikulov village, Pod Svatým kopečkem II vineyard
Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: light ruby red
Bouquet: cranberries, plums, wild sour cherries
Taste: medium body, predominantly fruit driven style similar to nose there are wild sour cherries as the major fruit providing the fruitiness accompanied by nice acidity and light spiciness, followed by light tones of sour cherries marmalade, all this supported by slightly younger and lighter tannins, medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: duck
Overall score: 3+7+11+6+7=84
Price: CZK 200
Stopper: single piece cork

Fruit driven PN from very hot vintage, despite the alcohol being quite high it does not stand out. The wine feels quite young at this point and will need some time to settle down. I have one more bottle to check:-)

Sileni Tahuna Pinot Noir 2004

14th bottle of this wine tasted. Tasting notes from September 14, 2014 apply. 

Elesko Chardonnay D.S.C 2010 neskorý sber yellow label (oak barrel)

Variety: Chardonnay

Country of origin: Slovakia
Wine appellation: Malé Karpaty, village Vištúk, vineyard Zoya
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: grilled pineapple, hint of hazelnuts and vanilla
Taste: medium body, unripe pineapple, citrus stile, hint of vanilla, good acidity, medium to slightly longer finish
Overall score: 4+7.5+12+6+7=86.5
Price: EUR 13

Stopper: single piece cork

Much better than 2009 vintage tasted at the same time. This has lower alcohol, better mouth structure and good acidity due to cold 2010 vintage. All this is accompanied by light barrel tones.

Elesko Chardonnay 2 D.S.C 2009 výber z hrozna

Variety: Chardonnay
Country of origin: Slovakia
Wine appellation: Malé Karpaty, village Vištúk, vineyard Zoya
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: white peach, pear, pineapple, alcohol slightly in the nose
Taste: medium to full body, quite round, lower acidity, similar to nose there is pear with white peach, at the end notes of pomelo and grapefruit, medium to longer warmer (slightly alcoholic)finish
Recommended food pairing: mushroom rissotto
Overall score: 4+7+10+6+6=83
Price: EUR 11

Stopper: cork

3rd bottle of this wine tasted. Previously tasted in March 2013 and July 2012. What was said previously still applies: heavy oily and food style Chardonnay, it lacks the acidity or oak.

ZV Bzenec Ego No.76 Veltlínské zelené Sylvánské zelené 2011 pozdní sběr

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. Tasting notes from November 5, 2014 apply.

Ernest & Julio Gallo Family Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

8th bottle of 2006 vintage tasted. The notes are the same as in June 2014.

MVZ Bzenec Ego No.57 Rulandské šedé, Rulandské bílé, Chardonnay 2005 pozdní sběr

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. Tasting notes are almost the same as in January 2014. 

Sing Wine Line Exclusive Cuveé Šutr 2011

2nd and last bottle of this wine tasted. First bottle tasted 1.5 year ago in May 2013. Tasting notes are almost the same, the wine has hardly changed.

Viu Manent Malbec Reserva 2008

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. Tasting notes are almost identical to those from April 2014. NIce fruit with the smoke and black chocolate. coring this time is: 4+7+12+7+7=87

Tanzberg Rýnský Ryzlink 2003 pozdní sběr

4th bottle of this wine tasted. Tasting notes from May 2014 are pretty much valid for todays tasting as the wine did not move from then a lot.

Víno Mikulov Sommelier Club Ryzlink vlašský 2012 pozdní sběr

3rd bottle of this wine tasted. Tasting notes are the same as in October 14, 2014.

Vinařství Dufek Rulandské šedé 2007 výběr z hroznů botritis cinerea

2nd bottle of this wine tasted.  Tasting notes from not a week ago do for sure apply.

Vinařství Dufek Sauvignon 2007 výběr z hroznů

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. Tasting notes from January 2014 apply.

Stapleton & Springer Pinot Noir 2009 Trkmanska

5th bottle of this wine tasted. Tasting notes are the same as in October 24, 2014.

Simpatico Wines Secret Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. Looking back at my February 2013 tasting notes the wine got slightly rounder and more integrated the fruit is now much more balanced both in the nose and tase. Also the alcohol despite being quite high is not that disturbing as 1.5 years ago.

Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore 2012 DOC

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. Tasting notes from April 2014 apply.

Ernest & Julio Gallo Family Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

7th bottle of 2006 vintage tasted. The notes are the same as in June 2014. Save bet if Lenka asks for some red wine:-)

Vinařství Dufek Rulandské šedé 2007 výběr z hroznů botritis cinerea

Variety: Pinot Gris

Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Slovácko sub-appellation, Svatobořice-Mistřín village, Tabule vineyard
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: straw yellow
Bouquet: honey, peach, hint of banana
Taste: medium body,honey, orange marmalade, ripe peach, dry pineapple, higher residual sugar, medium to longer  finish
Overall score: 5+7+12+6+7+50=87
Price: CZK 180

Recommended food pairing: Asian dishes
Stopper: single piece cork

Concentrated type of PG. High residual sugar is nicely encompassed in overall rich structure of the wine with good bottle maturity.

Castillo de Molina Shiraz Reserva 2005

Variety: Shiraz
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Curicó Valley
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: deep red
Bouquet: forest fruit, blackberries, blueberries, hint of smoke and toast
Taste: full body, lots of fruit with black chocolate, and spices, ripe black sour cherries, blackberries, blueberries, very good acidity, pepper, matured tannins,  longer finish

Overall score: 4+8+12+7+7=88
Price: circa CZK 250
Stopper: single piece cork

Powerful Shiraz with lots of everything at perfect bottle maturity. Forest fruit is nicely accompanied by black chocolate and perfect spiciness. Castillo de Molina Reserva row never disappoints.