The wine of the month, 2026
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June 2026: La Rioja Alta, Viña Ardanza, Reserva, 2019 (29 EUR/34 USD in Sweden) red dry blend wine, Rioja, Spain, 5,0 of 5,0 NJP (100 of 100 points) (14-06-2026 by Dr Nenad Jelisic)
This is the best Rioja-wine of the year 2026 so far. La Rioja Alta Viña Ardanza Reserva 2019 is a big, complex, powerful, balanced, concentrated, flavourful, sweet spicy, fruity, dry and tannin-rich wine. In the aroma clearly stands out vanilla, jam of black sweet cherry, crème de cassis, milk chocolate, sweet tobacco, coffee and cloves. ... Read more
May 2026: Enjingi, Venje, Bijelo, 2015 (about 18 EUR/22 USD; selling price on the internet excluding delivery costs) white dry blend wine, Kutjevo, Slavonia, Croatia, 5,0 of 5,0 NJP (100 of 100 points) (05-05-2026 by Dr Nenad Jelisic)
That a white wine can be so complex and concentrated, and have such a good tannin structure is absolutely incredible. Unlike the 2006 vintage, this fabulous vintage, and the same applies to the 2008 vintage, is considerably more tannin rich, but still very complex, concentrated, aroma rich and flavour rich. Anyone who knows ... Read more
March 2026: Bodega La Ermita, Ribera del Duero, 2019 (25 EUR/29 USD, when ordering 6 bottles, in Sweden) red dry wine, Castile and León, Spain, 5,0 of 5,0 NJP (100 of 100 points) (24-03-2026 by Dr Nenad Jelisic)
Bodega La Ermita Ribera del Duero 2019 is a fruity, nuanced, complex, tannin rich, tartaric acid rich and spicy wine. It has a wonderful, nuanced, fruity and sweetish aroma of ripe dark cherries (morello cherries), ripe prunes, sweet spices, charcuterie, cocoa, cedar, leather and sweet tobacco. It has a wonderful, nuanced and fruity ... Read more
February 2026: Steyer, Gewurztraminer, 2024 (approx. 14 EUR/16 USD; selling price on the internet excluding delivery costs) white semi-dry wine, Štajerska, Slovenia, 5,0 NJP of 5,0 NJP (100 of 100 points) (28-02-2026 by Dr Nenad Jelisic)
With this wine, one of the world's best winemakers of Gewurztraminer-wines (if not the best) confirms that he (Danilo Steyer) is, after that had been in the Twilight Zone for a long time and had produced mediocre Alsace-like sweet and uninspiring Gewurztraminer-wines, definitely on the way back. Back to absolutely brilliant dry ... Read more
January: Churchill's, Late Bottled Vintage, 2020 (23 EUR/27 USD in Sweden) port wine, Porto, Douro, Portugal, 5,0 NJP of 5,0 NJP (100 of 100 points) (31-01-2026 by Dr Nenad Jelisic)
There is the fairy tale The Lord of the Rings, but there is also the fairy tale of the Churchill's Late Bottled Vintage, and this fairy tale seems never ending. It is extremely fascinating that a winery manages to produce a wine that seven years in a row receives 5,0 NJP of 5,0 NJP (100 points of 100 points). In my 43 years as ... Read more
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