TN : Trapiche Malbec Viña Jorge Miralles 2008, Bodegas Trapiche, Single Vineyard, La Consulta, San Carlos, Mendoza, Argentina

The chief winemaker was Daniel Pi. The La Consulta vineyard is situated at an altitude of 970 metres above sea level. The age of the vines was ten years. The vineyard row orientation was north-south. The trellis system employed was low espalier (double spur pruning). The vineyard density was 2,600 vines per hectare and the yield was 8,600 kilogrammes per hectare. Furrow irrigation was used within the vineyard. All of the vines were planted on their own rootstock. The soil was alluvial, sandy with pebbles throughout the soil profile.

Fermentation and maceration took place in small concrete vats for a minimum of 25 days at a temperature of 23 to 25 degrees. MLF was natural and the wine was aged for 18 months in new French oak barrels. The total acidity is 6.80 grammes per litre and the pH is 3.67.

This wine was imported by Spendrups Bryggeri AB.

Colour : Dark blackberry

Aroma : Blackberry, blueberry, herbs, savoury character

Taste : Blueberry, blackberry, herbs, milk chocolate character, drying tannins and liqourice on finish

Alcohol : 15%

Price : 239 SEK

Mark : A-

Website : Bodegas Trapiche

TN : Chevalier de Lascombes 2005, Chateau Lascombes, Margaux, Bordeaux, France

This wine is 55% Merlot and 45% Cabernet Sauvignon. The grapes underwent a cold pre-fermentation maceration at 8 degrees. The wine underwent ageing on fine lees for four months and aged for 16 months in second fill barrels. 96,000 bottles were produced.

Colour : Dark red, blue and brown hues

Aroma : Plums, blackcurrant, oak, herbs

Taste : Plums, blackcurrant, herbs, polished French oak

Price : 359 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 94051

Website : Chateau Lascombes

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

This wine is a blend of 80% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine spent 24 months in French oak barrels of which 20% were new. The average age of the vines was 30 years.

Colour : Red

Aroma : Plums, cedar, blackcurrant, raspberry, oak

Taste : Plums, blackcurrant, cedar, spice, grainy tannins on finish

Mark : C+

TN : Natureo Free Syrah 2010, Miguel Torres, Spain

Fermentation and maceration took place in stainless steel tanks for two weeks. The wine was dealcoholised using the spinning cone method.

Colour : Red, blue hues

Aroma : Burnt toast, blueberry, vanilla sauce

Taste : Blueberry, vanilla sauce, toast

Alcohol : 0.5%

Price : 51 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 1940

Mark : C

Website :  Miguel Torres

TN : Trapiche Iscay Malbec Cabernet Franc 2008, Bodegas Trapiche, Mendoza, Argentina

 Iscay means "two" in Quechuan, the original language of the Incas. This word was chosen to symbolise the union of two grapes, two cultures, and two experts; the chief winemaker was Daniel Pi and viticulturist was Marcelo Belmonte. This wine is a blend of 70% Malbec and 30% Cabernet Franc. The grapes for this wine came from Trapiche's vineyards in Russel, Maipu, Altamira, Uco Valley, Mendoza. All of the grapes were hand-harvested. Fermentation and maceration was in small concrete vats during a minimum of 25 days at 23 to 25 degrees. The wine underwent natural malolactic fermentation. The wine was then aged fora total of 18 months in new French oak barrels. The total acidity is 6.40 grammes per litre, the pH is 3.59, and the sugar is 2.96 grammes per litre.

This wine was imported by Spendrups Bryggeri AB.

Colour : Dark blackberry

Aroma : Oak, burnt toast, blackberry, blackcurrant, green pepper, violets

Taste : Blackcurrant, blackberry, plums, burnt toast, green pepper, violets

Alcohol : 15 %

Price : 339 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 95052

Website : Bodegas Trapiche

TN : Cabernet Sauvignon 2008, Rotweingut Maria Kerschbaum, Burgenland, Austria

This wine was imported by Seaside Tastes HB.

Colour : Red, blue hues

Aroma : Oak, liqourice, blackcurrant, plums, burnt toast, spice

Taste : Blackcurrant, plums, oak, sandalwood, liqourice on finish

Alcohol : 14.5%

Price : 282 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 74521

Mark : B-

Website : Rotweingut Maria Kerschbaum

TN : Domaine du Bagnol Blanc 2011, Cassis, France

This wine is a blend of Marsanne, Clairette, and Ugni Blanc.

