Winetasting at Ramsvig

White wine tasting in idyllic Ramsvig, Sjernarøy just 50 min with speed boat from Stavanger.

Sancerre "Domaine de la Villaudiere 2009 by Jean Marc Reverdy
Pale straw green colour, perfect Sauvignon Blanc smell of green gooseberries and lime with fresh zingy dry taste. Perfect match with seafood, but also as an aperitif or with thai food. 10 to 20€ (Norway), P+

Cloudy Bay "Sauvignon Blanc" 2007 from Marlborough, New Zealand
Same pale colour and also lovely zesty gooseberries with something "smoky" in the back ground. Great acidity and fruit and lovely taste, but perhaps too perfect or polished...? 25€, but worth every penny.
This is a "cult" wine in certain countries but widely available in Norway...!

Cloudy Bay "Chardonnay" 2007 Marlborough, New Zealand
Medium yellow colour with long legs, rich buttery limy sweet tropical fruit on the nose. Perfect! Great fresh velvety dry taste with medium body. This is a really good new world Chardonnay, not over oaked or cooked, but moving into Burgundy land. 30€ and yes worth the money.

Saint-Aubin 1er cru "En Remilly"2007 by Hubert Lamy
White Burgundy from the side valley of Saint Aubin and one of the top producers in this village. Similar colour as the Cloudy Bay Chardonnay, but slightly paler. Great smell of wood, lime, butter and green apples. Beautiful balanced acidity and length. More punch than the Cloudy Bay and less fat due to higher acidity. Lovely stuff but another 10 to 15€ on the price label. Worth it? Your choice!

Life is tough when its summer in Norway......

Ramsvig

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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 ...

Wine # 2 Blindtasting Ganddal

Deep dark purple colour. Dark berries, cherries and mint chocolate. Full bodied with soft tannins. Reminds me of an Amarone.. A very nice wine indeed. Panel is way out as it is from the Rhone valley. Gigondas 2009 by Guigal Score 17.60 Ca 20€ or 220 NOK

Bordeaux- Le prelat du Ch. Pape Clement 2004

This is one of two second wines of the famous and expensive Ch. Pape Clement in Graves. Although young, 2004, this wine drinks really well already if you put it on carafe a couple of hours before consumption. Dark red colour, with a very attractive smell of blueberries and dark berries, its a full bodied wine with firm but nice tannins that goes best with some food. 2004 although not the best of vintages, keep surprising me with good drinkable wines at affordable prices, because from 2005 and onwards there is a big step up in prices.... Grapes; Cabernet Sauvignon 60% and Merlot 40% Price around 20€ P+

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