Best news in May in Systembolaget’s temporary assortment
Domini Veneti Valpolicella Classico 2023
Italy, Venetien • SEK 170 • Eko • 12.5 % • 75 cl • TS 92678 • 86/100
Rating 5. Red. The origin Valpolicella is often associated with wines made on dried grapes, such as Ripasso and Amarone. However, the original local style is neither sweet nor fiery, rather slim and spicy well -tuned, just like here! Welcome spring with elegance. 6,000 bottles will be released on May 16.
Medici Ermete Phermento Lambrusco di Sorbara 2023
Italy, Lambrusco di Sorbara • SEK 189 • 75 cl • 11.5 % • TS 94091 • 86/100
Rating 5. Bubble. A ship comes loaded with fresh strawberries bathing in soft foamy cherry juice! This style of Lambrusco is both nuanced and partyed. Knaster dry and fruity at the same time, plus a little stylish bitterness at the end. A wine ready for the most part in the picnic basket. 3 192 bottles will be released on May 2.
Sassara Bardolino Goto 2024
Italy, Venetien • SEK 199 • Eko • 75 cl • 12 % • TS 95098 • 87/100
Rating 5. Red. Some red wines end up in the borderland between light red and tasty rosé. Regardless of the category, we have a stylish and delicious interpretation of the grapes Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara. The fruit is sustainable with cherries at the front and Italian Amaro at the end. High clowning and perfect companion wine when the sun does not want to go down. 3,600 bottles will be released on May 2.
Craggy Range Tea Muna Sauvignon Blanc 2024
New Zealand, Martinborough • SEK 199 • 75 cl • 13 % • TS 93236 • 87/100
Rating 5. White. Just as the nettles look behind the house knot, this, to say the least, is launched aromatic Sauvignon Blanc wine. Aromatic and bombastic with tropical fruit, fresh herbs and light flowers. The more right in taste thanks to cautious storage on oak barrels. Meet up the fresh acid with a creamy nettle soup and boiled egg. 4,200 bottles will be released on May 9.
Loimer extra brut reserve
Austria, Nieder Austriich • SEK 219 • Eko • 12 % • 75 cl • TS 90232 • 86/100
Rating 4. Bubble. Slogged and crispy bubble in the crunchy school. Woven between the rows of tight and sour there are light fruit streaks of grapefruit, biscuits and honeysuckle. A wine that makes itself best in the company of salty snacks, cheeses, friends and social games. 5,400 bottles will be released on May 16.
Domaine Baud Crémant de Jura Brut’s
France, Jura • SEK 239 • 75 cl • 13 % • TS 93091 • 88/100
Rating 5. Bubble. Public -friendly bubble made according to the traditional method of 70 percent chardonnay and 30 percent pinot noir. Creamy mouthfeel and nuanced fruit that pulls the bright direction. Fresh and mineral with a sympathetic shell bite at the end. Enough flavor width for a classic Caesar salad. 1,800 bottles will be released on May 9.
Land of Saints Pinot Noir Santa Barbara County 2023
USA, California • SEK 239 • 75 cl • 13 % • TS 93606 • 88/100
Rating 5. Red. Few blue grapes are so characteristic in their perfume as Pinot Noir. Ripe raspberries, strawberries and slightly undefined spicy. This interpretation has a delicious inviting emphasis on red fruit and a velvety texture. Grill a chicken and serve the wine in large cups. 3,600 bottles will be released on May 9.
Arilds Vineyard Little Road 2023
Sweden • SEK 249 • 75 cl • 11 % • TS 92619 • 86/100
Rating 5. Red. Pinot Noir from Skåne, could it be something? Yes, actually. Although the climate does not get the grape to mature fully, much of the character is in place. The fruit tightens blood orange and strawberries and has a clear kiss of oak barrels and greenery. Swallowed and elegant in your own style. 1,200 bottles will be released on May 9.
Croix & Curbet Côtes du Jura Savadonnay 2022
France, Jura • SEK 299 • 13 % • 75 cl • TS 92243 • 90/100
Rating 5. White. One hundred percent wine with address! This wine tastes very much Jura with clear yeast tones, citrus caramels, minerals and that abstract almond -lit character that is difficult to put your finger on. Chardonnay and Savagnin in stylish mix. Storageable for at least five years, but good already on a piece of comté cheese. 600 bottles will be released on May 16.
Couly-Dutheil Clos de l’Echo 2019
France, Loire Valley • SEK 299 • 75 cl • 14 % • TS 91328 • 89/100
Rating 5. Red. Oldschool-Cabernet from experienced producer in Chinon. A wine that, with a few years on its neck, entered a cozy period, when the characteristic pepper pepper plum fruit has been muted a bit. Herbs, cassis and soil. Tastefully good depth and relatively silky. Perfect for the first barbecue evening without blanket. 600 bottles will be released on May 2.
Frantz Chagnoleau Saint Véran Prélude 2023
France, Burgundy • SEK 319 • Eko • 75 cl • 13 % • TS 93959 • 89/100
Rating 4. White. Lovely burgundy feeling with equal parts minerality, fruit and barrels. Citrus, almond and honey in just tight suit. Perfect to sip on while spending an hour or two ate cuisine in the kitchen. As the sauce is boiled down and the cod jerk reaches the right temperature, the wine unfolds to perfection. 240 bottles will be released on May 2.
Productori del Barbaresco 2021
Italy, Piedmont • SEK 399 • 75 cl • 14.5 % • TS 94226 • 92/100
Rating 5. Red. The world’s best Nebbiolo cooperative is back with noise and trepidation. 2021 is a wine where structure and power draws evenly with perfume and elegance. Right now a little clumsy but already after an hour in carafe it flourishes with roses, rosehip and lakrisal. For the calendar pieces, the vintage is reminiscent of a mix of the potent wines from 2019 and 2016, in other words very promising! 6000 bottles will be released on May 2.
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