Chateau de Bord Laudun Cotes du Rhone Villages 2006

Variety: Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Cotes du Rhone
Vintage: 2006
Alcohol content: 14.5%
Color: medium ruby red
Bouquet: full fruity, plums, earthiness, spices, powerful
Taste: full body,  proper characteristic of the dark red fruits with the secondary spice tones (predominately cinnamon) and gentle but proper tannins supported by the reasonable minerality, medium to long finish
Recommended food pairing:  medium rare flank steak
Overall score: 88
Price CZK 350 on web
Stopper: cork
Fantastic CDR style of wine. it has everything in it u could expect, big fruit with minerality character, earthiness, hm:)

Tesco Finest Gigondas 2005 AOC

It was quite interesting to check the development of the wine after more than 1.5 year and I would consider this to be the same as in February 2010 tastings. Final score is the same 83 points , but I would not recommend to age it more.

Patria Kobylí Cabernet Moravia 2009 pozdní sběr

Variety: Cabernet Moravia

Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Velke Pavlovice sub-appellation, Kobylí vilage, Nivky vineyard
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Residual sugar: 7.4g/l
Acidity: 4.7g/l
Color: medium ruby red with violet hues
Bouquet: forest fruits mainly blueberries, black currant preserve, touch of earthiness
Taste: medium body, black forest fruit driven mouth feel with blueberry cake being the main characteristics, gentle tannins, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: duck
Overall score: 85
Price: CZK 190
Stoper: cork
Comparing to Modry portugal described in the previous tasting, this is a different league. I really liked the gentle black fruit character of this both in the nose as well as in the taste. Excellent example of how CM should be done.

Patria Kobylí Modrý portugal 2009 pozdní sběr

Variety: Blauer Portugieser

Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Velke Pavlovice sub-appellation, Kobylí vilage, Lumperky vineyard
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Residual sugar: 8.4g/l
Acidity: 4.6g/l
Color: light to medium garnet red 
Bouquet: gentle fruity towards white cherries and touch of plums
Taste: light to medium body, cherries, fruit driven mouth feel supported by almost invisible wood undertones, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: pork
Overall score: 81
Price: CZK 170
Stoper: cork
I found this one in a shop and remembered that we had some nice red wines from Patria in National Wine Cellar in Valtice one month ago so I bought this bottle as well as Cabernet Moravia.  This is lighter ad fruity style of Modry Portugal, definitely appealing for lovers of more approachable reds. I would not really include it in the National Wine Cellar collection for 2011.

Louis de Montgérac Réserve Bordeaux AOC 2003

Variety: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Bordeaux
Vintage: 2003
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: medium red with garnet meniscus
Bouquet: canned cherries sour cherries with the hint of oak
Taste: lighter to medium body, cherries, still nice fruitiness and tannins considering its age, hint of marmalade, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: dry salami
Overall score: 82
Price: CZK 179 in 2005
Stopper: plastic cork
Very different from the bottle tasted in April of this year. This one is still fresh and not going down like the one in April. I suspect the previous bottle was flawed by the unsealed plastic cork, which could be confirmed by the fact that one month ago we drank the same bottle and the taste and nose was exactly the same as the tasting notes here.

Chateau Valtice Sauvignon Blanc 2002 pozdní sběr

Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulv sub-appellation, Brod nad Dyjí village, Brodské stráně vineyard
Vintage: 2002
Alcohol content: 11.6%
Color: straw yellow
Bouquet: already shows matured bottle tones, but still nicely fruity with dominant canned gooseberry
Taste: light to medium body,canned gooseberry and apple, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 82
Price: CZK 249 n 2005
Stopper: cork
Very interesting indeed. It is amazing the conditions of this wine after almost 10 years! it is still very nice fruity and drinkable! For the picture please refer to the tasting from May of this year

Sax Zwillingslauser Gruner Veltliner 2010

Variety: 100% Gruner Veltliner
Country of origin: Austria
Wine appellation: Kamptal
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: shiny medium yellow
Bouquet: expressive, green pepper, minerality, lime
Taste: medium body, lime, very refreshing, crunchy acidity, lime, citruss tones, medium  finish
Recommended food pairing: on its own summer BBQ
Overall score: 85
Price: CZK 180
Stopper: screw cap
Very nice fruity and crispy style of Gruner Veltliner which has balanced acidity minerality.Very refreshing indeed.