TN : Artemis Cabernet Sauvignon 2008, Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, Napa Valley, California, USA

This wine is a blend of 98% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Merlot. All the grapes were harvested between the 4th September and 8th October 2008. The wine underwent maturation for one and a half years in French oak of which 55% was new. The winemaker was Nicki Pruss. The wine is named after the Greek goddess of the hunt who is often pictured with a stag at her side. Stag's Leap Wine Callars was founded in 1970 by Warren Winiarski whose 1973 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon won first place in the 1976 Judgement of Paris tasting.

This wine was imported by Ward Wines AB.

Colour : Deep purple/blackcurrant

Aroma : Mint, blackcurrant, coffee

Taste : Blackcurrant, coffee, mint, milk chocolate, cedar on finish

Alcohol : 14.5%

Price : 319 SEK

Mark : B

Website : Stag's Leap Wine Cellars

TN : Kloster Eberbach Riesling Spaetlese Crescentia 2010, Rheingau, Germany

 This wine was sealed with a screwcap.

This wine was imported by Granqvist Vinagentur.

Colour : Bright lemon

Aroma : Honey, lime, mandarin

Taste : Honey, mandarin, pineapple, racy lime acidic finish

Alcohol : 8%

Price : 115 SEK

Mark : C+

Website : Kloster Eberbach

TN : Enira 2008, Domaine Bessa Valley, Bessa Valley Winery, Bulgaria

The Bessa Valley Project was started in 2001. It is situated in the region around Ognianovo village. The name of the winery "Bessa Valley" means Valley of the Bessi . The Bessi were a Thracian tribe that inhabited this land.

The wine is a blend of 48% Merlot, 40% Syrah, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 7% Petit Verdot. All of the grapes were hand-picked. The whole berries then underwent a a old maceration  performed from five to eight days at 16 degrees. Alcohol fermentation, with addition of selected yeast strains, was controlled at 26 to 28 degrees for 8 to 10 days. followed by maceration from 5 to 8 days in thermo-regulated concrete tanks. Malolactic fermentation continued in tanks follwed by ageing for about twelve months in oak barrels (10% one-year old oak, 56 % two- years old, 34% three years old).

Colour : Dark red/black

Aroma : Raisins, oak, toast, blackcurrant, spice, plums

Taste : Blackcurrant, plums, cherry, spice, raisins, concentrated fruit

Alcohol : 14.5%

Price : 12.90 Euro (T2 Duty Free, Helsinki Airport, Finland)


Mark : B-

Website : Bessa Valley Winery

TN : Masi Passo Doble Malbec Corvina 2009, Masi, Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina

 This wine is a blend of 62% Malbec, 30% Corvina, and 8% Merlot.

This wine was imported by Philipson Soderberg AB.

Colour : Dark red, blue hues

Aroma : Plums, cherries, raisins, spice

Taste : Fruity, raisins, cherries, plums, vanilla, spicy finish

Alcohol : 13.5%

Price : 89 SEK

Mark : B-

Website : Masi

TN : Saint Clair Pinot Noir 2010, Saint Clair Family Estates, Malborough, New Zealand

Matt Thomson was the winemaker. This wine was sealed with a screwcap.

At the winery each batch of grapes was held cold for five days prior to fermentation. Cultured yeasts were used for the primary alcoholic fermentation during which the fermenting must was hand plunged six times daily and then up to eight times daily during the height of fermentation. When dry, each batch was pressed to tank, settled and then racked off gross lees to either stainless steel tanks or a mixture of new and older seasoned French oak. The wine then underwent 100% malolactic fermentation before being blended and prepared for bottling.  The Titratable Acidity is 6.2grammes per litre and the is pH is 3.46.

This wine was imported by Sigva AB.

Colour : Raspberry, blue hues

Aroma : Raspberry, plums, strawberry, spices, vanilla

Taste : Fruity, spicy and gingery on finish, strawberry, oak, cherries

Alcohol : 13.5%

Price : 99 SEK

Mark : C+


Website : Saint Clair Family Estates

TN : Chateau de Lamarque 2008, Haut-Medoc, Bordeaux, France

This wine received 87 points from Wine Spectator (May 31st 2011 issue)

Colour : Dark red

Aroma : Blackcurrant, plums, cherries, milk chocolate, liqourice, herbs

Taste : Liqourice, blackcurrant, plums, oak, drying herbs and tannins on finish

Alcohol : 13.5%


Price : 195 SEK

Mark : C

Website : Chateau de Lamarque

TN : Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon 2007, Concha y Toro, Puente Alto, Chile

This wine is a blend of 98% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc. All of the grapes were hand-harvested between April 26th and May 19th 2007. The vineyard soils were alluvial and the climate was semi-arid Mediterranean. The wine spent 15 months in French oak barrels. The pH is 3.58 and the residual sugar is 3.77 grammes per litre.

