Monday, July 25, 2016

Herbarium Moravicum Ryzlink vlašský 2010 pozdní sběr (Mikulov, lot: 0509110005/2)

Variety: 100% Welsh Riesling
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation
Vintage: 2010
Alcohol content: 11.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: very mineral, herby, citrusy
Taste: light to medium body, lime, white grapefruit, clean, austere, lean profile, good bottle maturity, medium to longer finish
Overall score: 4+7+11+7+7=86
Price: CZK 120
Stopper: cork
4th botlle of this wine tasted. very leand and clean. it looks like last botlle in the cellar. For previous tasting please refer to February 11, 2016.

Friday, July 22, 2016

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Distingué de Vinselekt Ryzlink Vlašský 2015 kabinetní

Variety: 100% Welsh Riesling
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Milovice village
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: pale  yellow
Bouquet: mineral, lime, zesty, white flowers
Taste: medium body, similar to noxe there is lime and minarality, crunchy acidity and freshness, hint of white grapefruit, medium to longer finish
Overall score: 4+7+11+6.5+6.5=85
Price: CZK 119 on special
Stopper: cork
Fresh and zesty Welsh Riesling.

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Sing Wine Ryzlink Rýnský 2015 pozdní sběr

2nd botlle of this wine tasted. For tasting notes please refer to June 26, 2016.

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Sing Wine Rulandské šedé 2015 pozdní sběr

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. For tasting notes please refer to JUne 21, 2016.

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Luis Felipe Edwards Cimarosa Chardonnay Limited Edition 2013

4th botlle of this wine tasted. For tasting notes please refer to July 10, 2016.

Monday, July 11, 2016

Cimarosa Estate Selection Sauvignon Blanc 2015

8th botlle of this wine tasted. For tasting notes please refer to May 6, 2016.

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Luis Felipe Edwards Cimarosa Chardonnay Limited Edition 2013

Variety: 100% Chardonnay
Country of origin: Chile
Wine appellation: Cassablanca Valley
Vintage: 2013
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: medium  yellow
Bouquet: dry pineapple, light tones of toast
Taste: medium body, pineapple, lime, quite fresh with good acidity, hint of vanilla, medium to longer finish
Overall score: 4+7+11+6+7+50=85
Price: CZK 149
Stopper: single piece cork
3rd botlle of this wine tasted. The wine is more adult and better than at the first tasting in May 16, 2014.

Vinařství Kubík Chardonnay Opulent 2012 pozdní sběr

Variety: 100% Chardonnay
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Velké Pavlovice sub-appellation, Velké Bílovice village, Zadní hora
Vintage: 2012
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: golden yellow
Bouquet: bread, yeasts, red apples, lightly oxidative
Taste: medium to fuller body, creamy, round, similar to nose there is bread, hint of toast, some vanilla, good acidity, medium to longer finish
Overall score: 5+7+10.5+6+7=85.5
Price: CZK 350
Stopper: cork
Having from the same Opulent row Zweigelt, which was stunning I have had higher expectation than the actual result from the tasting, Not bad wine for sure, but it misses the something and also the finish is not great either. What is nice is the lees character both in the nose and taste.

Mikrosvín Mikulov Rulandské bílé 1999 výběr z hroznů

Variety: 100% Pinot Blanc
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Březí village, Liščí kopec vineyard
Vintage: 1999
Alcohol content: 12.8%
Color: golden yellow
Bouquet: visibal botlle aged tones, but still not oxidated, bread, herbs, quite complex
Taste: medium body, citrus based preserve, dry apples, very good acidity and minerality, long nicely staying finish
Overall score: 4+7+11+7+7+50=86
Price: bought ages ago
Stopper: single piece cork
Another lost treasure from my cellar. This wine needed its time after opening to shown up, initailly quite closed, after 24 hours under vacuum opened up. Also initially used Riesling glass was not very good for the wine,  Montrachet glass prooved to be much better for the nose despite the wine being unoaked.

Gotberg Ryzlink rýnský 2011 pozdní sběr

Variety: 100% Riesling
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov, sub-appellation, Popice village, Panenský kopec village
Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: medium  yellow
Bouquet: red apple, light tones of petrol
Taste: medium body, lime, citrus tones with hint of bottle aged tones, medium acidity, longer finish
Overall score: 4+6+10+6+6+50=82
Price: CZK 260
Stopper: single piece cork
I expected more, quite average Riesling.

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Cimarosa Estate Selection Sauvignon Blanc 2015

7th botlle of this wine tasted. For tasting notes please refer to May 6, 2016.

Friday, July 8, 2016

Vignobles Paul Mas Chardonnay 2015

3rd botlle of this wine tasted. For tasting notes please refer to June 25, 2016.

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Vignobles Paul Mas Chardonnay 2015

2nd botlle of this wine tasted. For tasting notes please refer to June 25, 2016.

