Winetasting night 17 June

Lynx Cabernet Sauvignon 2007, South Africa
Small winemaker in Franscchoek who started wine producing in 2003
The Cabernet 100% smells of leather, black fruit and cassis. A young but very
smooth and elegant wine with a rich long velvety aftertaste.
Lynx Wines - understated sophistication

Larose Perganson 2000 Haut Medoc

2000 another great year in Bordeaux.
50% Cabernet Sauvignon and 45% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot
Ruby colour with smell of prunes, coffee, chocolate, big solid taste, elegant and long
Can be kept until 2015, but drinking well now
Decant 2 hours before serving
Châteaux Larose Trintaudon Larose Perganson - Château Larose Perganson

Ch.Maucaillou 1996, Haut Medoc
Good value for money, 27 000 cases produced every year.
1996 great vintage with a long life.
5"% Cabernet Sauvignon, 41% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot
Brick red colour with smell of wet wine cellar, seductive and well balanced taste
At peak now
Château Maucaillou - Moulis-en-Médoc Bordeaux

Mouchao 2001, Alentejo, Portugal
Great wine from the advancing Alentejo district south of Lisbon.
Made from Alicante Bouschet and Trincadeira grapes.
Deep red colour with a spicy character and big taste and balanced tannins.
Herdade do Mouchão

Domaine Chevalier 1999, Pessac Leognan
One of the top chateaux in Graves at a reasonable price compared to the others.
Tucked away inbtween the pine wood outside Bordeaux. Cabernet Sauvignon 65%, Merlot 30% and Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot 2% each.
A big wine for big occasions and long storage, beautiful elegant bouquet with impressive length.

DOMAINE DE CHEVALIER - Pessac Léognan - Grand Cru Classé de Graves - France

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Leoville Lascases 1988

Last week was a special week for me as I received my last pay check from my previous employer. An event that required some sort of celebration with some good friends. Of the many bottles opened during that evening was a Leoville Lascases 1988. This Bordeaux wine from St. Julien is second Grand cru classee but it has the quality of a first growth. This chateau was also the wine that made me change from beer to wine as I had the pleasure of tasting a Leoville Lascases 1945 back in 88. The 1945 just knocked me off my guard and I remember thinking what a fantastic wine it was and what an experience to drink this wine from the year when world war 2 ended. I was in shock and I then just decided to enter into the world of wine. I have always had a soft spot for this chateau ever since. And to my pleasure it has been performing well at much more reasonable prices than the much more expensive first growths in the 1855 classification. Nowadays a bottle of this wine costs around ...

Condrieu 2014 by Cuilleron

In the steep hills north in the Rhone valley there is a small appelation which is called Condrieu. Here the rare grape of Viognier is grown. A grape not well known to many people but which gives a fantastic wine when grown here. It is a full bodied white with a very pronounced and overwhelming smell of flower, peach, apricot, tropical fruit etc. The taste is dominated by ripe fruit, medium acidity and a long finish. Very good to outstanding quality. This is not a white for the fainthearted as the style is rather opulent. But with 2 year old Comte it is the perfect match. Cuilleron (manager) has many different styles. The wine is pricy and rare to get hold of. Condrieu 2014 "La Petite Cote" Yves Cuilleron ca 30€ or 400 nok

Chianti Riserva 2016

Castello de Farnatello has a basic Chianti and a Riserva on the market. Both of them are good value for money. We tried the Riserva the other day, in two different glasses; Riedel Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. The Syrah glass is more closed at the top (to the right). The colour of the wine is medium red and the nose discrete smell of cherries, leather and nuts. Attractive acidity with a firm well balanced taste. This is perfect with lamb for ex. 5% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Merlot has been added to the wine as well and that gives it more body than the pure Sangiovese. And which glass works best? The Syrah glass enhances the smell much more than the CS glass in which the wine seems much more closed. Chianti Riserva 2016, Castello de Farnatello Ca 230 kr or 13euro

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