1/6/2024 - Rhonarna_Mikael Likes this wine:

I have acquainted myself with Melville Winery on various occasions and am very fond of their cool, subtle, complex, and berry-flavored wines with fine acidity and well-balanced structure. Sandy’s is an excellent Pinot Noir that is enjoyed with great pleasure already now.

12/17/2023 - Rhonarna_Mikael Likes this wine:

A personal favorite... a story and relationship that I won't delve into here and now, but it should be mentioned that we've been hanging out since the '90s. Over 10 years have crafted a perfect balance, and according to my preferences, it doesn't get better than this. The Cabernet fruit is seductive, and it's almost ridiculously beautiful how they've managed to enchant 13.8% alcohol to a sippability level like no other. Best enjoyed alone or with light snacks... insanely delicious! 77% Cabernet, 16% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, 2% Malbec.

11/7/2023 - Rhonarna_Mikael Likes this wine:

A load of blackberries, tapenade, salty licorice fish, violet pastilles, and white pepper. Very, very tasty."

11/26/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael Likes this wine:

Delicious semillon from a great producer. Fresch with exotic fruit and butter. Fa and round body.

11/26/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael Likes this wine:

A favourite South African Bordeaux blend! Great as always, drink now or keep.

11/26/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Bad bottle…very anonymous character.

11/20/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Great Pauillac which is drinking very well now. Classic cassis and cedar but lots of green tones which is somewhat surprising due to the dominance of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend.

11/20/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Mousiness

11/20/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Great Chenin Blanc from a great producer. Still very young and quite shut down direct from the bottle, needs a lot of air to open up. To be lay down for some years but surely worth waiting for.

8/28/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Qualitative Cahors of a certain age should not be underestimated!
Would love to have boxes of this…what a drinking pleasure!!
Stable as from a better Bordeaux, cherry, cedar, licorice stick and pipe tobacco.
The tannins have softened and the alcohol stays at a pleasant 13%.

7/2/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Yellow apples, nuts, light nougat, licorice stick and rotten leaves. Fine mineral salt and solid acids.
Possibly still on bounce but so fantastically good already now so why wait?

7/2/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

One of our absolute favorite producers in the northern Rhône, of which you should always buy large quantities.
Atypical character with clear blackberries, salt licorice, raw meat and tapenade.
Northern rhone syrah pornography at the highest level!

6/23/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Summer evening and the absolute best Aligoté we have ever tried! Formally love the wines from Alice et Olivier De Moor…
Golden and smooth with green apples, pears and grilled lemon.
Some herbs, floral tones, yeast, intense acid and prominent minerals… as a great BdB Champagne without any bubbles.

5/27/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael Likes this wine:

Cassis, cedar, stall, leather, ink and some chocolate. Quite accessible directly from start. This vintage is drinking well now.

5/24/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael Likes this wine:

Cassis, cedar, stall, leather, ink and an ounce of chocolate. Needed some time to open up. Drinking very well now.

5/20/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael Likes this wine:

Classic flirty nebbiolo juice with cherries, dried roses, rosehips, light nougat and oak.
Have developed nicely after 10 years.

4/19/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael Likes this wine:

Not there yet…good sure but a little too much of everything. Fleshy and a fair amount of vanilla. Rest for another 5 years.

3/21/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Strawberries, lingonberries and herbs in a slightly perfumed style. Very enjoyable.

3/21/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Some ripening dark fruit and raw meat juice in a rustic style.

1/24/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Yellow apples, citrus, roasted oak, butter and nuts. Very enjoyable!

1/24/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Citrus, yellow apples, roasted oak, butter and some nuts. Very enjoyable already.

1/24/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Dark berries and vanilla, chocolate, raw meat juice and should be paired with red meat as for now. Very young and need to lay down for at least 5 years and more to come.

1/24/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Multi colored apples, nuts and brioche embedded in a charming creamy mousse. Bang for the buck 35 EUR.

1/24/2022 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Degorg Nov 12, 2020. A pure but young beauty. Serious and complex champagne from a top producer. Banana mellow, grilled lemon and cocoa. Drink now and hold for many years depending on your preferences.

12/3/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael Likes this wine:

Blackberries, white pepper, smoked salami, raw meat juice, tapenade, salty licorice. A pure pleasure to drink in large sips!

11/23/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

The penultimate bottle of these golden drops… such potential but also insanely good in their youth!
I literally love Keller Von der fels who always delivers 100% in the class!

11/23/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Altesino Montosoli 2015 taste dark chocolate praline with a core of cherry liqueur, licorice bar, almonds and a little underlying green tones of something that will be integrated with age.
The label claims an alcohol of 14.5% but it doesnt show at all.
A superbrunello that certainly is young but very much enjoyable already now.

11/23/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Golden yellow, serious and complex Riesling trocken from Weingut Leitz.
The Rüdesheimer Berg Kaisersteinfels vintage 2017 has a long life ahead but is really good now already with some matching food.

11/15/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Roberto Voerzio's Langhe Nebbiolo Disanfrancesco from 2016 delivers on top day 3 with one glass left in the bottle.
Classic nebbiolo with seductive dried roses… felt a bit flat at first but now blooms in a brilliant way.
Quality Langhe from Voerzio!

11/6/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Raspberries, strawberries, blueberries and kumquat with a little salt licorice and dusty green herbs.
Just a baby and need a few hours in the carafe! Remaining bottles will rest for a while...

