Näringslivets hus, Stockholm
Tasted Monday, November 5, 2012 by Omar Khayyam with 644 views
Excellent opportunity to taste some of the new releases from the government retail monopoly for November. Well organized, interesting selection, pleasant company and very generous to invite even non-members as guests.
Very different looks from the chenin blanc cepage on show here.
These are two of the more interesting budget pinots available in Sweden. Was glad to taste both, but will buy neither.
A compare and contrast exercise with diametrically opposed wines.
Bordeaux and its immediate neighbours, did very well in terms of QPR compared to the more expensive Bordeaux flight.
Here, my sangiovese inexperience almost did me a trick. I changed my mind at least three times on the merits of the Rancia - upward adjusting my take on this as it opened up and proved a very drinkable wine.
The "budget" wine was the champ for me. A considerably older neighbour at the tasting table next to us sadly remarked that he would be 96 yrs old before the Kirwan overtook the other two in immediate pleasure. I nodded in agreement - and with no little sympathy for the sudden realization of mortality by the gentleman in question upon tasting the Kirwan.
2011 Mulderbosch Chenin Blanc (Steen op Hout) 82 Points
South Africa, Western Cape
Simple but good nose full of white flowers; clean and perhaps somewhat industrial taste.
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2005 Domaine Langlois-Château Saumur Vieilles Vignes 85 Points
France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Saumur
Wet woolen socks, butter and jasmine flower bud tea on the strangely interesting but not really appealing nose; soft ripe yellow apples on the palate with some oak and good freshness.
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