All of the grapes were bought from Bellevue Wine Estate and vinified at Thelema Mountain Vineyards where Rudi Schultz has been the winemaker with cellar master Gyles Webb since 2000. Prior to that, Rudi Schultz worked at Jordan which is also based in Stellenbosch.
It was Bernard and Françoise Fontaine who established Chateau Pont Saint Martin in the heart of Pessac-Léognan. The vineyard soil is a combination of grave land sand, with a clay substrata. The grapes undergo a cold maceration prior to fermentation, malolactic fermentation and maturation with the lees in oak barrels, 40–50% of which are new.
Colour : Dark red
Aroma : Cedar, tobacco, blackcurrant, plums
Taste : Lots of upfront cedar, tobacco, blackcurrant, plums
Alcohol : 13%
Price : 195 SEK
Mark : C
Website : Chateau Pont Saint-Martin
This wine was imported by Spendrups Bryggeri AB.
Colour : Pale lemon
Aroma : Peach, apricot, pears
Taste : Apricot, pineapple, mandarin, peachy, oack, creamy texture
Alcohol : 13.5%
Price : 72 SEK
Mark : B
Website : Domaine de Castelnau
Vasse Felix was planted in 1967 by Dr. Tom Cully. It was the first vineyard and winery to be established in the Margaret River region. Vasse Felix is owned and operated by the Holmes a Court family. The Vasse Felix wines are crafted by Chief Winemaker Virginia Willcock.
The name ‘Vasse Felix’ was inspired by an early event in the district. Thomas Vasse was a French seaman who disappeared after his longboat overturned near the site of Busselton whilst exploring the treacherous South West Coastline of Western Australia (an expedition of Captain Hamelin’s Naturaliste and Captain Baudin’s Geographe) Felix was Hamelin’s middle name, and is the Latin word for lucky.
This wine was sealed with a screwcap.
This wine was imported by Vinunic AB.
Colour : Red, brown, blue hues
Aroma : Blackcurrant, mint, oak, vanilla, milk chocolate
Taste : Blackcurrant, cedar, mint, vanilla, silky texture
Alcohol : 14%
Price : 219 SEK
Mark : B
Website : Vasse Felix Winery
This wine is a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon and 50% Merlot.
The estate belongs to the Japanese wine and spirits company Mercian Corporation. Dourthe has been managing Chateau Reysson since 2001. The estate encompassed 40 hectares. The chateau was classified as Cru Bourgeois Superieur in 2003.
Under the vestiges of the medieval castle that was the first to bear the name Reysson, archaeologists have discovered the remains of the theatre of Noviomagus, the ancient town of the Bituriges Vivisques tribe who founded Burdigala (Bordeaux) in the 3rd century B.C.
The quality of its wines was recognised at an early date, with Château Reysson featuring in 1850 among the Crus Remarquables de Vertheuil ranked by Charles Cocks, author of the famous work “Bordeaux et ses Vins” edited by Michel Féret.
This wine was imported by Vinunic AB.
Colour : Plummy red
Aroma : Herbs, tobacco, cedar, blackcurrants, plums
Taste : Tobacco, cedar, blackcurrants, plums
Alcohol : 13%
Price : 169 SEK
Mark : B-
Website : Vins et Vignobles Dourthe
Colour : Red/red brick hues
Aroma : Tobacco, milk chocolate, blackcurrant, plums
Taste : Blackcurrant, plums, tobacco, minerals, milk chocolate
Price : 239 SEK
Alcohol : 13.5%
Mark : B-
The vineyard soils were lime and clay. After crushing and three days of cold soaking, the grapes were inoculated with yeast. During fermentation, the juice was regularly punched down and pumped over for maximum colour and flavour extraction. Extended skin contact was given, before maturation took place in 100% first fill French oak barrels for 20 months. The residual sugar is 3.2 grammes per litre, the total acidity is 6.5 grammes per litre, and the pH is 3.42.
This wine won a double gold medal at the 2009 Veritas awards, a trophy at the 2009 Tri Nations Wine Challenge, a trophy at the 2009 Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show, a gold medal at the 2009 Concours Mondial in Brussels, and an Investec Private Bank Winemakers' Choice award in 2009.
