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CellarTales International Wineroundtable Edition No.7 Part III

by Oliver Bauer on 30 November 2011 · 0 comments

… and ended with a small world tour of Pinot Noir :
Year: Wine: Producer: Country: Region: Variety(-ies): Size: Closure: Alcohol: Taste: Colour: Group:
2008Swan Bay Pinot NoirScotchmans HillAustraliaVictoriaPinot Noir 0,75 l screw cap 14.00 vol.% dryred III

Officially Australia has the reputation of producing mainly heavy, very concentrated red wines. Shiraz first of all. Detractors may even talk about the famous “marmalade wines”. Beside the fact that I don’t appreciate such general prejudices it’s more than clear that the range of Australian wines is much wider. Ever tried .....

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CellarTales International Wineroundtable Edition No.7 Part II

by Oliver Bauer on 28 November 2011 · 0 comments

The second day we began with different Sauvignon Blanc’s from all over the world:
Year: Wine: Producer: Country: Region: Variety(-ies): Size: Closure: Alcohol: Taste: Colour: Group:
n.v. Symphonie en “P” de ClérosteinCaves de CleebourgFranceAlsacePinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc 0,75 l natural cork 12.50 vol.% brut (sparkler) white III

To calibrate our palates for the tasting we started with a nice and refreshing Crémant from the Alsace region (thanks Angela & Ghislain). This sparkler with its straw-yellow, soft green-tinged color and mildly nose of peaches and .....

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“Burgundy” meets “New World”

July 5, 2011

Year: Wine: Producer:Country: Region: Variety(-ies) Size: Closure: Alcohol: Taste: Colour: Group:
2002 Pommard Les Caves des Hautes-Côtes France Burgundy Pinot Noir 0,75 l natural cork 13.00 vol.% dry red III

Les Caves des Hautes-Côtes is a co-operative in Beaune and handles 470 hectares in 40 Burgundy appellations !! Aha, a really big producer with a lot of trivial wines, isn’t it ? Sure 2002 has been an excellent vintage but Pommard is known for tighter, more robust wines than its more .....

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Chardonnay is dead ! Are you kidding me ?

September 1, 2010

Year: Wine: Producer: Country: Region: Variety(-ies):   Size: Closure: Alcohol: Taste: Colour: Group:
2009 Chardonnay Hamilton Russell South Africa Walker Bay Chardonnay 0,75 l natural cork 13 vol.% dry white III

This winery is famous for its two (and only) varieties – Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. And so far I haven’t had a disappointment with the Chardonnays (the Pinots are another story … for another time ). So let’s see this one now. A really bright and vivid, .....

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Quo vadis South Africa ? 7 x Sauvignon Blanc and a pirat

August 7, 2010

Year: Wine: Producer: Country: Region: Variety(-ies):   Size: Closure: Alcohol: Taste: Colour: Group:
2009 Sauvignon Blanc Steenberg South Africa Constantia Sauvignon Blanc 0,75 l Screwcap 12.5 vol.% dry white III

This wine shows a very soft, light yellow-green colour. The nose is very erbaceous with a lot of green paprika and gooseberries paired by a very strong, almost salty minerality and a lot of flintstone. In the mouth a slender body offered traces of flintstone and again pretty green .....

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2002 / 2003 Sauvignon Blanc Cloudy Bay

June 29, 2010

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Together with a friend we wanted to find out, if it’s really true, that New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc has to be consumed within the first years because it cannot age gracefully. I tried already some very nice aged Sauvignons from the Loire-region or from the Bordelais-region (here not always 100 % pure). So why shouldn’t a New Zealand one be capable to do the same thing ? For the tasting we picked out two wines from one of New Zealand’s most popular wineries. Cloudy Bay may be a big producer/brand, but nevertheless all the wines I tried so far, offered .....

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