Colour : Light yellow

Aroma : Lemon, herbs, nutty, butter

Taste : Waxy, lemon, nutty, herbs, butter

Alcohol : 13%

Price : Bought at the winery

Mark : B-

Website : Domaine du Bagnol

TN : Mandrone di Lohsa 2009, IGT, Poliziano, Maremma, Tuscany, Italy

 This wine is a blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Petit Verdot, and 10% Alicante. The wine spent one and half years in 225 litre French barriques.

This wine was imported by Johan Lidby Vinhandel AB.

Colour : Dark red/blue hues

Aroma : Herbs, milk chocolate, spice, blackcurrant, plums

Taste : Tight, blackcurrant, plums, cedar, herbs, liqourice on finish

Alcohol : 14.5%

Price : 249 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 90384

Mark : B-

Website : Poliziano

TN : Terra di Brolio 2011, IGT, Barone Ricasoli , Maremma, Tuscany, Italy

 This wine is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grapes.

This wine was imported by WineWorld AB.

Color : Dark red/blue hues

Aroma : Blackcurrant, plums, herbs, oak

Taste : Blackcurrant, plums, spice, herbs, warm finish

Alcohol : 14.5%

Price : 99 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 79375

Mark : C+

Website : Barone Ricasoli

TN : Wallace Shiraz Grenache 2010, Glaetzer Wines, Barossa Valley, South Australia, Australia

This wine is a blend of 80% Shiraz and 20% Grenache. The vineyard yield was one tonne per hectare from vines aged 60 to 80 years old. The wine spent 14 months in 2 to 3 year old hogsheads; American 20% and French 80%. The pH is 3.5, residual sugar is 0.8 grammes per litre, and tital acidity is 6.5 grammes per litre.

After completing an oenology degree from Roseworthy College, Colin Glaetzer gained wide and diverse winemaking experience in many of Australia’s noted wine regions including the Hunter Valley, Rutherglen, Great Western and the Barossa Valley. He has also worked in Burgundy and in the United Kingdom. Colin moved to the Barossa in 1985 to run Barossa Valley Estate, where he created the now revered E & E Black Pepper Shiraz and the Ebenezer range of wines. After thirty years of winemaking experience Colin, along with wife Judith and their three sons, established Glaetzer Wines in 1995. The first vintage release occurred a year later. Wallace is an ancestral name of Judith, whose family hail from the old market town of Cupar in Fife, Scotland. Judith's Celtic ancestry is reflected in the three elements of the Wallace symbol; the Celtic cross, thistle and the Celtic knot pattern.

 This wine was imported by Prime Wine Sweden AB.

Colour : Dark red, blue hues

Aroma : Plums, cherries, blackberry, milk chocolate, herbs#

Taste : Black pepper and liqourice on finish, blackberry, blackcurrant, plums, milk chocolate, cherries

Alcohol : 15.1%

Price : 159 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 95306

Mark : B+

Website : Glaetzer Wines

TN : Periquita Superyor 2008, José Maria da Fonseca, Península de Setúbal, Portugal

 

This wine was imported by The WineAgency Sweden AB.

This wine is a blend of 92.6% Castelao, 2.4% Tinta Francisca, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine was agwed for 14 months in small French oak barrels. The total acidity is 5.7 grammes per litre as tartaric acid and the pH is 3.75.

Colour : Dark blackberry

Aroma : Plums, blackcurrant, blackberry, psice, tobacco, herbs, milk chocolate, violets

Taste : Blackcurrant, herbs, blackberry, milk chocolate, violets, oak

Alcohol : 13.5%

Price : 299 SEK

Mark : B-

Website :  José Maria da Fonseca

TN : Las Moras Organic Reserve Reserve 2012, Finca Las Moras, San Juan, Cuyo, Argentina

This wine was imported by Prime Wine Sweden AB.

Colour : Pale straw/yellow

Aroma : Peach, mango, pineapple, vanilla, lemon

Taste : Green apples, lemon, oak, peach, very acidic

Alcohol : 13.5%

Price : 219 SEK (3 litre Bag-In-Box)

Mark : D+

Website : Finca Las Moras

TN : Lambrusco del Fondatore 2011, Cleto Chiarli, Lambrusco di Sorbara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

 

This wine was imported by Mero Wines AB.

Colour : Bright strawberry, light mousse

Aroma : Jellied strawberries and raspberries, cherries, herbs

Taste : Dry, cherries, raspberries, redcurrants, herbs

Alcohol : 11.5%

Price : 115 SEK

Mark : C+

Website : Cleto Chiarli

TN : Finca Sophenia Reserve Malbec 2011, Tupungato, Mendoza, Uco Valley, Argentina

All of the grapes were hand-harvested in April 2011. The must underwent a twelve day cold maceration followed by fermentation and final skin maceration for ten days in stainless steel tanks at a temperature between 26 and 28 degrees. The wine spent one year in a combination of French and American oak. The name Finca Sophenia is a combination of both of the owner's daughters' names Sophia and Eugenia. The winemaker was Rogelio Rabino and consultant winemaker Matías Michelini. This wine received 91 points from The Wine Advocate.

