11/26/2018 - Dusan Santa wrote:

Still young wine. I drunk 2009 few weeks ago and 2010 is less balanced and not really ready to drink (if you expect something special). 3-4 years more and lets see. I prefer more 2009, but 2010 can still surprise. Dark fruit, tabacco and cedar. Still powerfull tanins at the end.

11/14/2018 - Dusan Santa wrote:

After 1,5 hour nice balanced, open, cherry notes, sweeter not rough tannins, dark plum with middle finish. Quite impressive nose showing a power. It is ready to drink and might last for another 10 years. Next bottle not earlier then 3 years.

1/4/2017 - Dusan Santa wrote:

It took around 1hour to open and to show the pontential. At the beginning is nothing special, but after that it is nice a balanced wine, Dark red color, black fruit, licorice with touch of vanilla. There are still some fine tannins for more years with very long finish. After 4 days the wines showed still good shape.

7/13/2016 - Dusan Santa wrote:

I tasted the wine 2 years ago and it was far away to be ready. Now is more closer to be ready and balanced. It is already good, but need additional 2-3 years to express. At least 1 hour of air was needed. It is nice full-body Cabernet franc wine with touch of soft vanilla, ripe fruits and black currant. It has also sweeter tannins and very long finish. I tasted few weeks ago 2010 which was just a bit better. Anyway 2010 and 2011 has a good quality. I will buy some more bottles of this year to see how it developes in future. I give only 90 points but it may get more in few years.

6/19/2016 - Dusan Santa Likes this wine:

The wine is made from 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Malbec from 80 years old vineyards. They started to sell this 2013 after 1 year in oak and additional 1 year in bottle. The wine has on the nose touch of vanilla, strawberries and licorice. It has dark red-rubin color. In the plate dominates black currant with cherries, vanilla, chocolate with long finish touched by sweet-velvety tannins. The wine started to show more flavours and was more balanced after 1 hour. As 'Dancing with bottles' mentioned, it has low acidity and more fruits with soft tannins. It might be cellard for another 5-7 years. You should really try it for that price.

Kaiken Ultra Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 - Argentina. Vacsia cast vina tvori Cabernet Sauvignon, ktory bol zbierany z 80 rokov starych vinic. Tento rocnik sa zacal predavat az po rocnom driemani v sudoch a dalsom rocnom oddychovani vo flasi. Vinko ma putajucu vonu za vanilkou, jahodami a sladkym drievkom. Farba je tmava cerveno-krvava. V chuti dominuju cierne ribezle, ceresne, vanilka, cokoloda a velmi dlha dochut doplnena sladkymi a jemnymi taninmi. Po 1 hodine dekantovania sa uz dalo pit. Toto vinko ma nizku aciditu a vyssiu zmesku arom a sladsich chuti. Ak ma niekto rad vyrazne chute, tak by mal toto vinko skusit. Ak to porovnam s cenou (okolo 13-17 euro), tak je to urcite dobry pomer cena/vykon. Takych 5-7 rokov by malo vydrzat.

6/13/2016 - Dusan Santa wrote:

We had to decant the wine for at least 1 hour because at the begining was quite unbalanced. After 1 hour started to show his personality and quality. The wine is medium to full body with deep red color. Nice aromatic on the nose with very ripe dark fruits, black cherries and liquirice. The plate is fresh with plums, dark fruits and rich sweeter-velvety tannins. It has long finish and after 2 hours good balanced. I would give him another 2 years to see how it develops - still young.

6/8/2016 - Dusan Santa Likes this wine:

The full-body wine showed better notes and was more balanced on the second and third day. The wine has deep rubin colour with nose of blackberries, black currant and graphite. The plate has a lots of dark fruits, cherries, spicy notes and almost integrated tannins with long finish. Needs 1-3 more years and should last for another 10+ years. I really like this wine. Cabernet franc shows great potential in this lovely wine. I give 91-92 points and lets see how it develops in few years.

1/10/2016 - Dusan Santa wrote:

Needed at least 30 minutes to decant. Blackberries, raspberries, sweetness, a bit of cedar with not verz long finish, but with seet tannins. Need 1-2 more years. Can stay in cellar 5-10 more years. For 20 euro it is a good choice to buy. 2010 was a bit better than this year. Lets see 2012 :)

1/7/2016 - Dusan Santa wrote:

Nice chilean wine with a lots of fruits and long finish

1/3/2016 - Dusan Santa wrote:

This is a great wine, really surpprised with friendly price. Decanted for 2 hours, dark red color, black cherries, graphite, raspberries, sweet tannins, full bodie and looong finish. This is a wine for special occasions. It needs additional 2-3 years but already gorgeous. If you have more bottles, just try one open the next one in few years (my recommendation).

