Vinařství Dufek Rulandské Modré 2006 výběr z hroznů

Variety: Pinot Noir  
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Slovacko sub-appellation,  Svatobořice-Mistřín village, Tabule vineyard
Vintage: 2006
Alcohol content: 15.0%
Residual sugar: 2.5g/l
Acidity: 4.4g/l
Color: very bright terracotta
Bouquet: quite expressive, May (early) cherries, forest strawberries
Taste: medium to full body, forest strawberries, cranberries, at the ens pink grapefruit, medium to long finish
Recommended food pairing: rabbit in cream sauce
Overall score: 86
Price: CZK 180
Stopper: cork
This was absolutely stunning Pinot Noir. The color is very pale with bricky tones and the bouquet was very expressive and gentle at the same time, red fruit, strawberries, smooth and surprisingly the alcohol was not standing out at all probably due to very high extract. I only have one more bottle of this Pinot, how sad:(. I really liked it. Info from the winery about the extract: 26.2g/l.

Tanzberg Vlašský Ryzlink 2004 jakostní

Variety: Welsh Riesling
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Perna village, Zelezna vineyard
Vintage: 2004
Alcohol content: 12.48%
Residual sugar: 1.8g/l
Acidity: 7.9g/l
Color: straw to golden yellow
Bouquet: mineral, ripe fruit, canned gooseberry
Taste: medium body, white currant with lemony acidity
Recommended food pairing: fish, pork snitzel
Overall score: 82
Price: CZK 199
Stopper: cork
Very mineral type of vlassky ryzlink. It is nicely aged but given the higher acidity of 2004 vintage it holds perfectly together.

Moncaro Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico 2007 DOC

Variety: Verdicchio
Country of origin: Italy
Wine appellation: Eastern Italy
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: straw yellow
Bouquet: peach, red (sweet) apple, mirabelle
Taste: light to medium body, crispy citrusy acidity, green apple, white grapefruit, short to medium finish
Recommended food pairing: fish, salads, chicken
Overall score: 81
Price: CZK 119
Stopper: cork
This is good value wine for CZK 120. For this price it does very good job.

Chateau Valtice Neuburské jakostní

Variety: Neuburger  
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation
Vintage: non vintage ( i guess 2008)
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: pale yellow, green hues
Bouquet: fruity, citrus tones
Taste: light body, medium and pleasant acidity, white grapefruit
Recommended food pairing: fish, salads
Overall score: 78
Price: CZK 79
Stopper: cork
Inexpensive, but quite refreshing wine. For the price of CZK 80 it does create lot of bang for a buck :)

Concha y Toro Sunrise Chardonnay 2005

Variety: Chardonnay
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Central Valley
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 13%
Color: straw yellow
Bouquet: pineapple, ripe melon, citrusy
Taste: medium body, tropical ripe fruit mainly pineapple, followed by green melon, and slight tomes of ripe pear, round, hint of nuts, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: fruit salad,
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 199 
Stopper: cork
Concha y toro never disappoints us. This is very nice, balanced, fruity chardonnay in bouquet,  This wine benefits from the aging in my cellar. You can get 2008 vintages in the supermarkets now. I also like the fact that despite being the base row it is sealed with real cork, which, given my experience, is absolutely best stopper for aging, followed by screw top and then vinolock (glass stopper). Plastic cork is absolutely unsuitable for aging. It leaks oxygen more than real cork. Majority of the wines in my cellar with plastic cork age about twice faster than those sealed with real cork.
Lenka picked this bottle and she was right.

Anakena Chardonnay 2005

Variety: Chardonnay
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Casablanca Valley
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: light golden
Bouquet: quite intense pungent fruit, mango, lychee, rose flower
Taste: medium body, creamy, vanilla, butter, nuts, canned gooseberry, white grapefruit, very dry
Recommended food pairing: queso curado, matured cheese
Overall score: 82
Price: CZK 190
Stopper: plastic cork
This is very different from the previous chardonnay. In the nose its quite expressive, almost rotten fruit with nice vanilla tones. The taste is very different from the bouquet, it's extremely dry, creamy, buttery, lacks a bit of fruit characteristics.

Reva Rakvice Gallery Chardonnay 2005 pozdni sber

Variety: Chardonnay
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Velke Pavlovice sub-appellation
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 13%
Color: straw yellow
Bouquet: ripe tones, creamy, pineapple, banana, hazelnut
Taste: medium body, orange, pink grapefruit, in the end hazelnut, slight residual sugar
Recommended food pairing: apple strudel with vanilla custard
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: plastic cork
Nice wine for winter as it has sweet tones in bouquet, it is not typical zesty fresh chardonnay. It would nicely go even with the Xmas cookies :))))