This wine received 93 points from Wine Spectator (November 30th 2010 issue). 8,900 cases were produced.

Colour : Dark blackcurrant

Aroma : Blackcurrant, blackberry, herbs, coffee


Taste : Earthy, blackcurrant, blackberry, coffee, herbs, drying tannins on finish, try again in two more years

Alcohol : 14.5%

Price : 349 SEK

Mark : B-

Website : Don Melchor

TN : Magnas Sauvignon 2009, Isonzo del Friuli, Friuli-Venezia-Giula, Italy

This wine is partly produced from a vineyard from the Isonzo zone called "Marzul" and partly from an old vineyard in the "Boatina" zone. This wine was bottled with a screwcap.

This wine was imported by Chris-Wine AB.

Colour : Very pale lemon

Aroma : Nettles, gooseberry, stone fruits

Taste : Blackcurrant leaf, stone fruits, earthy, creamy texture

Alcohol : 13.5%

Price : 125 SEK

Mark : C+

Website : Azienda Agricola Magnas

TN : Au Bin Climat Chardonnay 2009, Central Coast, Santa Barbara County, California, USA

This wine was imported by Muram International AB.

Colour : Light lemon

Aroma : Pineapple, buttered sweetcorn, buttered toast

Taste : Lemon, pineapple, butter, toast, zingy acidic finish

Alcohol : 13.5%

Price : 199 SEK

Mark : B-

Website : Au Bon Climat

TN : Rosenberg 2009, Gerhard Markowitsch, Niederoesterreich, Austria

This wine is a blend of  Zweigelt, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon.

This wine was imported by Fondberg.

Colour : Dark red/blue

Aroma : Herbs, blueberry, plums, spice, coffee

Taste : Concentrated, glycerol, blueberry, plums, spice, sandalwood, oak and liqourice on finish

Alcohol : 14%

Price : 299 SEK

Mark : B

Website : Weingut Markowitsch

TN : Chateau Grand Destieu 2004, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, Bordeaux, France

This wine received 87 points from Wine Spectator in the March 31sr 2007 issue. There was 2,000 cases of this wine made.

Colour : Dark red, blue hues

Aroma : Plums, milk chocolate, blackberry

Taste : Plums, chocolate, oak, blackcurrant, thinnish

Alcohol : 13.5%

Price : 279 SEK

Mark : C+

Website : JCP Maltus

TN : Chateau Clement-Pichon 2005, Cru Bourgeois Supérieur, Haut-Medoc, Bordeaux, France

Château Clément Pichon is located in the commune of Parempuyre, approximately 15 kilometres north of Bordeaux.  The domaine was acquired in 1976 by Clément Pichon who recreated a 25 hectare vineyard that produces the Cru Bourgeois Supérieur.

The Château's history goes back to the fourteenth century where it was known as la Motte Caupène.  After a succession of a number of families and the passage of Louis XIV who came twice, the Château was reconstructed by the Durand-Dassier family in 1881 following a fire.  The architect Michel Louis Garros, built this neo-Renaissance architectural curiosity in the style of Chenonceaux.  In 1976, Clément Fayat became the owner of the domaine, which he renamed Clément- Pichon and which became the family house. In 2003 with the official classification of the Crus Bourgeois of the Médoc gave Château Clément-Pichon the rank of Cru Bourgeois Superior.

This wine received 86 points from Wine Spectator (Web only, 2008). There was 9,000 cases of this wine made.

Colour : Dark red, blue hues

Aroma : Blackcurrant, plums, cedar, herbs

Taste : Blackcurrant, plums, cedar, powdery tannins on finish, light on fruit but long finish

Alcohol : 13%

Price : 164 SEK

Mark : C+

Website : Chateau Clement-Pichon

TN : Los Vascos Rose Cabenet Sauvignon 2010, Vina Los Vascos, Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite), Colchagua Valley, Chile

This wine is a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Syrah, and 5% Malbec.

