TN : One Point Five Cabernet Sauvignon 2007, Shafer Vineyards, Stags Leap District, Napa Valley, California, USA

This wine was released on March 1st 2010. This wine received 88 points from Wine Spectator (July 31st 2010), 93 points from Robert Parker, and 91 points from Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar.

One Point Five takes its name from the term “a generation-and-a-half,” coined by John and Doug Shafer to describe their long father-and-son partnership. The grapes are predominatly from two Stags Leap District sites; the Shafer’s hillside estate vineyard and the “Borderline” vineyard located about two miles south of the winery. This wine is a blend of 99% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Petite Verdot. The brix at harvest was between 24 and 25. The wine spent 20 months in 75% new French oak barrels (Allier & Tronçais) and 25% in one-year-old French oak.

Colour : Dark blackcurrant

Aroma : Blackcurrant, herbs, liqourice, cherries, minerals

Taste : Herbs, blackcurrant, cherries, liqourice

Alcohol : 14.9%

Mark : B+

Website : Shafer Vineyards

TN : Teroldego Rotaliano Superiore D.O.C. 2011, Cesarini Sforza Spumanti SpA, Italy

This wine was imported by Mero Wines AB.

Colour : Red/blue hues

Aroma : Cherries, herbs, blackcurrant

Taste : Cherries, white chocolate, blackcurrant, herbs, raspberry

Alcohol : 13%

Price : 79 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 2377

Mark : C

Website : Cesarini Sforza Spumanti SpA

TN : Heitz Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon 2007, Heitz Wine Cellars, Napa Valley, California, USA

 

This wine was imported by HJO Grosshandel AB.

Colour : Dark red, blue hues

Aroma : Mint, tobacco, blackcurrant, blackberry, violets

Taste : Coffee, blackcurrant, blackberry, raisins, mint, oak, tobacco

Alcohol : 14.5%

Price : 399 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 75316

Mark : C+

Website : Heitz Wine Cellars

TN : BriO de Cantenac Brown 2006, Chateau Cantenac Brown, Margaux, Bordeaux, France

This wine is a blend of 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 50% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc. The first vintage of BriO was in 2001.

Colour : Blackcurrant

Aroma : Plums, blackcurrant, spice, coconut, cedar

Taste : Plums, blackcurrant, cedar, grainy tannins, thin, past it ?

Alcohol : 13%

Mark : C-

Website : Chateau Cantenac Brown

TN : M1 2009, Weingut Markowitsch, Carnuntum, Austria

This wine is a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Zweigelt. The Vineyard consists of sandy loam soils with a lime-rich subsoil. Fermentation took place on the skins at a temperature between 30 and 32 degrees in wooden fermentation vats, follwed by a maceration period of 24 to 30 days, and then 24 months in new barriques.

This wine is imported by Fondberg.

Colour : Dark red/ black

Aroma : Oak, plums, spice, herbs

Taste : Concentrated, glycerine texture, plums, raspberry, oak, herbs, minerals

Alcohol : 14.5%

Price : 499 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 90372

Mark : B+

Website : Weingut Markowitsch

TN : Bad Boy 2010, Ets Thunevin, Bordeaux, France

This wine is 95% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc. The grapes come from the terroir of Haut Mazeris (Fronsca) and Compassant (Genissac). The vineyard soils are clayey limstone, sand and gravel.

This wine was imported by Vinovativa AB.

Colour : Dark red/blue hues

Aroma : Plums, blackcurrant, coffee, cedar

Taste : Blackcurrant, plums, minerals, glycerine texture, tobacco, coffee, cedar

Alcohol : 15%

Price : 219 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 75170

Mark : B-

Website : Ets Thunevin

TN : Campo Alegre Toro 2011, Bodega Burdigala , The Rolland Collection, Toro, Spain

This wine is 100% Tinta de Toro.

This wine was imported by The WineAgency Sweden AB.

Colour : Black, red and blue hues

Aroma : Minerals, blackcurrant, blackberry, herbs, oak

Taste : Blackcurrant, raspberry, blackberry, herbs, oak, rich, mouthcoating, liqourice on finish

Alcohol : 15%

Price : 159 SEK (318 SEK for two 750ml bottle case)

Systembolaget Number : 76431

Mark : B+

Website : The Rolland Collection

TN : Hedges Family Estate Red Mountain 2010, Hedges Family Estate, Red Mountain, Washington State, USA

This wine is a blend of 44% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 10% Syrah, 3% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Malbec.

The grapes for this wine came from the  following vineyards:  Bel' Villa (35%), Hedges (31%), Magdalena (11%), Obelisco (11%), Les Gosses (8%), and Rockwell Brown (4%).

The wine spent 14 months in oak (37% French, 53% American, and 10% Hungarian), 49% neutral and 51% new. The TA is 5.6 grammes per litre and the pH is 3.72.

10, 799 cases were produced. The winemakers were Pete Hedges and Sarah Goedhart.

This wine was imported by Terrific Wines AB.

Colour : Blackcurrant

Aroma : Blackcurrants, oaky, mint, milk chocolate, cedar, herbs

Taste : Cherries, blackcurrant, blackberry, herbs, cherries, drying finish

Alcohol : 13.5%

Price : 169 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 99275

Mark : C+

Website :  Hedges Family Estate

TN : Domdechant Werner Hochheim Riesling Classic 2012, Domdechant Werner Hochheim am Main, Rheingau, Germany

This wine was imported by Gullberg by Stockwine AB.

Colour : Pale watery lemon

Aroma : Peach, oranges, lemon, honey, mineral

Taste : Off dry, honey, lemon, stone fruits, cleansing acidic finish

Alcohol : 12%

Price : 168 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 79447

Mark : B-

Website : Domdechant Werner Hochheim am Main