1/3/2016 - Dusan Santa wrote:

Decanted for 1,5 hours. Full body, black cherries, blueberries, vanilla notes, sweet tannins and long finish. Already drinkable, but next bottle I open in 2-3 years. One of my favourite wines from Bordeaux. I give 91 points but I am sure it will get more in few years.

1/3/2016 - Dusan Santa wrote:

Very nice wine. Full body, balanced, black fruit, vanilla and looong finish. Already drinkable after sveral hours, but I will keep it nest 2-3 years and drink it again.

1/3/2016 - Dusan Santa wrote:

Needs 2 more years, but already drinkable. Berries tabacoo, black pepper and loong finish

12/18/2015 - Dusan Santa Likes this wine:

We had to decant it for at least 3 hours. Lighter color, blueberries, plums, robust tannins, tabacco and long finish. Needs 4 more years. It is wine for more10-20 years. Should be placedin your cellar.

10/15/2015 - Dusan Santa wrote:

Bordeaux 2012 was not so good as 2010 and 2009, but there are still good wines you can taste and put it to your cellar. One of this wines is Malartic Lagraviere Rouge 2012 (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc a Petit Verdot). After certain time in barrel has the wine more potential as at the beginning. I think this this is the best deal between price and quality. Wine has beautiful rubin colour, light smell of berry fruits touched with taste of cherry and blackberry, soft and sweeter tannins and medium to longer finish. You have to decant it for more then 2 hours. On the next day was it much better. You can drink it now or wait few years.

Bordeaux 2012 nebol taky dobry rocnik ako 2010 a 2009, ale napriek tomu sa najde zopar vin, ktore stoji zato ochutnat a dat na roky do pivnicky. Jedno z tych vin je Malartic Lagraviere Rouge 2012 (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc a Petit Verdot). Po nejakom case v sudoch sa toto vinko posunulo o dost dopredu. Co sa tyka pomeru kvalita-cena je to ten najlepsi deal v tomto rocniku. RP dal tomu vinku 94 bodov a nedalo nam jednu flasu otvorit a odegustovat. Taky vysoky pocet bodov by som mu nedal, ale ajtak stoji za kupu. Vinko je krasnej rubinovej farby, velmi lahka vona bobuloveho ovocia, obklopena bohatou chutou cernic/visni, tabaku, jemne sladsie taniny a strednu az dlho trvajuca dochut. Vinko treba minimlane 2 hodiny dekantovat, aby ukazalo svoju osobnost. Na druhy den bolo este lepsie. Potrebuje este cas na vyzretie, ale uz teraz je prijemne a pitelne

10/15/2015 - Dusan Santa wrote:

A lots of dark fruits, vanilla, coffee and tabac. I am not a big fan of this kind of wine, but anyway I give him 92 points beacuse of his performance a strongness. It should be decanted for at least 1 hour in advance.

9/21/2015 - Dusan Santa Likes this wine:

Stronger deepurple color with smell of cherry, blackberry, and softer vanilla. In taste are pieces of bitter chocolate, blackberry and dried plums. Medium finish with notable tannins. I advice to decant the wine at least 1 hour. It can shine for another 5-10 years. it is not bomb, but it is worst to taste it.

Silnejsia tmavocervena farba s prenikavou vonou visni, cernic a jemnej vanilky. V chuti su kusky horkej cokolady, cernic a susenych sliviek. Stredne trvajuca dochut s vyraznymi trieslovinami. Odporucam min 1 hodinu dekantovat. Toto vinko vydrzi nejakych 5 - 10 rokov. Nie je to bomba, ale stoji za ochutnanie.

9/2/2015 - Dusan Santa wrote:

Medium body, dark red colour, red berry - some fruits, a bit of spicy and short finish. It is quite a lower quality wine in comparision to 2010 but it also not very expensive. Short-Medium term wine.

10/20/2014 - Dusan Santa wrote:

This is a great wine! We drank this wine on my son celebration and it was very good decisions. Everybody liked it. In a hort time was the time gone. It is pitty that we couldnt wait to open it more (how would wait if this wine is already great). After that we tasted a wine from Toscana and it was not coparable to this great Chevalier. Medium and balanced tannins with taste of cedar wood. Sweet cherry, red fruits with long finish. I will open the next bottle after 2-3 years. I am glad I have more bottles from this vintage.