This wine was sealed with a screwcap.
This wine was imported by Spendrups Bryggeri AB.
Colour : Dark red/blackcurrant
Aroma : Sandalwood, blackcurrant, milk chocolate, mint
Taste : Cedar, blackcurrant, milk chocolate, mint, herbs
Alcohol : 14.5%
Price : 124 SEK
Mark : B-
Website : Peter Lehmann Wines
This wine was imported by Katthuset AB.
Colour : Lemon
Aroma : Lemon, lime, barley sugar, honey
Taste : Lemon, lime, honey, pear, bags of minerals on a long zingy finish
Alcohol : 12.5%
Price : 169 SEK
Mark : C+
This wine was sealed with a screwcap.
This wine was imported by Vinunic AB.
Colour : Pale straw
Aroma : Honey, lemon, lime, oranges, green apples
Taste : Off dry, lemon, honey, mandarin oranges, pear
Alcohol : 10.5%
Price : 79 SEK
Mark : B
Website : Dr Loosen
"Mille 855" is a tribute to Bettino Ricasoli who founded the Ricasoli company in 1855.
This wine is imported by WineWorld AB.
Colour : Dark cherry
Aroma : Herbs, cherry, milk chocolate, oak
Taste : Milk chocolate, cherries, sour acidity on finish, herbs
Alcohol : 13.5%
Price : 259 SEK (3 Litre Bag-In-Box)
Mark : B-
Website : Barone Ricasoli
This wine is a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 105 Carmenere. The wine received 91 points from Wine Enthusiast magazine - "An outstanding wine, highly recommended".
This wine was imported by Primewine Sweden AB.
Colour : Dark blackcurrant
Aroma : Green pepper, blackcurrant, burnt toast
Taste : Concentrated and fruity, green pepper, blackcurrants, oak, burnt toast, herbs
Alcohol : 14.5%
Price : 159 SEK
Mark : B
Website : Vina Indomita
This wine has been made from organic grapes grown along the Russian River. The principal vineyards were Fetzer Sundial, Fetzer Ledford, Fetzer Chalfont, and Haiku Vineyards. The wine is a blend of 92% Chardonnay, 4% Muscat, and 4% Viognier. 70% of the must was fermented in oak and the remaining 30% in stainless steel. 70% of the wine was then put through malolactic fermentation. The wine was then aged for six months in oak. 24% of the oak was neutral, 16% was new oak, 20% was one year oak, 20% was two year oak, and 20% was three year oak.. The Total Acidity is 0.64 grams per 100 millilitres, the pH is 3.23, and the Residual Sugar is 0.39 grams per 100 millilitres. The winemaker was Robert Blue. This wine was sealed with a screwcap.
This wine was imported by Philipson Soderberg AB.
Colour : Light yellow
Aroma : Butter, oak, nuts, oranges, pineapple
Taste : Butter, vanilla, oak, oranges, pineapple, apples
Alcohol : 13.5%
Price : 135 SEK
Mark : C
Website : Bonterra Vineyards
Bodegas Chivite was founded in 1647. This wine is mainly made from Garnacha Tinta using the saignee method. The juice was separated using gravity. The wine was sealed with a screwcap.
This wine was imported by Arcus Sweden AB.
Colour : Raspberry pink
Aroma : Jellied raspberries and strawberries, herbs
Taste : Raspberry, strawberry, herbs, redcurrants
Alcohol : 13%
Price : 64 SEK
Mark : C+
Website : Bodegas Chivite
All the grapes for this wine come from the Akarua Estate vineyard. The vineyard aspect is North to North-West. The vines are planted to an East-West orientation. The vineyard soils are weakly structured light alluvial soils from schist rock on old glacial terraces. The vines are 14 years old and the trellis system used is a 2 cane VSP canopy. The Chardonnay clone planted is the Kawarau clone 6.
All of the grapes were picked on the 8th April 2009. The growing conditions were cool with 950-980 GDD with early autumn frosts (September 2008 - April 2009). There was less than 320 mililitres of rain during the growing season.
The grapes were whole bunch pressed and the temperature during alcoholic fermentation was kept below twenty degrees. The Viticulturalist was Gillian Wilson and the Winemaker was Matt Connell. The Brix at harvest was 23, the Residual Sugar is 3 grammes per litre, the Titratable Acidity is 7.6, and the pH is 3.25. The wine underwent maturing in oak of which 15% was new. The finished wine was sealed with a screwcap.
This wine was imported by Domaine Wines & Spirits
Colour : Pale yellow
Aroma : Buttered sweetcorn, pineapple, oak
Taste : Pineapple, sweetcorn, zingy lemon and lime intense citrus fruit, butter
Alcohol : 14.5%
Price : 159 SEK
Mark : B-
Website : Akarua
We had three different wines on a return journey from Geneva to Stockholm in Geneva. All the wines cost 60 SEK and came in the airline standard screwcapped 187ml bottle format.
I only tasted the white, the Crusan which tasted of lemon and nettles and was an ok glugger. I would give it a C.
