Family obligations , I was retained at home, so it is excellent Guillaume examining events at the Ljubljana wine festival.
On the podium stood for formal assessment are the following wines:
WHITE WINES
- First Place: Ptuj wine cellar DOO Traminer, 2005
- Second City: BRIC, Sweet Muscat, 2004
- Third City: PIRO - Jakončič MARJAN, Chardonnay, 2005
RED WINES
- First City: EMERAN Rey, Cabrenet Francis, 2005
- Second City: BRIC, Cabernet Sauvignon, 2002
- Third City: Ronk Stojko Kristančič, Merlot, 2003
Bakhos media for the most likable, according to journalists received Dveri-Pax wines, Chardonnay - Furmint, dry berry selection. . Bahkosa media for wine rising young star was awarded winemaker Brda Otto Rey from Kozani, Media Bakhos for special achievements has also gone to the Gorica Hills, Alan Simčiču in Medano.
And now, The Guillaume Report:
Here is the report of the Wine Festival and the Elephant ...
on our side, it start at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm Until last. Our team was made of Slavica (First Lady), Eric (aka Chez), Gorazd (from CUBO) and I (from the best restaurant in town.)
With an Average of 3 per glass stand for at Least 20 stands, IT MEANS 60 differents wines and 4 hours. They'm drunk, But forget about statistic and let's go to concrete stuff
From this 60 wines, wine Which Would top the others .. Difficult to say, tough job .. I would rank first Simčič Pinot noir ... are beautiful, are strong for a Pinot Noir .. When You Know surprising Pinot Noir from Burgundy ..
Then a silver medal goes to a Sauvignon kristlavin and Rebula Movia .. You Might Say .. Movie - Simcic .. What's the f ... .. new? Well I would say That they are still ahead Quite from Other wine makers ..
Surprise Came from Guerilla, not Famous for the ITS Marketing Until today But with a beautiful white blend (local varieties: Pinela, Ribolla, Malvasia) Three Years in barrique, Other surprise we're ROŽAC's Old d'Or white and ROŽAC Malvasia (a wineyard near Koper Which I Never Heard Before But with a great girl, my goodness I do not mind you do not know anything about wine, you're
great!). Sutor Merlot Offered by a M. Lavrenčič, less 'hot' Than the previous quoted, was a great wine.
Ales Kristanič (kristalvin) surprise us with a Tokay 1978 (I was 1 year old When they harvest the grape!). Start a debate on Tokaj / bartender ... Well, It is over about bartender .. Too close from Tokay, the Hungarian complains again, and it Should Change. The new name has been choose by the Minister .. It gonna be Sauvignonasse, the botanic name ...
That is the problem and the French, the use of the suffix 'asse' Tues reducer is use the name's root .. in Other Words Would Be a Sauvignonasse Considered a poor Sauvignon. Okay, only French Would probably notice, But on this wine market, fundamentals of French is still Important Even if and Fall .. vinasse is commonly use for a wine (vin) of poor quality .. ..
Why Slovenian Authorities Took That DECISION, Wandering Without me about impact on a global market .. After the WTO 'new logo for representing slovene Triglav degree, But the fire for 5 billions potentials Other Customers, Another case of navelism ..
Interesting how AS WELL Important slovene winemakers Came back to the festival .. it was quite full, and the late afternoon ... .. Few Interesting Meetings
... In the Morning
I woke up this morning and I remember That Up 2000, from Šèurek was great too (it's close to a Saint Emilion wines), Tilen Sterlep Imports catfish good Portuguese wine, and I saw AS WELL on accommodations Journal of a South African Thelema, When there and 1997, I bought a Cabernet Sauvignon, Which I with my father Opened only a year ago .. awesome! )
How are other festival experience?
You Should Have Trieda Pinot Noir from Tilia as well. (2004 and 2003)
And a sweet surprise from Beautiful Vida (Ipavec) - Malvasia 2005, That was dried from September to February (Tues simmilar Simcic's Leonardo).
How Could You Even Miss THESE wines? They we're located just Between Sutor and Guerilla?
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I am very happy for Miha Rey ... Out of his father (Emeran) letosni flight .. This recognition is cool, I hope you will find drzil house and motivation .. And Cabernet Franc was one of the first Slovenian wines that appeal to me .. and we immediately put on the map restaurant ..
It also has a nice cabernet sauvignon and for a good price range (between 1.000 .- 1.300. I izdi)
Tilia, I saw his yellow-green label .. but really, I'm ashamed that it is not going to try .. We jumped from the stands more to stand ..
Well, sorry Rojac is not like I ROŽAC captions .. Mostly all of them have been very good local wine. Even the cockroaches Up 2000, .. I'm pretty disappointed with Movia Puro
Movia Puro is also disappointed me.
Great story. Big Bang. Itself is not exactly sparkling but I do not know what. I can say ... nothing special.
LP Terrible
Thank you for Infotim. I missed it because we worked all weekend.
I was initially impressed with the festival number. 344 wines, this is a fine achievement.
I tried by only about 50 wines, but I did not regret it.
Kocjančič Zanut Cave - "Tokaj" macerated, golden color with amber tones. Excellent aromatika that the aftertaste does not disappoint.
Gr Winery - Castello Banfi Brunello di Poggio alle Mura Montlcino - describe the word that only z1 DIVINE!
Tilia Pinot Noir - ruby color, with excellent aromatikami, according to the winemaker 20% dried grapes.
Malvasia kojančič Truške estate - as the new winemaker Malvasia is surprisingly slick with excellent aromatiko, perhaps a little lacking in aftertaste.
Terlep - Great was their Vieiles Vignes Rouge. French wines are not yet know so well, but I was surprised by its structure.
Tiliin Pinot Noir is, and not from dried grapes. Certainly not from the 'typical' of dried grapes, as they are made, for example passito-style wines (Leonardo Valentino), where the grapes are POTRŽE and then dried. But has Matjaz taking another 'policy'. And at a certain part of the vineyard, which together represent approximately 20% Pinot Noir, during the vegetation to 'edit' to it by only 0.5 kg vine and the grapes are exposed to the sun (defoliacija). In this way, these clusters, although the marketing of agri same day as the rest of Pinot Noir grapes, which has a load of about 1.5 kg, and also more mature than the rest of dehydrated and therefore give the wine body. At least I have jst TKO understand when I explain it.
LP Terrible
I see that I missed a lot. Me a bunch of new names worthy of attention. Will be visited calf producers.
My white is undoubtedly the winner of dveri admund pax, severe, extreme, extreme! ... And Merlot Otto Reye ... I almost - because he was čistov corner - almost missed čurinov Šipon ice for 04 ... 03 got decanterjevo reginoalno victory against all Tokaji ... 04 but not of the flies ... and I noticed something: the minimum dose in jars and give Marjan Simcic Movie (uni turkey is not something I do not know, but equally Tokay Sun - oversized for my taste, too much everything, like Malvasia rojacova (is it really that old d'Or super nice)), the most generous However, the basement live co ... hills!
yeah but no Holy Souls, a walk pokušat al ret?
I spit it out anyway, what I keep in a jar and pour away.