 This wine was imported by Prime Wine Sweden AB.

Colour : Dark blackberry

Aroma : Blackcurrant, blackberry, toast, mint, violets, cedar

Taste : Blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, herbs, violets, toast

Alcohol : 14.5%

Price : 99 SEK

Mark : C+

Website : Finca Sophenia

TN : Tierra Alta Reserva Especial Pinot Noir 2011, Santa Camila, Casablanca Valley, Chile

This wine was imported by Otto Suenson and Co AB.

Colour : Red

Aroma : Spice, oak, strawberry, raspberry, cherry, rubber, herbs

Taste : Spice, strawberry, herbs, cherries, ginger

Alcohol : 13.5%

Price : 117 SEK

Mark : C

Website : Terra Noble

TN : Wither Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2012, Wairau Valley, Marlborough, New Zealand

Wither Hills was established in 1994. The winemaker was Ben Glover. The pH is 3.21 and residual sugar is 4.0 grammes per litre. This wine was sealed with a screwcap.

This wine was imported by WineWorld AB.

Colour : Pale straw

Aroma : Passionfruit, lemon, lime, gooseberry, leafy

Taste : Passionfruit, lemon, lime, leafy, gooseberry

Alcohol : 13%

Price : 129 SEK

Mark : B

Website : Wither Hills

TN : Roodeberg Rosé 2012, KWV, Western Cape, South Africa

 This wine was sealed with a screwcap.

This wine was imported by Arvid Nordquist Vin Producent och Sprithandel.

 Colour : Bright pink/strawberry/copper

Aroma : Strawberry, raspberry, redcurrant, blackcurrant

Taste : Strawberry, raspberry, oranges, redcurrant

Alcohol : 13%

Price : 79 SEK

Mark : B-

Website : KWV

TN : Château Bichon Cassignols 2011, Marie et Jean-François Lespinasse, Graves, Bordeaux, France

This wine is a blend of 65% Semillon and 35% Sauvignon Blanc.

This wine was imported by Hemberga Brunn AB.

Colour : Pale yellow

Aroma : Lemon, nuts, lemon pledge polish, herbs, green apples

Taste : Oaky, pear, lemon, creamy texture, herbs

Alcohol : 12%

Price : 119 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 4124

Mark : C

Website : Château Bichon Cassignols

TN : Seña 2006, Aconcagua Valley, Chile

This wine is a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Merlot, 13% Petit Verdot, 10% Carmenere and 6% Cabernet Franc. The pH is 3.57, the total acidity is 5.78 grammes per litre (tartaric acid), and the residual sugar is 2.18 grammes per litre.

The Cabernet Sauvignon was picked in the third and fourth weeks of April, the Merlot during the fourth week of March, the Petit Verdot on the fifth and seventeenth of April, the Cabernet Franc on the 31st of April, and the Carmenère on the 17th and 18th April 2006.

Colour : Dark red/blue hues

Aroma : Green peppers, raspberry, blackcurrant, liqourice, cedar, lead pencil, coffee, plums

Taste : Green peppers, raspberry, blackcurrant, coffee, cedar, tobacco, lead pencil, black pepper and liqourice on finish

Alcohol :  14.5%

Price : 519 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 75950

Mark : A

Website : Sena

TN : Loimer Terrassen Pinot Noir 2010, Weingut Loimer, Niederösterreich, Austria

 The grapes for this wine come from two sites. Firstly, the Kittmannsberg (50%) which consists of 11 year old vines on humus-loess soils at 250 metres above sea level facing East. Secondly, Hasel (50%) which consists of young and 20 year old vines planted on loess soils with medium-textured clay that are also facing East.

The grapes were harvested through careful hand-selection in mid-October. Fermentation took place in open tanks and wooden vats. This was followed by pressing approximately 14 days later. Then, after spending six months on yeast lees in small 300 and 500 litre barrels, the wine was transferred into large wooden barrels (1250 litres), where it remained for another 4 months before being bottled in September 2011. The residual sugar in this wine is 1.0 grammes per litre, and acidity is 4.9 grammes per litre. This wine was sealed with a glass stopper.

This wine was imported by Gullberg by Stockwine AB.

Colour : Red/raspberry

Aroma : Strawberry, herbs, spice, white pepper

Taste : Spice, white pepper, strawberry, raspberry, herbs, oak on finish

Alcohol : 12.5%

Price : 139 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 2875

Mark : C

Website :  Weingut Loimer