Saturday, July 2, 2016

Cimarosa Estate Selection Sauvignon Blanc 2015

6th botlle of this wine tasted. For tasting notes please refer to May 6, 2016.

Friday, July 1, 2016

Tesco Finest Marlborough Riesling 2014

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. For tasting notes please refer to June 19, 2016.

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Sing Wine Rosé 2015

4th bottle of this wine tasted. For tasting notes please refer to June 6, 2016.

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Stone Way Chenin Blanc 2015

Variety: Chenin Blanc
Country of origin: South Africa
Wine appellation: Western Cape
Vintage: 2015
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: lime, fresh
Taste: medium body, zesty style, lime, good acidity, green apple, medium finish
Overall score: 4+6.5+10+5.5+5.5=81.5
Price: CZK 79
Stopper: cork
Straightforward Chenin, nothing big.

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Domaine De La Baume Chardonnay Elite D' OR 2013

Variety: Chardonnay
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Languedoc
Vintage: 2013
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: grilled pineapple, toast
Taste: medium body, nicely structured, tropical fruit, hazelnut, nicely integrated wood, good acidity, and roundness,  nicely lingering longer finish
Overall score: 4+8+12+7+7=88
Price: CZK 300
Stopper: single piece cork
Very nice chard in very heavy botlle.

Domaine De La Baume Chardonnay Elite D' OR 2013

Variety: Chardonnay
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Languedoc
Vintage: 2013
Alcohol content: 14.0%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: grilled pineapple, toast
Taste: medium body, nicely structured, tropical fruit, hazelnut, nicely integrated wood, good acidity, and roundness,  nicely lingering longer finish
Overall score: 4+8+12+7+7=88
Price: CZK 300
Stopper: single piece cork
Very nice chard in very heavy botlle.

Sunday, June 26, 2016

Sing Wine Ryzlink Rýnský 2015 pozdní sběr

Variety: Riesling
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Velké Pavlovice sub appellation, Velké Bílovice village, Vinohrádky vineyard
Vintage: 2015
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: citrusy, white peach, almost going towards white currant
Taste: light to medium body, quite zesty amnd fresh style, lime, lemon, white grapefruit, very good crunchy acidity, longer finish
Overall score: 4+7+11+6.5+6.5=85
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: cork
Quite zesty and citrusy style. I quite like it despite lighter body. Nice refreshing uncomplicated riesling.

Saturday, June 25, 2016

Vignobles Paul Mas Chardonnay 2015

Variety: Chardonnay
Country of Origin: France
Wine appellation: Languedoc
Vintage: 2015
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: light to medium  yellow
Bouquet: quite expressive, tropical fruit, pineapple, maracuja, vanilla
Taste: medium body, pineapple, creamy, rounder style, good acidity,  medoium to longer finish
Overall score: 4+7+11+6+7=85
Price: CZK 99 on special
Stopper: cork
This is very drinkable Chardonnay, amazing value, properly done lightly oaked chardonnay, it woul beat majority of the Moravian barrel aged Chardonnays on blind tasting. Probably would not age very well, but if you want some decent Chard to accompany your salmon there we go.

Friday, June 24, 2016

Sing Wine Rosé 2015

3rd bottle of this wine tasted. For tasting notes please refer to June 6, 2016.

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Ernst Ludwig Riesling 2013 dry

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. For tasting notes please refer to June 19, 2016 tasting.

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Vinařství Kubík Rulandské šedé 2015 pozdní sběr

Variety: 100% Pinot Gris
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Velké Pavlovice sub appellation, Velké Bílovice village
Vintage: 2015
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: light onion peel pale color
Bouquet: expressive, oranges, grapefruit, lime
Taste: medium body, slightly unripe pineapple, oranges, grapefruit, white currant, very good acidity nicely ofset by tiny residual sugar, medium to longer finish
Overall score: 4+7+11+6.5+6.5=85
Price: CZK 200
Stopper: cork
Zesty Pinot Gris with tine residual sugar, very crunchy though. 

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Chateau Valtice Frankovka Premium Collection 2009 výběr z hroznů

Variety: 100 % Blaufrankish
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Mikulov sub-appellation, Dolní Dunajovice village, Pod Slunným vrchem vineyard
Vintage: 2009
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: medium red
Bouquet: small red pit fruit, cherries, vanilla
Taste: medium body, cherries, cranberries, vanilla, round, medium acidity, lower tannins, at the end some red currant, longer finish
Overall score: 4+7+11+7+7=86
Price: CZK 299
Stopper: single piece cork
This was supposed to be stunning wines having all the following trophies: 
  • Regional Champion Prague Wine Trophy 2015
  • Gold Salon vín 2014
  • Silver Král vín ČR 2013
  • Silver AWC Viennna 2015
  • Silver Salon vín 2016
I was eager to try as I am not a huge fan of Frankovka and said to myself maybe I am biased and lets try once more. Well, it is one of the best Frankovka I had, but will not change my mind about the variety. Good to try, but will not buy more.

