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Pure pleasure: Ferraton Père & Fils La Tournée Rouge 2020

Image ~ May 30, 2023 ~ Zoltán Németi ~ Leave a comment

Just a €7 syrah-grenache from the Languedoc, but so enjoyable that I’m tempted to call it the wine of the month.

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Great Rhone Cru: Domaine Brusset Les Travers Cairanne 2020

Image ~ May 25, 2023 ~ Zoltán Németi
It’s not the first time when a Brusset red amazes me. A top producer in the Southern Rhone for sure.

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Retaste: Cote Mas Syrah Grenache 2020

Image ~ May 13, 2023 ~ Zoltán Németi
I loved the previous bottle in last August and hence had some expectations when opened another recently. The months passed did not do a favour to this wine, it closed up – I often experience this with young Southern Rhone reds, so probably it should not come as a surprise…

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Supermarket wines: Pierre Chanau Brouilly 2020

Image ~ March 30, 2023 ~ Zoltán Németi
What an interesting Beaujolais Cru! Never tasted one like this…

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Supermarket wines: Léo de la Gaffeliére Bordeaux 2016

Image ~ March 7, 2023 ~ Zoltán Németi
A bit more than 6 years old and this little Bordeaux red is in a great form. That’s not common from such relatively cheap wines from other wine regions…

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Beaujolais Cru beauty: Piron & Lameloise Moulin-à-Vent 2017

Image ~ February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 ~ Zoltán Németi

Brought this bottle to a tasting with friends, and everybody loved it. I’m not always as successful with Beaujolais Cru but this time it really shined. It reminds me to the 2019 Coudert Fleurie Clos de la Roilette, by the way. Continue reading →

Supermarket wines: Pierre Chanau Cotes de Bourg 2020

Image ~ January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 ~ Zoltán Németi
Yet one another superb everyday Bordeaux from Auchan. Probably no surprise that it’s a Cotes de Bourg, that appellation offers so much for little money.

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Solid Loire red: Domaine Philippe Alliet Chinon 2020

Image ~ January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 ~ Zoltán Németi

Philippe Alliet is one of the big names of Chinon and this is their entry level wine (a cabernet franc, of course). I brought the bottle to a recent blind tasting and it showed very well, everyone loved it and thought that it was impressive. It’s a bit different compared to other Loire cabernet franc I adore, though. Continue reading →

Supermarket wines – Pierre Chanau Macon Red 2019

Image ~ December 29, 2022 ~ Zoltán Németi
Some of the everyday wines I recently bought in Auchan weren’t that good (Versant Royal 2019, a Bordeaux Superior, declining, and the Pierre Chanau Cotes du Rhone Vieilles Vignes 2020 too green and raw), but their range is still quite reliable. I enjoyed this Macon, too. Burgundy wines are hardly as cheap as this nowadays, yet it’s far better than just acceptable.

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Supermarket wines – Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau 2022

Image ~ December 28, 2022 ~ Zoltán Németi

The 2020 vintage of the the Georges Duboeuf Beajolais Nouveau was on top of the game, close to the very best nouveaus I have ever tasted. But the 2022 edition is a disappointment. Continue reading →

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Budapest, Hungary. Wine blogging since 2010 – in Hungarian, at Művelt Alkoholista. Until now.

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