TN : Pérez Cruz Pircas de Liguai Single Collection Cabernet Sauvignon 2010, Pérez Cruz, Maipo Valley, Chile

This wine is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. The winemaker was German Lyon.

This wine was imported by Terrific Wines AB.

Colour : Dark red, blue hues

Aroma : Blackcurrant, fruity, mint, oak, herbs, toast

Taste : Blackcurrant, mint, oak, herbs, milk chocolate, grippy tannic finish

Alcohol : 14.5%

Price : 169 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 99203

Mark : B-

Website :  Pérez Cruz

TN : Fox Creek Red Baron Shiraz 2011, Fox Creek Wines, McLaren Vale, Australia

 Nick Wiltshire was the viticulturist and Scott Zma was the winemaker. This wine was sealed with a screwcap.

 This wine was imported by Stellan Kramer AB.

Colour : Dark red

Aroma : Plums, coffee, burnt toast, cherries, blackberry, milk chocolate

Taste : Mint, liqourice, white pepper, coffee, coffee, and yet more coffee, blackberry, burnt wood

Alcohol : 14.5%

Price : 109 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 2194

Mark : D+

Website : Fox Creek Wines

TN : Monteagrelo Malbec 2009, Bressia, Mendoza, Argentina

 80% of this wine was matured in American and French oak for one and half years.

This wine was imported by Terrific Wines AB.

Colour : Dark blackcurrant

Aroma : Blueberry, soy sauce, violets, herbs, liqourice

Taste : Blueberry, plums, herbs, violets, liqourice on warm finish

Alcohol : 14.5%

Price : 149 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 95020

Mark : B+

Website : Bressia

TN : Elephant Hill Reserve Syrah 2009, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

The Syrah content of this wine is a mix of the classic Mass Selection clone and Chave, one of the newer clones to be grown in Hawke’s Bay. This wine is 99% Syrah and 1% Viognier. The hand-picked bunches were fully de-stemmed without crushing, and fermented in traditional open-top wooden cuves. After pressing, the wine was put to 100% new burgundian oak barriques and allowed to mature for 16 months before bottling. The TA is 6.1 grammes per litre, pH is 3.59, residual sugar is 0 grammes per litre, and dry extract is 32.

This wine was imported by Herdenstam Vinhandel.

Colour : Dark red, blue hues

Aroma : Herbs, blueberry, plums, black pepper

Taste : Herbs, blueberry, raspberry, plums, oak, black pepper on finish

Alcohol : 13.5%

Price : 199 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 94020

Mark : C+

Website : Elephant Hill

TN : Paul Sauer 2009, Kanonkop Estate Wine, Simonsberg, Stellenbosch, South Africa

This wine is a blend of 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, and 12% Cabernet Franc. The vineyard soils were decomposed granite, Hutton and Clovelly. The average age of the vines was 21 years. The vines wer trellised to a 5 wire hedge. The yield was 4.5 tons per hectare. The wine spent five days on skins in open fermenters at 28 degrees; the cap was punched down manually every two hours. The wine spent 26 months in French Nevers medium toasted oak.

This wine was imported by AB Nigab.

Color : Dark blackcurrant/red

Aroma : Herbs, blackcurrant, plums, milk chocolate

Taste : Blackcurrant, plums, cedar, talcum powder tannins on finish

Alcohol : 14%

Price : 279 SEK

Systembolaget Number :  99309

Mark : C+

Website : Kanonkop Wine Estate

TN : Vernaccia di San Gimignano 2010, D.O.C.G., Teruzzi & Puthod, San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy

This wine is 100% Vernaccia.

Colour : Pale lemon

Aroma : Lemon, lime, almond

Taste : Almond, pear, creamy texture

Alcohol : 12.5%

Price : 98 SEK

Mark : C

Website : Teruzzi & Puthod
Website : The Wine Company

TN : Carrick Unravelled Pinot Noir 2010, Carrick Wines, Central Otago, New Zealand

All of the grapes for this wine were handharvested between the 12th and 23rd April 2010. This wine spent eleven months in French oak, of which 29% was new. This wine was sealed with a screwcap.

This wine was imported by JPC Wines AB.

