Community Tasting Note
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Zweder wrote: 92 points
December 18, 2017 - Weekly tasting group RWP #270: "Classical" wines (@ BS): Expressive bouquet with red and dark berries. On the palate ripe red and dark berries, chocolate, beautiful acidity, round tannin and soft bitterness in the finish. A beautiful and refined wine which is ready now and there is no hurry.
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7 Comments
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Sundbyberg commented:
12/28/17, 6:57 AM - Hello,
Just had the 2004, and found it quite sweet. This was by the way my first Hosanna.
Do you also find Hosanna sweet, or was it just a vintage thing? -
Zweder commented:
12/28/17, 7:43 AM - Hej Sundbyberg,
In this 2003 case I wrote that the fruits were ripe and in general that means for me there was a sweet note in the wine, which makes sense because of the vintage. I checked my notes about Hosanna of other vintages and the sweetness is not specifically mentioned. I don’t know what you drank or ate beside it….
Anyway: Gott Nytt Ar. -
Sundbyberg commented:
12/28/17, 8:29 AM - Willing to travel? Found an unreal winelist with prices to die for, in a small town in Norway. I could e-mail you the list.
Nothing else in this village than a hotel with an extensive winelist at very good prices. -
Zweder commented:
12/28/17, 1:58 PM - Always curious about wine lists….. But I am not Norwegian. Not even Scandinavian…. So the trip will be too far. And Norwegian prices…….. ;-)….???
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Sundbyberg commented:
12/28/17, 2:33 PM - I know where you are from, you told me once.
1 Norwegian krona = ca 0,1 euro. The krona has dropped considerably, since the oilprice started falling.
I can give you a few examples from the list (I received it in February, and then it was from 2016). The list is 142 pages long:
-Billecart Salmon Blanc de Blancs Brut 1996, 1250 nok (125 euro)
-Piper-Heidsieck Brut 1995, 650 nok (65 euro)
-Veuve Cliquot Vintage Reserve 1995, 750 nok (75 euro)
-Chateau Palmer 1995, 1 800 nok (180 euro)
-Gruaud Larose, 1995, 1 400 nok (140 euro)
-Leoville Barton 1990, 1 675 nok (167 euro)
-Lafite-Rothschild 2001, 3 500 nok (350 euro)
-Pichon-Longueville-Lalande 2001, 1 375 nok
-Haut Brion 2001, 2 525 nok
-Calon segur 1990, 750 nok
-Montrose 2005, 1050 nok
-Clos St.-Jacques, Armand Rousseau 2005, 2 150 nok
-Beaux-Monts, Dom. Jean-J. Confuron, 2005, 775 nok
-Les Suchots, Hudelot-Noellat, 2006, 995 nok
-Bonnes Mares, Robert Groffier, 1 500 nok
-Chambertin, Armand Rousseau, 2005, 3 000 nok
-Musigny, Dom. Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier, 2005, 2 800 nok
-Romanée-St.-Vivant, Hudelot-Noellat, 2006, 2 100 nok
Just a few examples, from the list.
But I think you and your friends, if you go, have to invite me as well. -
Zweder commented:
12/28/17, 2:48 PM - I don’t remember exactly what I have told you….
I am afraid the Swedish friends have moved to Portugal.
But I have a good friend living in Oslo…:-)
Whenever I will go to Sweden or Norway again I can contact you. Would be nice to share e few wines together. -
Zweder commented:
12/28/17, 2:52 PM - And yes, the prices in the list are fair. Especially for Scandinavian standards. :-)!!!