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The short way to your desired wine

To make it easier for you to choose wine, we have defined some wine styles. Although these are based on our many years of experience with customers and wine seminar participants, they remain highly subjective. If a wine is spicy & racy for us, this does not have to apply to you for a long time, we are aware of that. Nevertheless, we hope that you will get to your new favorite wine faster.

Light usually goes hand in hand with moderate alcohol
Sample wine white: Prosecco
Sample wine red: Provence Rosé 

 

Associations:
playful – dancing on the tongue – rather with acidity than with tannin – like to tingle – rather on the picnic blanket than by the fireplace – more in summer than in autumn – more to Mediterranean salads, than to hearty stew

Fresh as opposed to matured. In matured wines, the fresh fruit turns into so-called ripening notes.
Sample wine white: Riesling
Sample wine red: Pinot Noir

 

Associations:
Rather fresh from the bush than from the jam jar – more from the steel tank than from the barrique barrel – more citrus than honey – more forest berry than Black Forest cherry

Anything but boring, with invigorating acidity and herbaceous spice.
Sample wine white: Sauvignon Blanc
Sample wine red: Cabernet Sauvignon

 

Associations:
freshly cut grass – nettle – more meadow herbs than star anise and cinnamon – more green pepper than pumpkin – more citrus than melon – more tart currant fruit than plum

Supple, with moderate acidity and soft tannin.
Without big corners and edges and very accessible.
Sample wine white: Pinot Gris
Sample wine red: Merlot

 

Associations:
rather melon than citrus – rather residual sweet than dry – more matured than youthful – more from warm climes than from cold areas

Warming spice and also sweetness, a whole basket of non-native fruits and a touch of Orient

Sample wine white: Gewürztraminer
Sample wine red: Shiraz

 

Associations:
Honey – Chocolate – Caramel – Cinnamon and cloves – Wood wort – Turkish confectionery – Pineapple, lychees, mangoes, papayas – Rose petals – Dried fruits – Confit and jam

Restrained in fragrance, wines from barren, stony and often volcanic soils
Sample wine white: Chardonnay
Sample wine red: Cabernet Franc

 

Associations:
wet stone or river pebbles – the damp piece of chalk on the blackboard – the natural stone terrace after a rain shower – saltiness – smoky after flint

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Wines for chewing, with a lot of extract,
concentrated and dense, mostly barrel-aged.
Sample wine white: Chardonnay Barrique
Sample wine red: Shiraz-Cabernet

Associations:
meaty – peppery – vanilla – smoky – more for barbecue than for green salad – rather to creamy sauces than to raw food dip – rather to grilled than to steamed

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Wines with very little acidity and tannin, with extract sweetness, without
corners and edges, very polished
Sample wine white: Semillon
Sample wine red: Primitivo (Zinfandel)

 

Associations:
lush – full-bodied – chubby – soft – velvety – baroque – oily – a lot of enamel and extract – lines the mouth – supple tannin – sweet extract – as conched

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Wines that have become even better with age.
From the youthful fruitiness a variety of aromas developed.
Sample wine white: Riesling
Sample wine red: Bordeaux Blend

Associations:
multifaceted – profound – complex – expressive – a wine with character – a meditation wine – closely meshed

Often the classics of special terroir, produced on a small scale with a lot of care and passion. Usually matured longer.
Sample wine white: Riesling Icewine
Sample wine red: Central Otago Pinot Noir

 

Associations:
exquisite – artisanal – mysterious – for the special moments – a monument – complex – every sip a revelation – as a soloist for meditation or for a feast