Island Vines Red 2004, Paphos and Lemesos, SODAP, Cyprus

I already knew that Greece makes some really good wines. But now I was given the chance to find out that Cyprus, this Island-country were one half is populated by Greek-speaking citizen has also nice wine to offer.
Oskar went there for a short journey and had the opportunity to try some wine on-site. I was very happy he thought of me and brought a bottle back home for me. And the other evening I felt it was time to give it a try.
This “Island Vines”, as it is named, is assembled by SODAP, a cooperative whose goal it is to: “produce modern fruit-driven wines from both indigenous and international’ grapes”. Read the rest of this entry »

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Comparative Tasting: Southern Wines from Portugal, Spain, Greece and France

I think we had this topic before, but aren’t there countless excellent wines in the Mediterranean regions to discover? The difference might be that this time I can at least come up with something like a link between all these wines.
The first two stem from the Douro river region in Portugal. The third one is a Spanish Ribera del Duero, the same river than the two before but on Spanish soil.
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Oscar (who brought the first 3 wines) thought it would be interesting to compare the styles of two neighbour regions. The fourth wine is a Greek Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot Cuvée called Biblia Xora, produced in the hills of Makedonia (North-Eastern Greece, no more link here : )). Finally I contributed a Southern French wine from Faugères in Languedoc.
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Rotweinprobe: Internationale Auswahl von Oskar

Folgende 6 Rotweine wurden probiert. Die Etiketten waren dabei nicht bedeckt aber wir haben uns, denke ich, um Objektivität bemüht ;-)

Weingut Daniel, Toque Jondo 2003, Geisenheim/Pfalz

„Toque Jondo“ heisst auf Deutsch „tiefes Spiel“ und ist eine Cuvée aus verschiedenen Rotweinsorten. In der Farbe ist der Wein dunkel und elegant. In der Nase überwiegt ein schöner Kirschduft begleitet von einer leichten Gewürznote. Eine dezente Säure im Hintergrund stützt die Frucht. Der Gesamteindruck am Gaumen ist der eines gut ausbalancierten, samtigen Rotweins mit einer angenehmen Länge.
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