Family obligations , I have retained at home, so it is perfect Guillaume examining events at the Ljubljana wine festival.
On the podium of the official assessment of the former following wines:
WHITE WINES
- First Place: Ptuj Wine Cellar DOO, Traminer, 2005
- Second location: BRIC, Sweet Muscat, 2004
- Third location: PIRO - Learning Circles Marjan, Chardonnay, 2005
RED WINES
- First location: EMERAN Rey, Cabrenet Francis, 2005
- Second location: BRIC, Cabernet Sauvignon, 2002
- Third location: Ronk STOJKO Kristančič, Merlot, 2003
Media Bakhos the most likable, according to journalists received Dveri-Pax wines, Chardonnay - Furmint, dry berry selection. . Media Bahkosa for wine rising young star was awarded Otto Rey Brda winemaker from Kozani, Media Bakhos for special achievements has also gone to the Gorica Hills, in Medano Alan Simčiču.
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 last until loops. 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. Are I'm drunk, But forget about statistic and let's go to concrete stuff
From this 60 wines, wine Which wouldnt top the others .. Difficult to say, tough job .. I would rank first Simcic Pinot noir ... are beautiful, are strong for a Pinot Noir .. surprising When you know Pinot Noir from Burgundy ..
Then a silver medal goes to a Sauvignon kristlavin and Movia Ribolla .. You Might Say .. Movie - Simcic .. What's f ..... new? Well I would say That They are still quite ahead from Other wine makers ..
Surprise Came from Guerilla, more famous for the ITS Marketing Until today But with a beautiful white blend (local varieties: Pinela, Ribolla, Malvasia) Three years and barriques, Other surprise were Friedman's Old d'Or white Malvasia and Friedman (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 Tokaj, 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' is Tues reducer use the name's root .. Other words and Sauvignonasse Would Be a Considered a poor Sauvignon. Okay, only french probably wouldnt 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 about me Without Impact on a Global Market .. After the WTO 'new logo Representing slovene Triglav for ARGOS, But the fire for five billions Other Customers potentials, another case of navelism ..
Interesting as well how 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 his Journal of a South African Thelema, When there and 1997, I bought a Cabernet Sauvignon, Which I Opened with my father only a year ago .. awesome! )
How are other festival experience?
You Should Have Tried Pinot Noir from Tilia as well. (2004 and 2003)
And a Sweet Surprise from Lepa Vida (Ipavec) - Malvasia 2005, That was dried from September to february (simmilar Tues Simcic's Leonardo).
How Could You Even Miss tors wines? They were located just Between Sutor and Guerilla?
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I am very happy to Miha Rey ... Out of his father (Emeran) letosni flight .. This recognition is cool, I hope you will drzil house and found the motivation .. However, Cabernet Franc is 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 labels .. but really, is not ashamed that I went to try .. We jumped more than stands up to the stand ..
Well, sorry Rojac is not Friedman and I have captions .. Mostly all of them have been very good local wine. Even Up 2000 from cockroaches .. I'm pretty disappointed with the Movia Puro
Movia Puro is also disappoint me.
Great story. Big Bang. Itself is not exactly sparkling but I do not know what. I can say ... nothing special.
LP, the Terrible
Thanks for Infotel. I missed it because we worked all weekend.
I was initially impressed with the festival number. 344 wines, this is a nice achievement.
I tried by just about 50 wines, but I was not sorry.
Kocjančič Zanut Cave - "Tokaj" macerated, golden color with amber hues. Excellent aromatika that does not disappoint in the aftertaste.
Gr Winery - Castello Banfi Brunello di Poggio alle Mura Montlcino - to describe the only word z1 DIVINE!
Tilia Pinot Noir - ruby color, with excellent aromatikami, according to the winemaker 20% dried grapes.
Malvasia estate kojančič Truške - The new winemaker surprisingly slick Malvasia, 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 and is not made from dried grapes. Certainly not from the 'typical' of dried grapes, as done for example passito-style wines (Leonardo Valentino), where the grapes POTRŽE and then dried. But has Matjaz taking another 'policy'. Namely, a certain part of the vineyard, which together represent about 20% Pinot Noir, during the vegetation to 'edit' to it by only 0.5 kg vine and the grapes are exposed to the sun (defoliation). In this way, these clusters, although they are marketing within the same day as the rest of Pinot Noir grapes, which has a load of about 1.5 kg, more mature and well drained as the rest of this result and give the wine body. I am at least TKO ga ks understand when I explain it.
LP, the 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 admund Dveri Pax, serious, severe, extreme! Merlot ... but 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 is quite ... but something I noticed: the minimum dose in jars and give Marjan Simčič Movie (uni turkey is not sure what, but equally easily Tokay not - oversized for my taste, too much everything, like rojacova Malvasia (but it is true that the old d'or super nice)), the most generous However, the basement live co ... hills!
yeah but no pork souls, a walk pokušat al ret?
I spit it out anyway, what I keep in a jar and pour away.