Sing Wine Rulandské šedé 2015 pozdní sběr

Variety: Pinot Gris
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Velké Pavlovice sub appellation, Velké Bílovice village, Široká hora vineyard
Vintage: 2015
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: citrusy, white peach, zesty, lime, white currant, galia melon, pineapple
Taste: medium to full body, lime, pineapple, similar to nose there  is some spiciness of white currant and white grapefruit, very fresh with crunchy acidity, medium to  longer finish
Overall score: 4+7.5+11+6.5+7=86
Price: CZK 150
Stopper: cork
Very zesty and fresh Pinot gris, good acidity and overall zesty and refreshing style.

Monday, June 20, 2016

Sing Wine Irsai Oliver 2015

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. For tasting notes please refer to June 17, 2016.

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Tesco Finest Marlborough Riesling 2014

Variety: 100% Riesling
Country of origin: New Zealand
Wine appellation: Marlborough, Awatare valley
Vintage: 2014
Alcohol content: 11.5%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: white flowers, lime, hint of petrol tones
Taste: light to medium body, lime,  citrusy, very good zesty acidity slightly offset by tiny residual sugar, nice longer finish
Overall score: 4+7+11+7+7+50=86
Price: CZK 299
Stopper: screw cap
Quite nice Riesling, my first Riesling from New Zealand, problem would be the price as at this price level you find better Rieslings from Germany.

J.Riehl Riesling 2013

Variety: 100% Riesling
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Alsace
Vintage: 2013
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: quite neutral, light citrus tones, quince, apple
Taste: medium body, minerality, lime, green apple,  medium to longer finish
Overall score: 4+6.5+10+6.5+6.5=83.5
Price: CZK 200
Stopper: plastic cork
Average Alsace Riesling, quite neutral.

Ernst Ludwig Riesling 2013 dry

Variety: Riesling
Country of origin: Germany
Wine appellation: Rhein
Vintage: 2013
Alcohol content: 10.5%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: intense, lime, white grapefruit, feels very fresh
Taste: light to medium body, very zesty and tangy style, lime, slightly unripe pineapple, crunchy acidity, white grapefruit at the end, medium to longer finish
Overall score: 4+8+12+6.5+7=87.5
Price: CZK 180
Stopper: screw cap 
Very good Riesling, very fresh and zesty, ideal for hot summer.

Saturday, June 18, 2016

M&S Alsace Riesling 2011

Variety: 100% Riesling
Country of origin: France
Wine appellation: Alsace
Vintage: 2011
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Color: medium yellow
Bouquet: very nice mineral and petrol tones typical for aged mineral Rieslings
Taste: medium body, very good fresh acidity, lemon marmelade, even white grapefruit, good minerality, nice lingering longer finish
Overall score: 4+7+11+7+7=86
Price: CZK 299
Stopper: screw cap
Very nice mineral and properly aged Riesling. Excellent company to our trout.

Friday, June 17, 2016

Domaine du Pégau Plan Pegau rouge

4th bottle of this wine tasted. I was searching for someting good having this wine in my mind. it took me a while to find it, but absolutely worth it. Tasting notes from December 2015 do apply.

Sing Wine Irsai Oliver 2015

Variety: 100% Irsai Oliver
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Velké Pavlovice sub appellation, Velké Bílovice village, Nová hora vineyard
Vintage: 2015
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: light yellow
Bouquet: very expressive, spices, lime, muscat flowers
Taste: light to medium body, spices, lime, peach, greengage, all followed by pleasant residual sugar, medium to longer finish
Overall score: 4+7.5+11+6.5+7=86
Price: CZK 160
Stopper: cork
One of the best Irsai tasted so far, despite having a bit of residual sugar it is very nice, very limey and spicy.

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Sing Wine Rosé 2015

2nd bottle of this wine tasted. For tasting notes please refer to June 6, 2016.

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Wieninger Wiener Trilogie 2012

Variety: 70% Zweigelt, 15% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon
Country of origin: Austria
Wine appellation: Vienna
Vintage: 2012
Alcohol content: 13.5%
Color: dark black red
Bouquet: spices, overripe cherries, almost towards forest fruit, vanilla, damp forest
Taste: medium to fuller body, huge fruit, similar to nose black sour cherries, higher but pleasant acidity,  higher tannins,  longer finish
Overall score: 4+7.5+12+6.5+7=87
Price: CZK 200 on sale (regular CZK 449)
Stopper: screw cap
I very much like the wine. Huge fruit from Zweigelt is nicely balanced by gentleness of Merlot and spiciness and structure of Cab. Very very drinkable. Superb value.