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Monday, 20 December 2010

TN : Chateau Pedesclaux 2004, Grand Cru Classe, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France

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This is a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc. Château Pedesclaux was created in the beginning of the 19 cent...
Wednesday, 15 December 2010

TN : Ruedesheimer Berg Rottland Riesling Trocken 2009, Weingut Josef Leitz, Rheingau, Germany

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This wine was sealed with a screwcap. Colour : Pale yellow Aroma : Mandarin oranges, honey, green apples, stone fruits Taste : Bone dry, ...
Tuesday, 14 December 2010

TN : Craggy Range Single Vineyard Syrah Block 14 2007, Gimblett Gravels Vineyard, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

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This wine was bottles under screwcap. The wine received 94 points from Wine Advocate in issue 184 (September 2009). This wine was imported b...
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TN : Mendel Malbec 2007, Mendoza, Argentina

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All of the grapes came from a vineyard situated in Lujan de Cuyo at an altitude of 1000 metres. The vineyard was planted in 1928. The wine s...
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Monday, 13 December 2010

TN : Chateau Fourcas Dupre 2001, Listrac-Medoc, Bordeaux, France

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This wine is a blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot. This wine spent one year in oak of which...
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TN : Chateau Rollan de By 2004, Cru Bourgeois, Medoc, Bordeaux, France

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This is a blend of 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, and 10% Petit Verdot. Before fermentation, the grapes underwent a ...
Tuesday, 7 December 2010

TN : Wallace Shiraz Grenache 2008, Ben Glaetzer, Ebenzer, Barossa Valley, Australia

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Wallace is an ancestral name of Colin Glaetzer's wife Judith, whose family hail from the old market town of Cupar in Fife, Scotland. Jud...
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Monday, 6 December 2010

TN : Le Macchiole Bolgheri Rosso 2008, Azienda Agricola Le Macchiole, Bolgheri, Tuscany, Italy

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This is a blend that doesn't work for me. My guess is it is the Syrah which doesn't mix well. This wine smelt much better than it ta...

TN : Torricella 2009, IGT, Barone Ricasoli, Tuscany, Italy

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This is a blend of Chardonnay with a small addition of Sauvignon. The Chardonnay comes from two vineyards, one located at 500 metres above ...
Tuesday, 30 November 2010

TN : Chateau du Grand Mouëys, Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux, France 2006

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Chateau du Grand Mouëys is situated on the right bank of the Garonne river in the Entre-Deux-Mers area. The estate comprises 170 hectares of...
Monday, 29 November 2010

TN : La Luna Rosso 2008, IGT, MGM Mondo del Vino, Maremma, Tuscany, Italy

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"It's the moon, rather than the sun, that makes the grapes grow", the name for this wine comes from this local saying. This wi...
Wednesday, 24 November 2010

TN : Parras Viejas Cabernet Sauvignon 2008, Santa Helena, Colchagua Valley, Chile

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This wine is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from 100 year old vines planted in 1910. 7200 75cl bottles were produced. All of the grapes were hand ...
Tuesday, 23 November 2010

TN : Tenuta Belguardo 2007, IGT, Marchesi Mazzei, Maremma, Tuscany, Italy

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The Belguadro estate is located in the Maremma region of Tuscany, on the hills between Grosseto and Montiano, near the National Park “dell...
Monday, 22 November 2010

Faulty Italian Wines

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This weekend I tried a couple of, what should have been, very nice Tuscan reds. Instead, disaster struck. The first was a Chianti Classico 2...
Tuesday, 16 November 2010

TN : Paracombe Pinot Noir 2008, Adelaide Hills, Australia

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This wine is imported by Johan Lidby Vinhandel. This wine is sealed with a screwcap. Colour : Pale red Aroma : Very spicy, strawberry and ...

TN : Marsiliana 2005, IGT, Tenuta Marsiliana, Maremma, Tuscany, Italy

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This wine is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Petit Verdot. Colour : Dark red, brown hues Aroma : Tobacco, plums, blackcurrant, ...
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TN : Pauillac 2005, Bordeaux, France

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The producer is Cordier Meztrezat. Colour : Red, slight browning Aroma : Blackcurrant, plums, milk chocolate, earthy, cedar Taste : Black...
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TN : Chateau Gachon Cuvee Saint-Georges 2004, Montagne St-Emilion, Bordeaux, France

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This wine won a gold medal at the Concours Genral Agricole De Paris in 2006. The vineyards lie on deep chalk soils over looking St. Emilion...
Tuesday, 9 November 2010

TN : Corison Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2006, Corison Winery, California, USA

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The ancient (5,000 years B.C.) European design motifs on the label are enduring symbols of the creative and regenerative power of nature. Ca...

TN : Paracombe Cabernet Franc 2006, Paracombe Premium Wines, Adelaide Hills, Australia

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This wine was sealed with a screwcap. Only 240 cases of this wine were bottled. This wine was imported by Johan Lidby Vinhandel. Colour : D...
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