Colour : Bright strawberry pink

Aroma : Strawberry, blackcurrant, herbs

Taste : Fruity, strawberry, blackcurrant, herbs

Alcohol :  13%

Price : 98 SEK (The Wine Company, Hamburg, Germany)

Mark : C+

Website : Vina Los Vascos
Website : The Wine Company

TN : Minuty Rose 2010, Chateau Minuty, Cotes de Provence, France

Francois Matton is in charge of the viticulture, while Jean-Etiennce Matton is responsible for the marketing and sales. Both of them join forces for the vinification of the wines of Chateau Minuty. The vineyard is situated on the slopes of the villages of Gassin and Ramatuelle, overlooking the bay of Saint-Tropez.

 This wine was imported by Ward Wines AB.

Colour : Copper

Aroma : Oranges, herbs, redcurrants

Taste : Very dry, oranges, herbs, redcurrants, pithy finish

Alcohol : 13%

Price : 99 SEK

Mark : C

Website : Chateau Minuty

TN : Anselmann Weisburgunder Spaetlese Trocken 2010, Weingut Werner Anselmann, Pfalz, Germany

This wine was sealed with a screwcap.

This wine was imported by ITM-Wine AB.

Colour : Lemon

Aroma : Lemon, honey, spice, mineral

Taste : White grapes, honey, pear, lemon, spice, orange peel

Alcohol : 13%


Price : 139 SEK

Mark : B-

Website : Weingut Anselmann

TN : Montes Alpha Pinot Noir 2008, Vina Montes, Casablanca Valley, Chile

This wine was aged in French oak for one year.

This wine was imported by Hjo Grosshandel AB.

Colour : Raspberry, blue hues

Aroma : Red fruits, spices, oak, coca cola

Taste : Very fruity, strawberry and raspberry, spicy finish, woodyness on finish

Alcohol : 14%

Price : 169 SEK

Mark : B-

Website : Vina Montes

TN : The Prickly Pear Viognier Marsanne 2009, d'Arenberg, McLaren Vale, Australia

D'Arenberg was founded in 1912 by Joseph Osborn. Since 1984, Chester d'Arenberg Osborn has been running the winery and is also the winemaker. This wine was sealed with a screwcap.

This wine was imported by Vinovum AB.

Colour : Pale yellow

Aroma : Pear, apricot, herbs

Taste : Oily texture, apricots, pears, mango, bitter almond finish

Alcohol : 14%

Price : 99 SEK

Mark : B-

Website : d'Arenberg Wines

TN : Termes 2008, Bodega Numanthia, Toro, Spain

This wine is 100% Tinta de Toro (Tempranillo). The winemaker was Manuel Louzada. Fermentation lasted eight days with two daily pump-overs. The grapes were 100% destemmed and the temperature was controlled between 26 and 28 degrees. The wine then underwent an extended maceration on skins for 21 days in total with light pump-overs.This wine spent 16 months in new French oak. The wine was racked every four months. The wine was bottled in June 2010. This wine received 91 points from Wine Spectator and 91 points from Tanzer's International Wine Cellar.

The Vineyards are situated in Valdefinjas and Toro at an average altitude of 700 metres. The average age of the vines was 30 years.

This wine was imported by Moet Hennessy Sverige AB.

Colour : Dark blackberry

Aroma : Blackberry, toast, vanilla, milk chocolate, plums, herbs

Taste : Blueberry, blackberry, milk chocolate, vanilla, toast, smooth tannins, herbs

Alcohol : 14.5%

Price : 179 SEK

Mark : B-

Website : Numanthia

TN : Chateau Ducluzeau 2005, Listrac-Medoc, Bordeaux, France

The chateau was owned by Mr. Ducluzeau at the end of the seventeenth century. In 1870, it was sold to Mr. Astien, a wine-grower from Moulis. He then married Miss Hugon de Listrac who at her death handed down the property to her daughter, Marie-Louise, wife of André Rochette. When Marie-Louise died in 1976, the estate returned to Monique Rochette Borie, who was born and bred at Château Ducluzeau. Today, her son, Bruno-Eugène manages the estate.

Château Ducluzeau was listed in the 1932 crus bourgeois classification of the Médoc, just after
the fifth classified growths and kept the rank of cru bourgeois in the updated version of 2003.

Château Ducluzeau is located in the communal appellation of Listrac-Médoc. The ten hectares of Château Ducluzeau are divided up into several plots which are all situated on a plateau in the village of Listrac, around 400 metres above sea level. The soil and sub-soil are made up of light gravel with a clay-siliceous structure.