This wine was imported by Vinunic AB.
Colour : Deep purple/red
Aroma : Burnt toast, tobacco, blackcurrants, plums, milk chocolate
Taste : Black burnt toast, tobacco, zingy blackcurrant, cherries, plums, milk chocolate, dusty tannins and liqourice on finish
Alcohol : 15%
Price : 295 SEK
Mark : B+
Website : Kleine Zalze
The vineyards and the cellars are looked after by Dipl. Ing agrar Gerd Anselmann. As of 2010, Anselmann owned 100 hectares of vineyards. The first records of Anselmann date back to 1126. The family crest nowadays used as estate logo was awarded to the family in 1541 and can be seen in the historical archives in Karlsruhe.
Colour : Dark purple
Aroma : Blackberry, cherry, vanilla, oak
Taste : Gobs of fruit smothered by oak, blackberry, cherry, oak, soft tannins, woody finish, overoaked, leave for 1-2 years to see if oak dies down and integrates
Alcohol : 14.5%
Price : 10,50 Euro (Eurotrade Flughafen Muenchen Duty Free 2011-05-20)
Mark : C+
Website : Weingut Anselmann
This wine was imported by Origo Wine.
Colour : Watery pale lemon
Aroma : Minerals, honey, oranges, green apples
Taste : Minerals, green apples, honey, lemon
Alcohol : 12.5%
Price : 155 SEK
Website : Weingut Doennhoff
This wine is a blend of 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 41% Merlot, and 7% Petit Verdot.
Maucaillou means “mauvais cailloux”, the French for bad stone, as the term was understood by the farmers of the middle ages. This was due to the fact that this type of gravel plot was not suitable for growing cereal, the main source of livelihood at the time. It was later discovered that such gravel outcrops constituted an ideal terroir for vines .
Chateau Maucalillou was officially classified as a Cru Bourgeois in 1932 but abandoned the Cru Bourgeois classification of 2003.
Colour : Dark plum/red
Aroma : Cigar box, blackcurrant, plums, spice
Taste : Blackcurrant, plummy, tobacco, spice, talcum powder tannic finish, leave for 1-2 years more for tannins to soften
Alcohol : 13%
Price : 190 SEK
Mark : C+
Website : Chateau Maucaillou
This wine was sealed with a screwcap.
This wine was imported by Prime Wine Sweden AB.
Colour : Pale copper/salmon
Aroma : Redcurrants, strawberry, vanilla, herbs
Taste : Redcurrants, herbs, strawberry, tangy zingy finish, spritzy
Alcohol : 12.5%
Price : 99 SEK
Mark : B-
Website : Schloss Gobelsburg
This wine is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot.
This wine was imported by Hjo Grosshandel AB.
Colour : Strawberry pink
Aroma : Jellied strawberries, raspberries, redcurrants, herbs
Taste : Redcurrants, strawberries, herbs
Alcohol : 12.5%
Price : 119 SEK
Mark : B+
Website : Clarendelle
The grapes for this wine come from the Côte d'Or, Chalonnais and Saint Vérand.
This wine was imported by Vinunic AB.
Colour : Lemon
Aroma : Lemon, green apples, lightly buttered toast
Taste : Simple, zingy lemon, a bit too much oak, nuts, butter, green apples
Alcohol : 13%
Price : 115 SEK
Mark : C
Website : Maison Louis Jadot
This was bottle number 12532. This wine is a blend of 41% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Malbec, and 20% Petit Verdot. The pH is 3.63, the total acidity is 5.71 grammes per litre (as tartaric acid), and the residual sugar is 1.60 grammes per litre.
The wine spent 18 months in oak barrels divided in 90% French and 10% American. In its first winter malolactic fermentation slowly took place before the first of five rackings in total.
The wine was imported by Philipson Soderberg AB.
