Other news the past 12 months, part 1 of 2
NEW WINES IN REGULAR ASSORTMENT JUNE 2025 (06-09-2025 by Nenad Jelisic)
NJ Wines has tasted all Systembolaget's new wines in regular assortment June 2025. The wines got the following points (Note that the wines are arranged in alphabetical order, that the wines that have got more than 3,0 NJP, if any, are presented or will be presented under "Make sure to try these wines, wines that have got at least 3,5 NJP of possible 5,0 NJP", that NV = non-vintage wine, that Systembolaget = a government owned chain of all liquor stores in Sweden and that NJ Wines does not taste wines from Boxes, Paper-packaging and PET-bottles because NJ Wines believes that these types of packaging destroy the wonderful wine culture. The Boxes also make people drink much more than they should.):
1. Alta Alella, Mirgin, Reserva, Brut, 2022 (13 EUR/16 USD in Sweden) white dry blend sparkling wine, Spain, 0,5 NJP, 2. Cantina Kurtatsch, Pinot Noir, 2024 (17 EUR/20 USD in Sweden) red dry wine, Italy, 0,5 NJP, 3. Casas Patronales, Gran Reserva, Carmenère, 2023 (12 EUR/14 USD in Sweden) red dry wine, Chile, 2,0 NJP, 4. Chin Chin, NV (7 EUR/8 USD in Sweden) red dry blend wine, Chile, 0,0 NJP, 5. Euphoria, Rosé, 2024 (11 EUR/13 USD in Sweden) rosé semi-dry wine, Greece, 0,0 NJP, 6. Euphoria, Spumante, NV (8 EUR/9 USD in Sweden) white semi-dry blend sparkling wine, Spain, 0,0 NJP, 7. Jean Vidérue, Côtes du Rhône, 2022 (8 EUR/9 USD in Sweden) red dry blend wine, France, 0,5 NJP, 8. Joaquín Rebolledo, Godello, 2024 (15 EUR/18 USD in Sweden) white dry wine, Spain, 1,0 NJP, 9. Los Haroldos, Reserva, Chardonnay, 2024 (13 EUR/15 USD in Sweden) white dry wine, Argentina, 2,0 NJP, 10. Maison Petit Perle, Blanc, 2024 (9 EUR/10 USD in Sweden) white dry blend wine, France, 0,5 NJP.
NEW WINES IN REGULAR ASSORTMENT DECEMBER 2024 AND MARCH 2025 (03-06-2025 by Nenad Jelisic)
NJ Wines has tasted all Systembolaget's new wines in regular assortment December 2024 and March 2025. The wines got the following points (Note that the wines are arranged in alphabetical order, that the wines that have got more than 3,0 NJP, if any, are presented or will be presented under "Make sure to try these wines, wines that have got at least 3,5 NJP of possible 5,0 NJP", that NV = non-vintage wine, that Systembolaget = a government owned chain of all liquor stores in Sweden and that NJ Wines does not taste wines from Boxes, Paper-packaging and PET-bottles because NJ Wines believes that these types of packaging destroy the wonderful wine culture. The Boxes also make people drink much more than they should.):
1. Big Joe, Barrel Matured, Red Wine Blend, 2023 (11 EUR/12 USD in Sweden) red dry blend wine, South Africa, 0,5 NJP, 2. Boca Mar, Algarve, Reserva, 2022 (8 EUR/9 USD in Sweden) red dry blend wine, Portugal, 1,0 NJP, 3. Bon Vivant, Brut, NV (20 EUR/23 USD in Sweden) white dry blend sparkling wine, USA, 2,0 NJP, 4. Campo Alle Comete, Stupore, 2022 (18 EUR/21 USD in Sweden) red dry blend wine, Italy, 2,5 NJP, 5. Château Pont de Brion, 2022 (17 EUR/20 USD in Sweden) white dry blend wine, France, 2,0 NJP, 6. Ciao, Pinot Grigio, 2023 (7 EUR/8 USD in Sweden) white dry blend wine, Moldavia, 0,0 NJP, 7. Château Tirecul La Gravière, Les Pins, 2023 (11 EUR/12 USD in Sweden; 375 ml) wite sweet blend wine, France, 1,5 NJP, 8. Derbusco Cives, Doppio Erre Di, Franciacorta, Brut, NV (23 EUR/26 USD in Sweden) white dry blend sparkling wine, Italy, 1,5 NJP, 9. Greystone Wines, Nor'wester, Pinot Noir, 2023 (18 EUR/21 USD in Sweden) red dry wine, New Zealand, 0,5 NJP, 10. Heinrich, Pinot Noir, 2023 (14 EUR/15 USD in Sweden) red dry wine, Austria, 1,5 NJP.
See all December 2024 23 wines and all March 2025 26 wines
BORDEAUX TASTING OF WINES FROM 70 CHATEAUX, VILLA SOLIDEN, STOCKHOLM (24-05-2025 by Nenad Jelisic)
Due to various reasons, I have not had the opportunity to work as I usually do with NJ Wines’ Facebook page and NJ Wines’ Internet page for 6 months and that is why this article is so late. But as they say here in Sweden, better late than never. Here finally comes the article, just in time for the next Bordeaux tasting in September.
It does not happen very often that one gets to taste wines from 70 Bordeaux wine estates (chateaux) during one and the same tasting. Especially not in Scandinavia. Winefinder has again organized this traditional (annual) tasting of primary wines (En Primeur-wines) and older wines from Bordeaux. In this case, primary wines refer to wines from the 2024 vintage in Bordeaux. The wines from vintage 2024 were barrel samples. They will remain in barrel and bottle, before being released on the market, for about 12 more months. In addition to the primary wine, most of the wine estates (chateaux) also had an older wine as a reference. The tasting was held on the 4th of September 2024, at Solliden at Skansen in Stockholm.
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