Jorden rundt i vinens verden

Aftenens vine

Louis Jadot Clos de Loyse 2008

Vi lagde ud med en lille Chablis. Louis Jadot Close de Loyse 2008, som hurtigt blev gættet. Næse med nødder, smagen dog noget mere frisk med æblenoter. Et fint glas, 86P. Købt for 130kr, vine.dk.

Thomas Fogarty 2007 Pinot Noir Rapley Trail

Ingen tvivl om at man her har at gøre med en ny verdensvin! Næse med jordbærsaft, rosiner, blomme i madera og svage toner af stald. Rund og fyldig med smag af hvid chokolade. Vinen lægger afstand til Bourgogne og har den karakterstiske sødme rettet mod det amerikanske marked. Det er en rigtig amerikaner, ukompliceret og elegant, og måske bedre beskrevet som en "pornovin med læderindtræk". Der er kun lavet 125 kasser af netop '07 Rapley trail. 94P, 50$ (gave)

Conte Bacco 2004

Vinen snød os lidt i starten, og smagte som en super stram chianti. Alle smagsnoterne lå tætpakket og var svære at adskille fra hinanden. I glasset har vinen duft af jern, rust, stenfrugt. Eftersmagen er lidt bitter og garvesyren hænger. Denne vin kan snildt ligge 10 år mere. 89P, 130kr (gave)

Chateau Camensac 2006

Tankerne om hvor denne vin hørte hjemme var her også ude og vende den nye verden, inden vi hurtigt kom i Bordeaux. Vi har haft netop denne vin på blindsmagning tidligere. Vinen er rundet godt til, - virklig drinkable, og med næse af brun farin, pibetobak, læder, våd jord. Smagen er i fin balance og med fadnoter. 90P, 200kr Erik Sørensen

Ekstra nummer - Vinum Africa 2006

Vi nåede også at smage en sydafrikaner som er produceret til at erobre "peberbøfsegmentet" i Danmark. Vinum Africa er glat oplevelse blottet for personlighed, og for sine 99kr har man købt fred på middagsbordet. Navnet og designet skal appellere til safari- og stammedans-associationerne, men de udeblev for panelet. Vinen har en næse med noget peber, tobak/røg, og "kongen af danmark". Smag af brændte figner, tørret abrikos og røg. / drud

There is village and then there is village

Of the wines from the southern part of the rhone valley, the Chateauneuf du Pape is probably the appellation that has the largest reputation. And a well deserved one too. Often these wines a large and full-bodied with lots of spice and often quite high in alcohol. Unfortunately these wines are also quite expensive, leaving many to seek for cheaper alternatives. As is seen for the Italian wines Amarone, Barolo and Brunello, a number of producers have discovered that there is a market for cheap Chateauneuf du Pape. These wines are, however, not only cheap to buy but appears cheap in the glass as well, where the only resemblance to the majestic wines of Chateauneuf du Pape is the name.

This evening I enjoyed another alternative. Instead of a cheap wannabe, I opened a bottle of Mas de Boislauzon, Cotes du Rhone Village ”Les Deux Chênes” 2006, which is in the expensive range for this, the lowest, appellation. Often wines labeled Cotes du Rhone Village can be purchased for as little as 4 euros, where this particular wines is around 12 euros. This wine is made in the same way as their Chateauneuf ”Tradition” (which we have tasted earlier), the difference being that some of the grapes are harvested from outside of Chateauneuf du Pape.

A compact wine with lots of black and red berries. Herbe de provence and a nice touch of some medicinal like in the background. The wine is four years old, but seems to have plenty of vigor to develop further over the next 3-5 years from now. The wine was enjoyed over two nights accompanying a dinner with broiled moose with juniper, lingon berry and roasted brussel sprouts, and the second night boeuf bearnaise. 89 p

/Mads

A Mediterranian Evening with a Douro wine

I have had a few Portuguese bottles lying around with some age, making them vulnable for causal picking, and tonight one of them were up for test. Calabriga 04.

Clearly vintage '04' does classify as old in many other countries in the old world, but so far, and from my experience, many portuguese does not evolve tremendiously. The wine was accompanied with traditional paio, presunto, bread from Portugal.

For my taste, Calabriga, is a very typical Douro wine. The color is deep red, and notes were dark berries, herbs, hints of moist cellar, 'minty' and dry tobacco leaves. At first the taste appear rounded, a bit inky, filly, but ends up dry and spicy.

These were the notes from the first evening tasted. Its a fine wine, without being outstanding. 88P

Away for a while

Wine web surfers passing by Grapejuices will for sure have noticed the silence here on the site, recently. Bear with us, but us behind the site has been struck by a huge load of work, and hence Grape juices has had an exsistence in the shaddows. The good news is that are more good wines than ever out there to explore, and soon posts will appear again. Hope to see you around on the site. / Grape J