Colour : Dark blackberry/red
Aroma : Blackberry, spice, plums,blackcurrant, tobacco
Taste : Blackberry, plums, spice, blueberry, liqourice and earth on finish
Alcohol : 14%
Price : 399 SEK
Mark : B
Website : Vina Caliterra
This is a blend of 36% Chenin Blanc, 45% Chardonnay, 14% Sauvignon Blanc, 3.5% Viognier, 1% Semillon, and 0.5% Grenache Blanc grapes and sealed under screwcap. 55% of the blend was matured on oak for three months. The pH is 3.42, total acidity is 5.74 grammes per litre, and the residual sugar is 3.43 grammes per litre.
This wine was imported by Arvid Nordquist Vin och Sprithandel.
Colour : Pale yellow
Aroma : Buttered toast, mango, apricot, green apples, oranges
Taste : Oak, pears, mango, banana, green apple, creamy texture
Alcohol : 13.5%
Price : 79 SEK
Mark : B
Website : Roodeberg
Clos Henri is a vineyard development in Marlborough by Henri Bourgeois of Sancerre. The terroir is 80% Broadbridge Clay and 20% Greywacke riverbed. The planting density is 4400 vines per hectare and the yield is 7.2 tonnes per hectare or 54 hectolitres per hectare. The wine is fermented in stainless steel tanks and then aged on fine lees for six months. Lees stirring is done to stabilise the wine naturally which enables fining of the wine only once before a light filtration and then sealing under screwcap.
The Bourgeois New Zealand vineyard was christened "Clos Henri", pronounced "Klo Enrie" for two reasons; first as a homage to the patriarch of the Bourgeois family, Henri and secondly its vineyard of special terroir, or "Clos". "Clos" is an old French word, representing an ancient custom of delineating a unique vineyard site by enclosing it in a wall or barrier. The Clos Henri site, with its untouched land, three soil types and unique hillsides, is also enclosed and thus the term "Clos" is used.
This wine was imported by Philipson Soderberg AB.
Colour : Pale watery lemon
Aroma : Tropical fruits, nettles
Taste : Tropical fruits, asparagus, nettles, long zingy acidic finish
Alcohol : 14%
Price : 159 SEK
Mark : B
Website : Clos Henri Vineyard
This wine is a blend of 50% Malbec, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Cabernet Franc. All of the grapes come from Finca Las Divas situated at 4000 feet above sea level. The grapes were harvested on April 29th 2008. 3824 bottles of this wine were produced. The wine spent 22 months in first use French oak barrels. The enologist was Pulqui Rodriguez Villa.
This wine was imported by Prime Wine Sweden AB.
Colour : Dark black/blackberry
Aroma : Herbs, plums, blackcurrant, spice, toast, vanilla
Taste : Dense sweet dark fruits singing high above mega toasty oak, vanilla, plums, blackberry, violets, herbs, liqourice on finish, could leave 1-2 more years for oak to mellow
Alcohol : 15%
Price : 279 SEK
Mark : A-
Website : Bodega Riglos
This wine was made from Riesling grapes that had been shriveled by Botrytis mold.
This wine won a Gold medal at the International Wine Challenge 2007.
Colour : Pale yellow
Aroma : Oranges, honey, barley sugar, lemon, pear
Taste : Sweet, oranges, lemon, honey, lime
Alcohol : 7%
Price : 119 (187 ml bottle)
Mark : B+
Website : Dr Loosen
Uerziger Wuerzgarten means "The Spice garden of Uerzig". The soils are weathered red volcanic and slate. The winemaker was Bernard Schug.
This wine was imported by VinUnic AB.
Colour : Pale watery lemon
Aroma : Honey, lemon, green apples, stone fruits
Taste : Sweet, honey, minerals, lemon, oranges, pear
Alcohol : 7.5%
Price : 199 SEK
Mark : A
Website : Dr Loosen
This wine is a blend of 85% Sangiovese and 15% Syrah. The grapes come from Bolgheri and Maremma. The wine was bottled under screwcap.
This wine was imported by The WineAgency AB.
Colour : Black cherry
Aroma : Cherry, milk chocolate, mint, liqourice
Taste : Thin, sour cherries, cocoa powder, earthy acidic finish
Alcohol : 14%
Price : 75 SEK
Mark : D
Website : Poggio Al Tesoro
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