This list is created from what we have tasted of
Top 10 red wines from Systembolaget, Sweden during 2015.
1. Poeira 2005
This wine is incredible in taste. It has a complete composition from start to finish. The wine is not too powerful, but has good body all the way and the flavor is rich. The ending is fabulous, slightly bitter and incredible long. It’s so good that when finished one sip you just want more wine. Recommended!
2. Crozes Hermitage La Guiraude 2012
This is a producer we like very much and this is his top wine. This vintage is open and fresh with flavors of dark berries, spice and licorice. The wine has medium to full bodied and it is soft, fresh with an incredibly long and good ending. Recommended!
This wine is complex, rich, powerful and incredibly good. It still tastes of fresh fruits, although it is powerful, round and good in taste with a hint of oak. This is an incredibly good vintage, perhaps one of Niepoort best. It can be drunk now or stored for many years to reveal an even more complex wine. Recommended!
4. Brunello di Montalcino ( Banfi ) 2004
This wine is delicate in taste and flavors of raspberry and spice. It has a great round flavor all the way even after some storage and concludes with a long and pleasant taste of some spices. The finish is fresh even after storage and we like it very much. The wine has medium strength, but is very comfortable and round in flavor. Great vintage; Recommended!
5. Manor House Cabernet Sauvignon 2011
First I must just say that Cabernet wines at Nederburg is one of the wines I like very much and this is no exception. This wine has a powerful taste of cassis and blackberry with hints of chocolate. The finish is long and characterized by spice and oak. The wine is excellent for barbecue or pepper steak. Recommended!
This is the best vintage we have tasted. It has very good body all the way with the taste of fresh dark berries with a fresh taste of oak and a long finish. Highly recommended!
7. Zinfandel Organically Grown ( Bonterra Vineyards ) 2012
Again a good vintage with flavors of plum, vanilla and oak. The wine is fresh and good and can be enjoyed with or without food. Recent vintages have been uniformly good and certainly a favorite. Recommended.
8. 667 Pinot Noir ( Noble Vines ) 2012
This is a great wine with great sweetness in the fruit and juicy light touch. We liked this wine very well and can recommend it to food and it can be enjoyed alone just to cuddle and comfort.
9. Pinot Noir ( Saint Clair Estate Wines ) 2013
We are pleasantly surprised with this vintage fresh acidic fruit taste and it feels good all the way with an aftertaste of oak and herbs. Recommended.
10. Valpolicella Classico Superiore Ripasso Le Poiane ( Bolla ) 2012
The wine is fresh in taste with flavors of spices, dark berries and plum. It has a smooth taste all the way with a little refreshing finish.
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