Oenocosmos Wine Fair

Wines tasted during the annual Oenocosmos Wine Fair at Intercontinental Hotel

Trying wines from the main hall

• 2015 Markus Molitor Haus Klosterberg Pinot Noir 88 Points

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  Pale red in the color. The nose shows light red cherry, toasted oak, cherry red, light to med body, soft tannins, roasted almond, short to med finish.

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• 2017 Markus Molitor Haus Klosterberg Riesling Trocken 88 Points

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  The wine shows medium intensity of ripe green apple, pear, floral with some candied fruit notes in the nose. The palate shows candied fruit again, pear, apple, citrus, tropical fruit, medium to high acidity, crunchy fruit and slightly bitter, med to long finish 88+

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• 2016 Markus Molitor Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese (White Capsule) 89 Points

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  Candied fruit, slight pharmaceutical notes, the palate is lighter, easier, shows more fruit, again herbal notes, medium finish, medium acidity, balanced altogether. The wine needs some time in the glass.

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• 2016 Markus Molitor Haus Klosterberg Riesling (Green Capsule) 87 Points

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  Low intensity in the nose, the palate is much sweeter, ripe peach, floral, low to medium acidity, short to medium finish, too easy

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• 2014 Markus Molitor Wehlener Klosterberg Riesling Spätlese (White Capsule) 90 Points

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  The colour is deeper, herbal notes, candied fruit, candied citrus, tropical notes with some medicinal notes at the end.
  The palate shows strength, candied fruit, herbal notes, medium body, high acidity, medium finish. The wine is still very fresh

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• 2017 Markus Molitor Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  Very strange profile, flinty and reductive, the palate in a lesser extent but still showing reduction, flinty, medium acidity, strange altogether, needs time

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• 2014 Markus Molitor Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese (Golden Capsule) 92 Points

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  More expressive in the nose, green freshness, citrus and some tropical fruit, altogether the aroma is very inviting. The palate is smooth, rich, elegant, herbal, candied citrus, well balanced with the residual sugar, long finish.

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• 2017 Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis 1er Cru Fourchaume 91 Points

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru

  A bit reductive but also quite flinty, palate is shows green apple, lemon, citrus, nice mouthfeel, chalky, med body, med to long finish, outstanding.

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• 2017 Louis Jadot Pouilly-Fuissé Les Petites Pierres 90 Points

  France, Burgundy, Mâconnais, Pouilly-Fuissé

  The nose is rounder, light and fruitier, easier in the nose, nutty with a thin oak layer. In the palate, slight bigger, oak a bit more upfront, stone fruit, a bit of flint, medium body and acidity, med to long finish

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• 2016 Domaine Henri Boillot Volnay 90 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay

  The grapes are sourced from 5 premier cru vineyards.
  Brighter in the nose, the oak is upfront, nutty, rich, ripe red cherry and a bit reductive. The palate is a bit harsh but thin, oak layers, more fruit, nutty, candy, medium acidity, oak more upfront, needs time to lose the oak, medium finish

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• 2017 Dalamara Winery Paliokalias Naoussa 93 Points

  Greece, Macedonia, Naoussa

  Sample brought just for the wine fair, wine to be released December 2019
  Very pale color, beautiful in the nose, bright red cherry, notes, fragrant and just ethereal, floral with toasted notes.
  The fruit is beautiful, smooth tannins for such a young wine, olives, tomato, fragrant, elegant, delicate, high acidity, with long finish.
  Outstanding quality, very young, would be beautiful

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• 2015 Clos Henri Pinot Noir 90 Points

  New Zealand, South Island, Marlborough

  Nice bright ripe, smoky, spicy and earthy, bright red fruit, elegant, delicate, a bit smoky and toasty. In the palate, the wine is smooth, nice tannins, earthy, spicy, nutty, oaky, med acidity, med finish, mineral and steely.

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• 2015 Henri Bourgeois Sancerre Etienne Henri 93 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre

  This comes from pure Silex soil
  Beautiful tensity in the nose, flinty, chalky, ripe citrus, candied, preserved lemon and tropical fruit, dense, oak notes, layers upon layers of notes. The palate is sensational, the same profile flavorwise, more oaky than the nose, flinty, nutty, lime, citrus, med acidity, med body. Outstanding quality, long finish, grippy, preserved fruit.

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• 2015 Henri Bourgeois Sancerre Jadis

  France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre

  Quite reductive, straight, flinty, green fruit, pineapple, citrus, pear, the palate is smooth, rich, ripe apple, pearl, flinty, reductive, high acidity, green, long finish. Outstanding but needs time.