The average age of the vines is 45 years old. The vineyard is made up 50% Merlot and 50%  Cabernet Sauvignon at a density of 10000 plants per hectare. The vineyard is managed traditionally : Medoc, double Guyot pruning, leaf-thinning and crop-thinning in July to favour ripening and concentration.

This wine received 85 points from Wine Spectator (web 2008).

Colour : Red

Aroma : Plums, tobacco, wood

Taste : Grainy aged texture, Plummy, redcurrant, blackcurrant, tangy acid, wood

Alcohol : 13%

Price : 213 SEK

Mark : C

TN : 3 de Valandraud 2005, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, Ets Thunevin, Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux, France

Colour : Dark red

Aroma : Plums, chocolate, cedar, oak

Taste : Lacking concentration, oak, cedar, coffee, plummy fruit, overoaked, drying tannins on finish, tobacco, opened too early ? going through a dumb phase ? opened too late ?

Alcohol : 13.5%

Price : 293 SEK

Mark : C-

Website : Ets Thunevin

TN : Vieux Chateau Des Jouans 2009, Calvet, Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux, France

This wine is a blend of 99% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine spent ten months in French oak barrels of which one third was new and the rest was second and third fill.

This wine was imported by Brandpartners AB.

Colour : Dark red, blue hues

Aroma : Plums, oak, blackcurrant, cedar, herbs

Taste : Cedar and oak on finish, plums, blackcurrants

Alcohol : 14%

Price : 109 SEK

Mark : C+

TN : Chateau Croizet-Bages 2005, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France

This wine received 86 points from The Wine Advocate, 16.5 from Jancis Robinson, and 15.4 from Decanter.

This property lies  on Pauillac's Bages plateau, between the town of Pauillac itself and Saint-Julien-Beychevelle. Château Croizet-Bages also takes its name from its original creators, the Croizet brothers. One a court clerk, the other a local lawyer, the two men bought up parcels of vines from their neighbours duirng the first half of the 18th century and created their own successful vineyard.

At the time of the Revolution, and much involved in local government, the brothers sold the estate to a family from Gascony, the Puyteracs, who in turn sold it to a Bordelais, Jean Calvé, just two years before the 1855 classification of the Médoc. The current proprietors, the Quié family, acquired Croizet-Bages in 1942 from American entrepreneur Jean-Baptiste Monnot (he bought the struggling estate at the end of the first World War). The Château is today managed by brother and sister team Jean-Philippe and Anne-Françoise Quié.This chateau was classified as one of the eighteen fifth growths in the 1855 Bordeaux classification.

Colour : Red, blackcurrant

Aroma : Blackcurrant, plums, cedar, liquorice

Taste : Simple, watery texture, blackcurrant, green cedar, liquorice, talcum powder tannins and white pepper on finish

Alcohol : 12.5%

Price : 226 SEK (bought at Systembolaget 14th November 2008)

Mark : C

TN : Argento Bonarda 2010, Mendoza, Argentina

Argento was established in the wine region of Mendoza in 1998. The word Argento is Latin for silver.

This wine was sealed with a screwcap.

This wine was imported by Vinunic AB.

Colour : Raspberry, blue hues

Aroma : Blackberry, violets, raspberry, oak

Taste : Very fruity, raspberry, violets, blackberry, graphite

Alcohol : 13.5%

Price : 79 SEK

Mark : C

Website : Argento Wine Company

TN : Beaujolias Villages Nouveau 2011, Quinson, Beaujolais, France

This wine is 100% Gamay This wine was sealed with a screwcap.

This wine was imported by Stellan Kramer AB.

Colour : Plummy red, blue hues

Aroma : Blueberry, raspberry, herbs

Taste : Blueberry, herbs, acidic finish, raspberry

Alcohol : 12.5%

Price : 69 SEK

Mark : C

TN : Chateau Poujeaux 2008, Moulis-en-Medoc, Bordeaux, France

This wine received 87 points from Wine Spectator in the March 31st 2011 issue.

This wine is a blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot. 25,000 cases were made.

The chateau owner is Philippe Cuvelier. The vineyard soil type is Gunzian gravel. The vines are planted to a density of 10,000 vines per hectare. The average age of the vines is thirty years. The wine spent 12 months in barrel of which 30% were new. The grapes were harvested from the 6th to the 24th October 2008.

Colour : Plummy red

Aroma : Blackcurrant, plums, cedar, herbs

Taste : Tobacco, tannic finish, blackcurrant, plums, green cedar

Alcohol : 13%

Price : 267 SEK

Mark : C-

Website : Chateau Poujeaux