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Aging supermarket wines: Auchan’s Blaye Cotes de Bordeaux 2018 and 2019

Image ~ ~ Zoltán Németi

Arguably the whole point of a supermarket wine is that it’s ready to drink off the shelf. Many of these are just not capable of ageing, but there are exceptions – for example the reds of Bordeaux. Even the most simple bottlings (selling for around 3€) can keep well for a few years, and for just a bit more money you get something that ages really well. Continue reading →

Hungarian flagship reds IV.: Gere Kopar 2020

Image ~ ~ Zoltán Németi
The last wine from the blindtasting covered by previous posts is probably Hungary’s most famous big red: the Kopar from Gere. It was first made in 1997 if not even earlier, so there’s history to it; it’s made to last and I can confirm that it’s able to age for 15 years or more. Personally I often found it a bit too sweet in the past, but the current release is just great.

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Chateau Larrivet Haut-Brion 2020

Image ~ ~ Zoltán Németi
I wanted to put a great Bordeaux into our Hungarian flagship line-up (see previous three posts), for reference and also for fun. Tasted blind I found it a bit Italianesque with its power and warm, Southern character – thought it was from Villány. It came out at second place for me. As a compliment to the Hungarian ones, they were in the same league, at least when it comes to concentration and complexity.

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