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• 2017 Henri Bourgeois Sancerre La Chapelle des Augustins 90 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre

  Bright citrus, green fruit, pear, flinty, green bell pepper, the palate is ripe, grass, pear, flint, nice acidity, med body and acidity, long finish. Outstanding

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• 2018 Henri Bourgeois Sancerre Les Baronnes 92 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre

  Bright green profile, ripe citrus fruit, nice structure, flinty, ripe citrus, lemon, lime, medium acidity, very tasty, elegant but powerful in the same time. Outstanding quality

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• 2017 Henri Bourgeois Pouilly-Fumé 89 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Pouilly-Fumé

  Flinty, chalky, lemon, austere, a bit reductive, very fresh, palate smooth, slight toast, flinty, grass, vergetal, med acidity, body and finish. A wine for food

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• 2017 Henri Bourgeois Sauvignon Blanc Petit Bourgeois 88 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Val de Loire

  Bright, green bell pepper, grass, easy, tropical, lime, lemon, palate the same profile, easy and smooth, medium acidity, pear, nice to have by the glass, ripe freshness, pineapple in the medium finish.

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• 2018 Domaine Weinbach Riesling 89 Points

  France, Alsace

  The nose shows bright white fruit, candied lemon and citrus, upfront and easy.
  The palate is nice and tasty, bright fruit, candied citrus, lemon, lime, tropical fruit, floral, a bit yeasty, medium acidity, med finish. A bit expensive

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• 2017 Dalamara Winery Kapnistos 89 Points

  Greece, Macedonia, Naoussa

  This is a blend of Malagouzia, Assyrtiko and Roditis, 12 months in new, old and very old oak barrels with no topping up.
  Very intriguing in the nose, ripe and fresh together, dense in the colour as well, almost like a chenin blanc.
  The palate shows the same profile, citrus, lemon, slightly oxidative notes, candied fruit, preserved lemon, nutty, almond, high acidity, a bit thin, medium to long finish. Weird but interesting

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• 2013 Passopisciaro Passorosso 89 Points

  Italy, Sicily, Terre Siciliane

  Brick red color, developing aromas, overripe to dried red fruit, cherries and currants, a bit of dried stone fruit too, coffee notes, tobacco, spicy notes, nutty and caramel. The palate follows the same path, developing notes, caramel, coffee notes, malt, bread, high acidity, med body, tea leaves, a wine for food, med to long finish. The wine shows a bit of funk, milk chocolate, salty, mineral. 89+

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• 2016 Passopisciaro Passobianco 91 Points

  Italy, Sicily, Terre Siciliane

  High intensity and tensity, quite concentrated, oaky, ripe fruit, stone fruit, mineral, lime, citrus, lemon, tropical fruit, white fruit and floral notes.
  In the palate, the wine shows strength, minerality, tensity, medium acidity, nice oak frame, ripe, sensual profile, a bit salty, round (like a Nychteri from Santorini), med body and finish. Outstanding quality 91

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• 2015 Passopisciaro Terre Siciliane Contrada Rampante 92 Points

  Italy, Sicily, Terre Siciliane

  The nose is very elegant ripe red fruit, cherry, mineral, smoke, earthy and spicy.
  In the palate, the wine is rather smooth, easy, cherry red, sour cherry, spicy, elegant, medium acidity, medium tannins, mineral steely, needs food with long finish

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• 2017 Elio Altare Barbera d'Alba 90 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Barbera d'Alba

  Nice bright ripe red fruit. The nose is nutty, oaky, elegant, beautiful earthy and spicy, nice palate, easy drinking, balanced, earthy, spicy, red cherry, floral, med body, acidity and finish

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• 2013 Elio Altare Langhe Giarborina 92 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC

  Pale red color, nice sweet spices, earthy, okay, nutty, Christmas cake. Smooth palate, silky texture, nice tannins and acidity, thin oak layer, red ripe cherry, currant, coffee and chocolate in the long finish.

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• 2013 Val di Suga Brunello di Montalcino 89 Points

  Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino

  Pale cherry red color.
  Low to medium intensity in the nose, developing profile, red notes, fragrant, floral, spicy notes, thin oak layers, like a Christmas cake.
  In the palate, the wine shows medium body and acidity, med to full body, big drying tannins, medium finish. Feels astringent and a bit hard to drink on its own for me now.

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• 2015 Elio Altare Barolo 92 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

  Pale red cherry, fragrant, red currant, floral , ethereal, rose liquer. The palate is easy drinking, roses, red fruit, nice acidity, smooth tannins, thin layers of oak, long finish, dry finish, red furit, fresh, a few vegetal hints, long finish. Seems like a wine to keep

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• 2016 Tenuta di Trinoro Le Cupole Toscana IGT

  Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT

  Deep crimson colour. High intensity of ripe red fruit, a bit earthy, alcohol heat (14.5%). In the palate, the wine shows balsamic notes, alcohol heat, overripe sour cherry, red and black fruit, expressive, med to full body, med acidity and finish.

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• 2016 Résonance Pinot Noir 88 Points

  USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley

  Very light color. The nose shows lightness too, fragrant, red cherry notes, light oak and spice notes.
  In the palate, the wine is smooth, easy and toasted, nutty, fruit in the back, medium acidity, a bit of heat, medium finish.
  I am not sure about this one, it just feels strange. Almost like a someone was trying to make something up rather than take the fruit and work with it.

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• 2016 Emiliana Signos de Origen La Vinilla 89 Points

  Chile, Casablanca Valley

  Chardonnay, Viognier, Marsanne, Roussanne.
  The nose shows clean green fruit, fresh vegetal notes. The palate shows some freshness, vegetal and green fruit, smooth, feels like a Sauvignon Blanc, med acidity, med body and finish.

