Monthly Tasting Group LTB 2013-07; India and Thailand by an importer.

All wines were tasted not blind.

• 2012 Sula Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc 79 Points

  India, Nashik

  Expressive bouquet with grasses and some melon. On the palate tart lemon, grasses, firm acidity and bitterness. Nothing wrong with the wine, but not really a great pleasure either.

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• 2012 Sula Vineyards Viognier Dindori Reserve 86 Points

  India, Nashik

  Aromatic bouquet with yellow and white fruits. Peach. On the palate candy impressions, flowers as well. Ripe yellow fruits, good concentration, ok acidity and also some sweetness. A surprising and pleasant wine.

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• 2012 Monsoon Valley (Siam Winery) Chenin Blanc New Latitude Wine 77 Points

  Thailand, Hua Hin Hills

  The bouquet is reticent. On the palate green apple, some sweetness, acidity and a bit fat. Correct wine, but nothing outstanding.

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• 2012 Sula Vineyards Zinfandel 77 Points

  India, Nashik

  Light bouquet with rose petals, strawberry, dairy and rubber. On the palate strawberry, some raspberry, low acidity and quite much bitterness. Not really faulty, but no buy for me.

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• 2012 Monsoon Valley (Siam Winery) Shiraz New Latitude Wine 72 Points

  Thailand, Hua Hin Hills

  Salmon color. A vague bouquet with a little strawberry. On the palate apples and a lot of bitterness. In fact quite unpleasant.

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• 2012 Sula Vineyards Zinfandel 81 Points

  India, Nashik

  Dark cherries, some spiciness and also some minerals in the bouquet. On the palate dark cherries, a bit lactic, flint stone, firm acidity and some tannin. Interesting wine, but not on my to buy list.

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• 2011 Sula Vineyards Cabernet-Shiraz 85 Points

  India, Nashik

  This wine got 6 months of American oak. In the bouquet ripe dark fruits, salty licorice and sweet spices; vanilla. On the palate dark cherries and some dark forest fruits, dark chocolate. A mouth full. Some heat in the finish, but overall a surprisingly nice wine.

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• 2011 Monsoon Valley (Siam Winery) Shiraz 82 Points

  Thailand, Hua Hin Hills

  In the bouquet a bit dusty, some cherries and bell peppers. On the palate a mild start, juicy red fruits, some red bell peppers, vanilla and spiciness. Ok acidity and tannin which hardly offer any bite. An ok wine, special because it comes from Thailand, but not really interesting as a wine.

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• 2011 Sula Vineyards Shiraz Dindori Reserve 84 Points

  India, Nashik

  This wine got 12 months of oak. Dark red and high viscosity. Beautiful bouquet with red berry fruits and cherries. Pleasant oak. On the palate a concentrated wine with dark as well as red fruits and some spiciness. There is a lot of oak which is not integrated and I wonder if it ever will. My score for today is 84 and in case the oak becomes less dominant there is potential for 1 or 2 points extra.

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• 2011 Sula Vineyards Shiraz Rasa 88 Points

  India, Nashik

  This is by far the best wine I tasted from the Sula wineries. In the bouquet red as well as dark forest fruits and a firm dose of good and toasted oak. On the palate dark fruits, a lot of herbs and spices e.g. clove and vanilla. Also some medicine, but not negative. Overall the most complex and harmonious wine of the set. Nice now and the next few years.

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