Austria
I was at a hyperspectral imainging conference in Graz and has some nice win es. even the "conference dinner" wine at the parliament was decent.
2008 Zweigelt barrigue, Styria, Austria *****
I cant really find more info about the wine I had. it was a restaurant in G raz that had a wine store attached, where we could go pick a wine and pay 1
0e corkage fee. it was 20euro before corkage. I had zweigelt barrique before from burgenland and was quite pleased. This was also great. nice tannins, dense black fruits, tobacco.
2013 Big John Cuvee Reserve, Scheiblhofer, burgenland, austria *****
Lesser than the zweigelt, but quite Bordeaux like body, balance and feel. f resh acids, dark fruits, fine tannins, bloody fatness. it was 13 euro at t he graz airport. too bad it would probably be 30euro in Denmark.
---- disappointing weekend wines:
2012 Tuscany Poggio Madiola Mazzei *
spat it out and fridged it for cooking. My wife says " it tastes like vomit!"
2011 Toro Madremia *
Rum, condensed sirup, coconut, resin. oak juice. never thought Id say that. I thought I couldnt get enough oak. Maybe my taste moved. My wife liked it so I forced her to drink it, as it was too expensive to toss (27 euro). Th e woman in the store spoke well of it " its my brothers favourite wine, bes t in the world". lol, he needs to taste better wines.
2012 Selection historica crianza Bordon Rioja **
given the failed Toro I tried this. I nomrally like Bordon. This was cheap , thin, green. I think they had leftovers and needed to do something with i t and decided for a marketing trick. my wife was ok with it, but it was uni nteresting.
2009 Bordon rioja reserva ****
After opening 3 failed wines this weekend I went for the safe choice. I not ed it reminds a bit of the toro but with much better balance, lots of acid and texture. my wife made the "lemon" face at it. she normally loves it, b ut after toro its "harsh".