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• 2017 Planeta Fiano Sicilia Cometa 90 Points

  Italy, Sicily, Sicilia

  Fiano
  The wine is fragrant, green, floral and tropical fruit, easy in the palate too. The wine is smooth, med body, nice structure, fresh, medium acidity and finish.

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• 2018 Canava Chrissou Tselepos Assyrtiko Nychteri Santorini 90 Points

  Greece, Aegean, Cyclades, Santorini

  Rather light for a Nychteri, ripe citrus, lime, lemon, candied, citrus, yeast and nutty. The palate is big, fruit, sweet, high acidity, nutty, candied fruit and preserved lemon. Full body, very salty with a long finish, very young and a bit aggressive at the moment.

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An horizontal tasting of 2017

• 2017 Passopisciaro Passobianco 90 Points

  Italy, Sicily, Terre Siciliane

  This is pure Chardonnay from 18yo vines, sourced from 4ha vineyards of 850-1000m altitude, density 12300 plants/ha, 40% of mass maceration in steel, 10 months in oak and cement, 25000 total bottle production
  The colour is rich deep straw.
  The nose shows medium intensity, ripe peach and citrus fruit with some floral notes as well. There are tropical fruits to be found here inside a thin oak frame and a few mineral and salty elements.
  The palate is rich, salty, mineral, clean and bright, with tropical fruit, citrus, lemon (fruit and peel), full body, medium to high acidity, medium to long finish.
  Outstanding quality, very well balanced, could pass for a Santorini.

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• 2017 Passopisciaro Passorosso 89 Points

  Italy, Sicily, Etna DOC

  This is a pure Nerello Mascalese from 90-110yo vines, sourced from the Malpasso, Guardiola, Santo Spirito, Favazza, Porcaria contradas, the altitude is 500-1000m, the density is 8000 plants/ha, 15 days maceration in steel tanks, 18 months in 25hl oak, 5-6 months in cement, the wine undergoes malolaction, bottled without filtration, total production 60000 bottles.
  The wine shows bright red colour.
  The nose shows medium intensity, candied cinnamon, ripe red fruits, earthy and spicy, a bit of nutty and smoke notes, almost like a Christmas cake, some vegetal notes at the end.
  In the palate, the wine shows intensity, a lot of red cherries and currants, floral notes, high acidity, 14.5% alcohol, flinty, smooth tannins, oak notes, the fruit is very bright, cinnamon candy, mineral, elegant, a few bitter notes in the medium finish.

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• 2017 Passopisciaro Terre Siciliane Contrada Guardiola 91 Points

  Italy, Sicily, Terre Siciliane

  This is a pure Nerello Mascalese from 110yo vines, sourced from the Guardiola contrada, the soil is volcanic ash, the altitude is 800m, 2.3ha, the density is 8000 plants/ha, 15 days maceration in steel tanks, 18 months in 25hl oak, 5-6 months in cement, the wine undergoes malolaction, bottled without filtration, total production 3000 bottles.
  The wine has a pale red color.
  The wine shows beautiful and fragrant nose, fruit and floral elements, cinnamon candy, cherry and currant, elegant and a bit decadent.
  The wine is beautiful in the palate even though its still very young, fruit, with nice tannins, medium acidity, high tannins, green freshness, very young altogether, long finish. This is will grow up nicely. Its interesting when a wine is so elegant and unforgiving in the same time.

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• 2017 Passopisciaro Sicilia Contrada Chiappemacine 90 Points

  Italy, Sicily, Sicilia

  This is a pure Nerello Mascalese from 90yo vines, sourced from the Chiappemacine contrada which is on the edge of the lava flow, the soil is sandstone, the altitude is 550m, 1.2ha, the density is 8000 plants/ha, 15 days maceration in steel tanks, 18 months in 25hl oak, 5-6 months in cement, the wine undergoes malolaction, bottled without filtration, total production 3000 bottles.
  The wine shows pale red colour.
  The nose shows light intensity, with more red fruits and floral notes, very elegant and light profile.
  In the palate, the wine shows the same profile but with a flinty/mineral core and grippy tannins, medium to high acidity and medium finish.
  Very different from the Guardiola

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• 2017 Passopisciaro Terre Siciliane Contrada Rampante 92 Points

  Italy, Sicily, Terre Siciliane

  This is a pure Nerello Mascalese from 110yo vines, sourced from the Rampante contrada the soil is volcanic ash, the altitude is 1000-1100m, 1.4ha, the density is 8000 plants/ha, 15 days maceration in steel tanks, 18 months in 25hl oak, 5-6 months in cement, the wine undergoes malolaction, bottled without filtration, total production 2000 bottles.
  The wine has a pale red colour but a bit more concentrated than the others.
  Very concentrated in the nose, shows high intensity of ripe red cherries and currants, violet floral notes, mineral notes again with cinnamon candy spice notes.
  In the palate, the wine shows mineral profile again, ripe currants, powerful tannins, spices, aggressive steely tannins, very dry, impossible to drink now, needs years to open. It is of outstanding quality though and wine of the tasting for me.

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