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5 tasted
16.01.2022
👨🌾Launois Grand Cru Réserve Brut Blanc de Blanc.
🇲🇫France, Champagne.
🍇100% Chardonnay
💰349,90,- / 35€ euro
🔥Alcohol: 12%
🍋Acid: 6,8 g/l
🧂Sugar: 5 g/l
🛒Varenummer: 12696201
👀Gylden blank med litt grønne toner.
👃Pære, gult eple, gul stenfrukt, nøtter, brunet smør, litt mandel og kjeks.
👄Moden gul sitrus, bakt eple, noe peppernoter på midten, kremete bobler som gir en god munnfølelse, brioche, frisk syre og elegant mineralitet. Fyldig og komplex sammenlignet med mye annet blanc de blanc jeg har smakt. Stor tommel opp.
30.12.2021
👨🌾Nik Weis Riesling Old Vine 2019
🇩🇪German, Mosel.
🍇Riesling.
🔥Alcohol: 10.5%
🍋Acid: 7.4 g/l
🧂Sugar: 22.4 g/l
🛒Varenummer: 5724701
👀Pale bright yellow.
👃Honeydew, some wax, white flowers, honey, lime, green apple, peach, touch of salinity and herbs.
👄Crisp acidity, elegant bitter notes which is close to some kind of grapefruit, balanced sweetness, ripe yellow fruit, apricot and peach. White spring flowers and some minerality appearing at the end.
Good complexity and long length.
White wineDönnhoff Riesling Trocken 2020
10.12.2021
Dönhoff Riesling Trocken 2020
Germany, Nahe.
100% Riesling
139kr / 14 euro
Alcohol: 11.5
Sugar: 6 g/l
Acid: 7,9 g/l2
👃Green apple, honeysuckle, lime juice, lemon peel, white flowers.
Super aromatic and perfumed nose. Lovely bouquet!
👄Vibrant acidity and a elegant sweetness. Fruit forward, primarily fruit with more acid like green apple and even kiwi. Not that it has kiwi aromas, but the saliva production is comparable.
Touch of honeysuckle and white flowers on the midpalate.
Slightly bitter minerality which gives the wine some structure.
Medium+ length.
It's been some time since I had a budget Riesling, or Riesling at all for that matter. I won't be waiting that long for my next bottle.
Points: 86
White wineTerras Gauda Rias Baixas O Rosal 2020
24.11.2021
Terras Gauda O Rosal 2020
Spania, Galicia, Rias Baixas
Albarino 70%, Caino Blanco 18%, Loureio 12%.
215kr / ~21€ for 75 Cl
Alcohol: 12.5%
Acid: 7.1 g/l
Sugar: < 3 g/l
Varenummer: 4558101
Clear straw yellow.
Sweet melon, green apple, gooseberry, slight pineapple wiff and dragonfruit.
I found this one to be a bit shy on the nose, but still lean and focused. Give it some air momma said!
Red unripe small apples and lime for acidity. Sweet herbal notes, which I had a hard time pinpointing to what exactly.
Light saline and mineral feel to it. Pomegranate and something herbal bitterness, which I liked very much.
Long finish and great structure.
Cool to see Ciano Blanco being used! I hope I get to taste it more
Tough wine to write about, as I experienced it a bit muted, but I think some air would do the trick.
This wine would go hand in hand with some grilled turbot, small steamed potatoes with a herb butter which have been brushed over. Roasted veggies of your own choice, but I would stay away from any kind of peppers. It's becoming my nemesis for non particular reason.
Points: 88
Red wineTravaglini Gattinara 2017
14.11.2021
👀 Pale garnet.
👃Entering your old grandma's house, it's nostalgic and you know for sure what she's cooking for dinner. This is what the nose is giving me right now.
Warm and caretaking ripe cherry, saying: welcome, sit down and then gives you a blanket so you don’t get cold. A bit over the top nostalgic for me this one, but what the hell. It's my notes after all!
👄Ripe and sour cherry. Roses, some earthy mineral tones, slight wiff of anis, dark bitter chocolate, green herb notes. The nose is more floral then fruity.
Sour cherry, pepper, cranberry, black tea notes, slight hint of red fruit, warm, dark roasted coffee beans, mocca and this bitter chocolate vibe.
Good structure, but I wouldn’t say that the tannins are grippy, but you notice them for sure.
Medium+ length.
I'm pairing this wine with creamy pasta which is based on saint agur, thyme and mushrooms. And for the protein I'm pan searing a striploin medium rare, which I will serve on top, sliced.
Points 92.