Moselland Divinum Riesling 2007

Variety: Riesling
Country of origin: Germany
Wine appellation: Mosel
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 11.0%
Color: pale yellow with greenish hue
Bouquet: citrusy, mineral, tangy, lime, linden tree
Taste: lighter body, lime, green pear, zesty acidity and at the end very slight hint of residual sugar
Recommended food pairing: fish, seafood, schnitzel,
Overall score: 86
Price: CZK 99
Stopper: screw cap
I really like this Riesling, It has everything that good Riesling should have: it is very zesty, nice acidity, minerality, lush scent and it is not overburden with high alcohol like New World wines I tasted recently. More and more I will likely change from Moravian Rieslings to German ones, they usually have much better quality for the price. I got this one for CZK 100 (EUR 4) and its has striking price value ratio. I will get a case for sure.
Before I take my photo of the bottle I have attached the pic from web (tasted bottle is the red one).

Modrý Sklep Rulandské šedé 2004

Variety: Pinot Gris

Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Znojmo subappellation
Vintage: 2004
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: straw yellow
Bouquet: quite expressive, very nice aged tones, orange peel, canned gooseberry, lime
Taste: medium body, mineral, citrus tones, nice acidity,medium finish
Recommended food pairing: Fish, poultry, pasta
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 99
Stopper: cork
I discovered this bottle when organizing my cellar. I quite like wines from Modry sklep. They are usually very good even in their base row, which is this one. The label looks pretty horrible, but the wines are very nice and drinkable. About 4 years ago we used to love Veltlinske Zelene 2002, which was amazing value wine for the price of CZK 70 (EUR 2.7) and I had a case of that wine and my friend as well:). This bottle of Rulandske sede, however, was my last one :(.

Vina Albali Reserva 2000

Variety: Tempranillo
Country of origin: Spain
Wine appellation: Valdepenas
Vintage: 2000
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n/a
Color: medium garnet color with bricky meniscus
Bouquet: cherries, hint of vanilla
Taste: medium body, canned sour cherries, vanilla, coffee, smooth tannins, medium finish, slight acidity in the end
Recommended food pairing: pasta with tomato sauce, fuet
Overall score: 81
Price: CZK 149
Stopper: cork
Winemaking:
Through gentle maceration and constant remounting, expressive tannic compounds are optimized. Following fermentation at a controlled temperature the wine is aged in American oak barrels for twelve months. It then rests quietly in bottle for another 2 to 3 years to ensure a complete harmonized maturation is achieved.
Awards:
- Expovinos Challenge 2007. Bogotá, Colombia. Silver Medal.
- Decanter World Wine Awards 2006. United Kingdom. Bronze Medal
This is regular reserva for very good price. If I remember it correctly I bought it about 2 years ago for around CZK 150. For this money it is nice drinking wine with, medium body, smooth, not harsh with hints of cherries, spices and vanilla. Comparing to some Riojas I tasted previous months it lacks complexity, but for the price is OK.

Valpolicella Ripasso Tesco Finest 2005

Variety: Corvina, Molinara, and Rondinella
Country of origin: Italy
Wine appellation: Valpolicella
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: medium ruby red
Bouquet: black cherries, plums, chocolate
Taste: medium body, black cherries, chocolate, reasonable tannins, feels "european", still slightly harsher tannins and acidity
Recommended food pairing: chocolate cake
Overall score: 80

Price: CZK 199

Stopper: cork

This wine is the "residual" gift our neighbor got from our friend when leaving the Czech Republic. It was quite controversial because we have tasted it as a third bottle. Some people liked it, whilst my girlfriend was not really fond of it. It is cheaper version of Ripasso, but it is a standard quality wine with fruit and chocolate in it. Although it is 2005 vintage, given its tannins it has nice  potential to develop and smooth out in 2 - 4 years easily.

La Montesa Crianza 2003 DOCa

Variety: Tempranillo x Garnacha x Graciano x Mazuelo
Country of origin: Spain
Wine appellation: Rioja
Vintage: 2003
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n/a
Color: deep garnet color with bricky meniscus
Bouquet: nice, intense, black cherries, vanilla, sour cherries marmalade
Taste: medium body, silky tannins, black sour cherries, vanilla, coffee, plum, still slightly higher acidity
Recommended food pairing:
Overall score: 84
Price: gift
Stopper: cork
This was very nice example of crianza, very fruity and also combined with vanilla and woody tonnes. I checked after my scoring and Parker gave it 89 points. I would doubt it as I expect something different from 89 points wine. However, this was very nice and especially bouquet was fantastic!

Caliterra Merlot 2001

Variety: Merlot
Country of origin: Chille
Wine appellation: Valle Cental
Vintage: 2001
Alcohol content: 14.5%
Color: brick color, very nice orange hues
Bouquet: extremly intense, very complex, minerality, dried fruit, strawberry marmelade, hint of cinnamon and coffee
Taste: medium to full body, canned cherries, coffee, very nice aged tones, quite long finish
Recommended food pairing: this one can stand easily on its own, with some hard matured cheeses to complement
Overall score: 86
Price: gift

Stopper: cork

This wine I got from my boss in 2004, by accident this guy sits in my current company on a board. I found it when organizing my 500 bottles in a cellar (:)) and though it would be nice to open it for my birthday.  And it was. There is something I really like on aged bottles and it is this beautiful color, bricky and very shiny where the years managed to leave the imprints, also the bouquet is quiete distinct. Going towards coffee, spices, canned fruit marmelade and INTEGRATED oak, whereas the youg wines have the oak typically standing out.

Long Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2001

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Country of origin: South Africa
Wine appellation: Western Cape
Vintage: 2001
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: garnet with brick meniscus
Bouquet: nicely aged, canned black currant and sour cherries,
Taste: medium body, strawberry marmalade, canned black currant and sour cherries, hint of coffee
Recommended food pairing: pork, turkey
Overall score: 82

Price: gift

Stopper: cork

Reasonable Cabernet Sauvignon, got points from the balance developed in a bottle, medium body, generally OK, but younger it would probably be much lower score:)