Colour : Dark red

Aroma : Strawberry, raspberry, cherry, spice, oak, liqourice

Taste : Spicy, ginger, strawberry, raspberry, cherry, herbs, liqourice

Alcohol : 14%

Price : 159 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 90174

Mark : C+

Website : Carrick Wines

TN : Willi Schaefer Riesling 2011, Mosel, Germany

This wine is imported by Origo Wine Import.

Colour : Pale lemon

Aroma : Honey, lemon, mandarin oranges, pear

Taste : Off dry, pear, honey, mandarin oranges, mineral


Alcohol : 9.5%


Price : 129 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 90327
 




Mark : C+

TN : Cuvée Madame 2012, Château des Demoiselles, Côtes de Provence, France

This wine was imported by Roséspecialisten AB.

Colour : Copper

Aroma : Strawberry, redcurrrant, herbs

Taste : Redcurrant, herbs, dry, melon

Alcohol : 13%

Price : 99 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 2203

Mark : C+

Website :  Château des Demoiselles

 

TN : Catena Cabernet Sauvignon Appellation Agrelo 2010, Bodgea Catena Zapata, Mendoza, Argentina

The vineyard soils are composed of two metres of 30% sand, 40% silt, and 30% clay, over round rocks.

Colour : Blackcurrant

Aroma : Blackcurrant , cherry, violets, white pepper

Taste : Blackcurrant, cherries, violets, black pepper finish, smooth tannins

Alcohol : 13.5%

Price : 129 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 99103

Mark : C+

Website : Bodgea Catena Zapata

TN : Waterford Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2009, Stellembosch, South Africa

This wine was fermented in stainless steel and then matured in 225 litre French oak for 26 months. This wine was bottled in May 2011. The residual sugar is 1.7 grammes per litre, the TA is 5.8 grammes per litre, total SO2 is 100 ppm, free SO2 is 45 ppm, amd pH is 3.7.

This wine was imported by WineWorld AB.

Colour : Dark blackcurrant

Aroma : Blackcurrant, herbs, plums, tobacco, milk chocolate, toast

Taste : Blakcurrant, plums, herbs, green peppers, drying tannins on cocoa powder finish

Alcohol : 14%

Price : 169 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 91808

Mark : B

Website : Waterford Estate

TN : Cloudy Bay Riesling 2010, Marlborough, New Zealand

This wine has a pH of 2.90, TA of 8.72 grammes per litre, and 27.6 grammes of residual sugar. This wine was sealed with a screwcap.

This wine was imported by Moët Hennessy Sverige AB.

Colour : Yellow, green hues

Aroma : Petrol, honey, pear, citrus fruits

Taste : Pears, off dry, lime, lemon, passion fruit

Alcohol : 10.5%

Price : 199 SEK

Systembolaget Number : 90155

Mark : B-

Website : Cloudy Bay

TN : Zorzal Field Blend 2010, Zorzal Wines, Gualtallary, Tupungato, Argentina

This wine is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Malbec. This wine spent 22 months in French oak casks. The residual sugar is 2 grammes per litre and the total acidity is 5.75 grammes per litre.

This wine was imported by Apricot AB.

Colour : Dark blackcurrant

Aroma : Blackcurrant, blackberry, herbs, mint, liqourice, violets

Taste : Blackcurrant, blackberry, mint, liqourice and white pepper on finish, mellow soft tannins

Alcohol : 14.5%

Systembolaget Number : 90419

Price : 199 SEK

Mark :  B-

Website : Zorzal Wines

TN : Stoneleigh Pinot Noir Rosé 2012, Stoneleigh Vineyards, Marlborough, New Zealand

 

Pinot Noir clone UCD 5 on a mixture of rootstocks are used in the making of this wine. The winemaker was Jamie Marfell. The residual sugar is 5 grammes per litre, titratable acidity is 6.3 grammes per litre, and pH is 3.52. This wine is unoaked. This wine was sealed with a screwcap. 

This wine was imported by Pernod Ricard Sweden AB.

Colour : Raspberry/strawberry

Aroma : Strawberry, blackucrarnt, leafy, redcurarnts

Taste : Herbs, raspberry, strawberry, blackcurrant, redcurrants

Alcohol : 13%

Price : 99 SEK

Systembolaget Number :  6435

Mark : C+

Website :  Stoneleigh Vineyards