Celler de Montsec Castells d'Artesa 2003 DO

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Tempranillo
Country of origin: Spain
Wine appellation: Costers del Segre
Vintage: 2003
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: medium garnet with bricky meniscus
Bouquet: coffee, leather, dates, strawberry preserves
Taste: medium body, canned red fruit, nice mellow tannins, coffee, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: dry salami
Overall score: 86
Price: EUR 5.50
Stopper: cork
Nicely aged Spanish red with dominant coffee tones.

MVZ Herbarium Moravicum Rulandské bíle 2009 pozdní sběr

Variety: 100% Pinot Blanc

Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Znojmo sub-apellation
Vintage: 2009

Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: orange peel, light touch of white flowers
Taste: medium body, very round, medium to low acidity, quite fruity, slight residual sugar, at the end a bit of pink grapefruite,  medium body

Recommended food pairing:  hard matured cheese with orange marmelade
Overall score:  82
Price: CZK 120
Stopper: cork

Rounder and slightly sweeter style of PN. It would probably be better in 1 year as it does not have the proper structure yet.

Herbarium Moravicum Ryzlink Vlašský 2006 pozdní sběr (Mikulov, lot: 310701001)

Variety: 100% Welsh Riesling
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-apellation
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: minerality, touch of herbs, lime
Taste: medium body, similar to taste there is strong minerality accompanied by crispy lime acidity, medium body
Recommended food pairing: pork
Overall score: 82
Price: CZK 120
Stopper: cork
Not yet as developed as 2006 vintage tasted here. Surprising to hot 2009 vintage it has nice lime acidity, which would keep it alive for another 3 years easily.

Herbarium Moravicum Sauvignon Blanc 2010 pozdní sběr (Znojmo, lot: 0509110044)

Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Znojmo sub-appellation
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: nice very nettle and grassy tones supported by lime
Taste: medium body, dominant not overripe gooseberry with very nice lime crispy acidity accompanied by slight residual sugar, which balances the acidity, medium body
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 84
Price: CZK 120
Stopper: cork
Comparing to 2009 vintage tasted here this one is completely different, it is from different appellation, it has has more lively acidity and the nose is quite nice and grassy.

Herbarium Moravicum Sauvignon Blanc 2009 pozdní sběr (Slovácko, lot: 1611109043)

Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Slovácko sub-appellation
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: white flowers, white peach, touch of gooseberry
Taste: medium body, not as good as in the nose, main character is the white currant, white grapefruit, medium body
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 82
Price: CZK 120
Stopper: cork
More peach style of SB in the nose, than usual for Moravia, slightly less structured in the taste

Doña Paula Los Cardos Tupungato Sauvignon Blanc 2006

Tasting notes are almost identical as the ones from July so I will not reproduce them here.

Víno Mikulov Sauvignon 2009 pozdní sběr

Variety: 100% Sauvignon blanc
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub appellation, Pavlov village, Sahara vineyard
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: pale yellow
Bouquet: ripe elderberry fruit, touch of tropical tones like maracuja accompanied by excellent minerality and smell of dry hei
Taste:  medium to full body, quite oily, ripe gooseberry with white grapefruit sweet dry skin, good minerality, medium finish
Recommended food pairing:
Overall score: 84
Price: CZK 129
Stopper: plastic cork
Fuller style of SB. It opened even better after one day being preserved under vacuum. I quite like the minerality character in it coming from the Palava.
It received the following medals:

• 2010 - MUNDUS VINI,Neustadt,Německo - gold medal
• 2010 - Vinalies Internationales 2010,Paříž,Francie - silver medal
• 2010 - Valtické vinné trhy 2010,Valtice,Česká republika - silver medal
• 2010 - Vinařské Litoměřice 2010,Litoměřice,Česká republika - silver medal
• 2010 - Prague Wine Trophy 2010,Praha,Česká republika - Prague Silver
• 2010 - VINITALY 2009,Verona,Itálie - diplom