My wife had the two reds and swears that they were ok. I didn't taste them since I find red wines served too cold on flights.
The wines we tried were :
This book is a very humourous brisk walkthrough of Robin Yapp's life from Dentist to Wine Merchant. The first partof the book covers Robin Yapp's work in hotels, balancing dentistry and selling wine, setting up his first wine real wine business, visits to the Bordeaux, Loire, and Rhone. He recounts numerous funny anectdotes involving Cyril Ray and Edmund Penning-Rowsell. I would throughly recommend this book to anybody interested, or not interested, in wine.
This wine is a blend of 65% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Larmande is a place-name which can be found in archives dating from 1585. These mention a visit by the Jurade to inspect the wine there. A stone in the cellar bears the date 1640. The owner at the beginning of the 18th century was called Champagne. After he died, his widow continued production at the vineyard for a few years before it was taken over, first by the Pion de Case family, and then in about 1850 by the Saint Genis, who came from the Charente Maritime. This family kept the estate for around 50 years, leaving the management of it to Germain Meneret.
At the beginning of the 20th century, for partition and inheritance reasons, the Saint Genis offered to sell the estate to Germain Meneret. Not having a large enough fortune to buy it outright, he went into partnership with one of his friends, Amédée Capdemourlin, who also came from a very old Saint Emilion family, in order to acquire the property. In the following generation, Fernand Meneret married Alice Capdemourlin. Both of them inherited the estate just before the second world war. Their sons and grandsons then ran the estate, bringing the surface area of the vineyard to 22.5 hectares (55 acres).
At the end of 1990, Jean Meneret the President and founder of the Association des Grands Crus Classés de Saint Emilion, a well-known figure in the Bordeaux vineyard and who had taken the estate to the highest level, sold Château Larmande to the La Mondiale insurance group. From this time, the onus was put on bringing the wines of Château Larmande to the forefront of the international stage. The acquisition of a new plot of vines took the surface area of the vineyard to 25 hectares (62 acres), making this estate one of the largest in Saint Emilion. The cellars were renovated, a tasting room built in stone and glass was created, and a reception room capable of holding one hundred people was built.
The chateau is situated 1,200 metres from Saint Emilion. Château Larmande possesses a great diversity of soil types : 15% is clay-limestone, 15% is siliceous clay and 70% is made up of ancient sands. The 25 hectare estate includes 19 hectares of vines planted in one block close to the château, the rest of the plots being no more than 6 kilometres away. The average age of the vines is 30 years.
Colour : Dark red, brown
Aroma : Plums, oak, herbs, milk chocolate
Taste : Plums, raspberry, herbs, cedar, aged, milk chocolate, tobacco
Alcohol : 13.5%
Price : 399 SEK
Mark : B
Website : Chateau Larmande
The grapes for the wine were picked between the 6th and 30th April 2010. There was a cool start to the growing season followed by a warm and dry mid summer and autumn. There were 1020 Grower Degree Days (30 Sept 2009 - 30 April 2010) and 211 millilitres of rainfall. There was no whole bunch fermentation. The grapes underwent a 5 day pre-fermentation maceration. Inoculated yeast was used and the fermentation peaked at 31 degrees. Punch-downs were performed twice daily. The wine underwent a 6 day post fermentation maceration. The wine was matured in French oak barriques for ten months; 15% of the oak was new. The Viticulturist was Gillian Wilson and Winemaker was Matt Connell. The wine was bottled in February 2011. The brix at harvest was between 22 and 24. The titratable acidity is 6 grammes per litre and the pH is 3.71.
This wine was sealed with a screwcap.
This wine was imported by Domaine Wines.
Colour : Raspberry, blue hues
Aroma : Spice, plums, red fruits, toast
Taste : Liqourice, wild strawberries, toast, spice, warm and fruity, coffee on finish
Alcohol : 14.5%
Price : 159 SEK
Mark : B
Website : Akarua
Colour : Raspberry red
Aroma : Red fruits, oak, vanilla
Taste : Smooth tannins, raspberry, oak, vanilla, strawberry
Alcohol : 13%
Price : 14,20 CHF (Purchased direct from Domaine des Bossons)
Mark : B+
Website : Domaine des Bossons
Colour : Pale lemon
Aroma : Blackcurrant, pineapple, mango
Taste : Leafy, blackcurrant, mango, pineapple, nettles
Alcohol : 13.5%
Price : 15,50 CHF (Purchased direct from Domaine des Bossons)
Mark : B-
Website : Domaine des Bossons
Colour : Dark red, blue hues
Aroma : Blueberry, spice, violets
Taste : Raspberry, spice, blueberry, pepper
Alcohol : 13.5%
Price : 22 CHF ( La Cave du Palais de Justice SA, Geneva)
Mark : B
Colour : Pale salmon pink
Aroma : Redcurrants, raspberries, herbs
Taste : Redcurrants, raspberries, herbs, long fruity finish
Alcohol : 12.5%
Price : 5,86 Euro (Purchased at Carrefour Ferney Poterie)
Mark : C+
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