Castello Di Bolgheri 2006

The Castello Di Bolgheri from Italy of vinatge 2006 has been sitting on the shelf for a couple of years now. I am unfamiliar with older red wines how they taste so this would be interesting. First impression is a very deep red color. Looks good. The smell is good and is promising however the first taste of the wine is that it is very sour. I let it rest in the glass for twenty minutes before having the next taste and now it has full flavor of red currants and tobacco. It is very good to have together with meat. A very nice surprise and I would gladly drink more.

Pjazza Regina Red wine

A month ago I had the chance to try white wine from the Malta producer Pjazza Regina. This time it was their red wine that I had the chance to try.  It has 12% alcohol level and the taste is very sour, not my kind of wine and it leaves me empty. However, nice nose but not good taste.

Two different wines and countries

Time to go to two different places in Europe. First one is a wine from Malta. Totally unknown wine country for me and almost impossible to find any wines from Malta in Sweden. It is called Emmanuel Delicata Pjazza Regina and has an alcohol level of 12 %. The taste is sharp and not that much more. An easy drinking wine. Drink it now and don't let it lie on the shelf.

The next wine I go back to Italy and my favourite wine producing region in Italy, namely Alto Adige. It is a sweet red wine from producer Franz Haas called Schweizer from 2008 made by Moscato Rosa grapes. When drinking it reminded me somewhat of Madiera wines but with a much lower alcohol level 12%. Very nice and not that sweet and worked well together with Strawberries. Will see if I can find more wines by this producer next week when I will be visiting Alto Adige.

Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt 1999 Scharzhofberger auslese

Not many times that I have the chance to try a wine 14 years old and that does not cost a fortune. This was quite cheap so my expectations were not that high. Did they sell it out because it was going bad and had to get rid of it or maybe no one likes old rieslings?

The nose of the wine was very good. Apples and a very typical riesling smell. Very nice. The taste was good. I missed a bit of acid and it felt like it had reached its peak and would go down in a years time. Very delightful summer wine and happy time for me as old rieslings are good.

Battle of the metal wines

One recent trend in wines have been the heavy metal wines. Several wines released with the name of a famous heavy metal band. Motorhead was first out but now there are any wines like AC/DC, Slayer and Kiss. And of course Kiss has at least three wines out. I had the chance to sample two of these wines and see how the quality is.

First up is the AC/DC wine Highway to hell from 2008 consisting of cabernet Sauvignon grapes. The label promises it would be like a world tour taking the centre stage. Yes, there is a lot of crap written on these bottles. The taste is of black currents and I felt that it was very sour, way to much tannins. Not in my taste and not that good. Maybe it will be better in the future with some storage, but today no.

The money loving band Kiss has released three different wines and I had the chance to taste Zin Fire made with Zinfadel grapes from 2011. It says that it is a true rock'n'roll wine and made to lick it up. So anyone knows what a rock'n'roll wine is? This wine is drinkable. A bit peppary and blackberrys. It is decent Zinfadel wine.

And the winner of this contest is Kiss with Zin Fire.

Macvin du Jura

Macvin du Jura is a strange wine. Mybe it cannot even be called wine since there is no fermentation involved but I call it wine anyway. Macvin du Jura is produced in the region of Jura in eastern France. It is produced by boiling down the grape juice to half and then fortfied with marc (wine brandy from France) and then finally stored in oak barrels. The macvin du Jura that I had the pleasure to taste is from the producer Chateau D´Arlay and has an alcohol level of 17%. The smell of the wine if very strong and the colour is lightly amber. I find it hard to describe the taste. If other sweet wines have been smooth and almost like a womans touch, this wine is more like a man shaking you and asking you to wake up. Such distinct flavours. Very nice and interesting. Got the tip for this wine from http://winevirtuosity.com/. Thank you.

Heavy metal and wine

Since I love heavy metal and I also love wine so it is no surprise what gifts I get when I have a party.

Will be interesting to see how they taste. What is missing now is the Slayer wine but I don't think that one is any good.