11/6/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Valette premiere and quickly understood that here you can obviously analyze yourself to death ...
Lightly oxidized style with aroma of beeswax, powdered lime, grilled lemon, lychee, almonds and popcorn.
Oily structure, solid acids and silky smooth in the palate.
100% unfiltered Chardonnay but becomes almost a Chenin Blanc look-a-like.
Fantastically good and tonight only with some matching cheese and charcuterie.

8/29/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Young and rustic with dark grumpy fruit, a large scoop of spices and a little blood grape/orange. It is definitely in its youth and not completely in line with our taste buds right now.
However, we know what (usually) will come and it will probably be nice with some time in the cellar.

7/28/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

2018 Puligny-Montrachet 1st Cru Les Folatieres from Jean-Louis Chavy is of course young but still so seductively available right now. A little fat, apples in mixed colors, fine ground acids and an interpretation of the chardonnay grape that hits exactly in our Burgundian epicenter. Big sips and big smile!

7/28/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Vadin-Plateau Renaissance is in its absolute youth but with razor-sharp texture and a seductive elegance. Gold bronze in color and aroma filled with gray pear, citrus and brioche. 100% Pinot Meunier and tickling good in company with loads of ​​truffle chips.

4/24/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Vintage 2015 is not entirely pinot-ish in the first sniff ... dark fruit in the form of strawberries and cherries. Furthermore coca-cola, eucalyptus, violets, licorice and gravel dust minerals.
A clear citrus freshness in the long aftertaste is the finishing touch to this flirty and well-polished creation.
Simply damn good!

3/29/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

2014 Saint-Joseph from Domaine Jean-Claude Marsanne with a cool 12.5% ​​in the glass. Drinks fine on its own and has probably leveled out in terms of maturity.
Very good and very typical of the style.
The last bottle ...

3/29/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

2018 Cartology from South African Alheit consists mainly of Chenin Blanc but also includes a bit of Semillon.
Initially a slightly musty scent that then opens up with beeswax, rapeseed, elderberry, tutti frutti, grilled lemon and matchstick. Complexity in the palate and singing in the mouth ... this works 24/7/365!

3/29/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Thomas Picos 2016 Domaine Pattes Loup Chablis 1er Cru Butteaux from the small village of Courgis is something very special.
Biodynamic. Manual harvesting. Nothing added, nothing removed. Only natural yeast. Stored in old French oak barrels for about 24 months and bottled completely without clarification or filtration.
We best describe the fruit as apple pie and it takes a good while before the natural wine musty aroma is toned down. Relatively oily character, hearty but nicely integrated acids and an incredibly fine saltiness and minerality at the end.
Have never drunk a Chablis like this but we definitely want to explore the style and learn more!

3/29/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

2017 Sandhi Sandford & Benedict Chardonnay in the glass ... blindly we could easily have ended up in Montrachet.
Here we have pineapple, butter, matchstick and roasted barrels.
A creation in perfect harmony that is drunk insanely well today.

3/29/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Diebolt-Vallois' prestige foam Fleur de Passion in the 2012 bottling is directly from the bottle, strikingly anonymous. However, it does not take long before the fragrance palette in this BdB opens up in the form of red apples, exotic fruit, almonds and brioche. Fat and creamy with real pressure in the acids that etch into the palate in the long aftertaste.
Very good, as always, and of course there is more to pick up for those who have patience.

2/28/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael Likes this wine:

Rustic wine in its youth! Delicious with blackberries, black olives, herbs and raw meat juice. Hard to resist now but will save some bottles for up to 8-10 years.

1/30/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael Likes this wine:

Dark cherries, chocolate, licorice and herbes de Provence. More smooth since last try 3 years ago. Will hold for several years ahead. This is definitely a Bang-for-the-buck kind of wine!

1/24/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

After 8 hours in open air La Turque starting to really show what this is all about.
Initially very dark and raw...dark fruit, oak, vanilla and a lot of minerals. During the evening it slowly opens up and show hints of the spectrum which will be fully available within another 5-10 years lying down in bottle.
A truly superb wine from a quality producter.

1/17/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

An introduction to what Piedmont is all about! Young of course and absolutely nothing big but oh so flirty.
Cherry pralines, rose bushes, rosehip tea, almond paste and a little stick of white spirit. We wait a few years before we open the next bottle.

1/10/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Still very young and need air. The fruit is quite perfumed and sun burned.
The remaing bottles should rest for a couple of years which will harmonize the general impression.
To be served at 12-14 degrees.

1/10/2021 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Golden yellow and nice mousse. Vital acidity and the fruit is, despite maturing hints, quite fresh.
This will last another decade. Really good!

12/29/2020 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Basic Riesling without any needs of revisiting.

12/29/2020 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Definitely in its bare youth and actually too young from our perspective.
Clear dominance of lingonberries and loads of acid.
However we love the style, fresh, flirty and only 12% alcohol. Will be a pure pleasure to drink within 3-5 years (and then score will probably reach at least 92).

12/29/2020 - Rhonarna_Mikael wrote:

Blackberries, raspberries, licorice, violets, raw meat and salami. Some hints of green stem, herbs and white pepper.
Vital acidity and smooth tannins. Very, very good in its youth but will develop during the next 5-10 years.

12/26/2020 - Rhonarna_Mikael Likes this wine:

Delicious BdB with a lot of maturity flavours combined with vital acidity. Drinking very well here and now but will be nice to drink the next coming years as well.