Ravis Rakvice Exclusive Pálava 2009

Variety: 100% Palava
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia,
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: very pale yellow
Bouquet: spicy flowers, roses, apricot
Taste: light to medium body, lower acidity, apricot, at the end slight bitterness, short to medium finish
Recommended food pairing:
Overall score: 79
Price: CZK 69
Stopper: cork
The wine is OK, slightly tighter in the body, but nicely aromatic of apricots and maybe litchi. It is absolute bargain to have this gentle wine for this money.

Willi Brundlmayer Langenloiser Gruner Veltliner 2007

Variety: 100% Gruner Veltliner
Country of origin: Austria
Wine appellation: Kamptal
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n/a
Color: shiny medium yellow
Bouquet: expressive, green pepper, hay, dried fruit, vanilla, bottleness
Taste: medium body, lime, peeled almonds, quite nice extract and concentration, although very dry, medium to long finish
Recommended food pairing: turkey breast with spinach and cheese stuffing, baby potatoes with butter
Overall score: 87
Price: CZK 399
Stopper: single piece cork
Very nice concentrated and spicy type of Gruner Veltliner which has balanced acidity and peppery tones. It is getting better and better with every sip, especially the bouquet is splander of complex scents of oriental herbs with dry pineapple and lime peel.

Víno Mikulov Sommelier Club Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 pozdní sběr rosé

Variety: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Velké Pavlovice sub appellation, Křepice village, Achtele vineyard
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: darker pink with orange hues
Bouquet: raspberries, touch of red currant with forest strawberries
Taste: quite fruity, strawberries, red currant. nice acidity, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: salad
Overall score: 81
Price: CZK 139
Stopper: plastic cork
Nice rose with balanced fruitiness, acidity and very slight residual sugar.

Australian Bush Shiraz Cabernet

Variety: Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon
Country of origin: Australia
Wine appellation: South Eastern Australia
Vintage: non vintage
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n/a
Color: light ruby red
Bouquet: raspberries, cherries, very fruity, straightforward
Taste: light to medium body, cherries, raspberries, blue rapes flavor, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: summer BBQ drink
Overall score: 75
Price: CZK 99
Stopper: plastic cork
Unispiring cheap red from Australia, drunk at the visit.

Neoklas Šardice Augustianský Sklep Rulandské modré rosé 2009

Variety: 100% Rulandské modré
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Slovácko sub appellation, Nechvalín village, Borový-Čtvrtě vineyard
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n/a
Color: very pale salmon pink
Bouquet: gentle, forest strawberries
Taste: white currant, small red wild cherries, higher acidity, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: fish
Overall score: 77
Price: CZK 99
Stopper: cork
Quite ordinary rose, slightly higher acidity than I would expect to have, not as fruity in the nose and taste as one would expect from rose.

Wegenstein Muskat Ottonel 2009

Variety: 100% Muscat Ottonel
Country of origin: Austria
Wine appellation: Burgenland
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Residual sugar: n/a
Acidity: n/a
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: aromatic, lychee, apricot, muscat flower
Taste: light to medium body, zesty acidity accompanied by nice spicy tones, slight residual sugar, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: fruit salad
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 99
Stopper: screw top
This is quite nice muscatel wine, very young and fruity and although with slight residual sugar it keeps the crispy acidity in it. it requires quite a chilling to 6 to 7 degrees to be very refreshing.

Rocca Bernarda Chardonnay 2008 DOC

Variety: 100% Chardonnay
Country of origin: Italy
Wine appellation: Colli Orientali del Friuli
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: deeper aroma of tropical fruit , pinepple
Taste: medium body, pineapple, round mouth feel, crunchy acidity with minerality follwed by medium to longer finish
Recommended food pairing: risotto with peas
Overall score: 83
Price: CZK 199
Stopper: cork
Nice mineral type of Chardonnay from Friuli region in Italy. I got this wine from last year Vino Destilaty show.