http://www.awinediary.com A wine diary from the Balkans Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:22:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A big, full-bodied, expansively-flavored, traditionally made Gigondas is a blend of 60% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 10% Cinsault, and 10% Mourvedre. Abundant herbes of Provence, heady, peppery notes are accompanied by sweet kirsch liqueur, plum, and fig characteristics. Dense, medium-bodied, and ripe. Nice, pure, plum-cherry finish.Based at the foot of the ... http://www.awinediary.com/domaine-des-bosquets-gigondas-2001/ This is a dry, slightly sparkling wine, with a pleasent, rich, complex aroma. A pleasure to sniff and taste, there's a fruity note and there's quite an undefined spicy note, definitely requires another bottle of researching ;). The producer specifies it as a wine "with characteristic Muscat taste and smell ... http://www.awinediary.com/vinarija-ivanovic-tamjanika-2005/ Kopaonik is the largest Serbian ski resort. It is a popular place for domestic skiers and is becoming increasingly popular with foreign visitors. Although "Kopaonik" is actually a large mountain, the term usually refers to the area around the "Grand" hotel and the apartment complex "Sunčani Vrhovi". The area is ... http://www.awinediary.com/kopaonik-restaurants/ This is another dry red wine from the sunny Čemovsko valley near Podgorica, Montenegro. We've covered a few wines from the Plantaže winery in the past and this is probably the poorest of their wines, without much character. Enjoyable only with a meal.The difference in perception of this wine and ... http://www.awinediary.com/plantaze-cabernet-sauvignon-2006/ Dulka is one of the most famous wine producing families in the town of Sremski Karlovci, near Novi Sad in Vojvodina. They produce wine since 1920 and have won a handful of awards at the Novi Sad agricultural fair throughout the years. Apart from producing wine, this familiy also produces ... http://www.awinediary.com/dulka-cabernet-sauvignon-2005/ This is another great wine from the WinEco winery (Podrum Radenković) from Southern Serbia. It is a not-very-dry Chardonnay, without a strong nose, but with an exceptional balance of fruity and barrique aromas. It is easy going, with a full taste, definitely one of the wines to accompany your lighter ... http://www.awinediary.com/wineco-biserni-chardonnay-barrique-2006/ This is a premium Montenegrin red wine made from the indigenous Vranac grape. The Reserve is produced from particulary good years, in small quantities, aged in barrels for several years. It is also aged in bottles for one year before being released to the market.This is a dry wine, with ... http://www.awinediary.com/plantaze-vranac-reserve-1998/ The 2004 vintage of this wine received a bronze medal at the Decanter World Wine Awards last year (2006). I've only been able to find the 2005 vintage in Belgrade wine shops. It has an intensive and complex aroma with hints of flowers. Dominant tastes are those of melon and ... http://www.awinediary.com/simcic-sivi-pinot-2005/ Quite an unusual combination for the Balkans, since Syrah is fairly rare in the region. Skovin is probably trying to follow the world commercial trends with this Syrah Cabernet Sauvignon combination, and it's not doing a bad job. Syrah brings in the spiciness and the earthy taste, which brings memories ... http://www.awinediary.com/skovin-syrah-cabernet-2005/ This wine is characterized by a yellow-green colour, a fresh citrusy aroma with hints of honey and a complex flowery aftertaste. It's a semi-dry riesling, dryer than the Slovenian rieslings (such as Laski Riesling for example), but sweeter than those found in Serbia. It is a nice wine to accompany ... http://www.awinediary.com/tikve-alexandria-riesling/