My a-ha wine. Outstanding plavac, a local varietal ancestral to Zinfandel. Med+ body with great structure and med acidity. Highly complex with ripe plum, cassis and relatively subtle oak characteristics. — 5 years ago
Zadar, Croatia; custom meal with ingredients selected from the local fish market. — 8 years ago
Bubbles and za? Yes please. Tarty, crisp, dry dry dry. — 8 years ago
Quite a surprise for Woolworths clearance. Didn't know it before, but a very nice Bordeaux style blend. Wish I'd bought the rest of what they had! Not my favorite of the ZA ones, but very, very good and worth a try. — 9 years ago
A taste of Northern Rhône in ZA, just smashing. — 10 years ago
Tart, medium acidity, light bouquet, well rounded and balanced. Also, the app has the location wrong - this is Croatian, not from Slovenia. — 3 years ago
Tadeu ZA jul21 — 5 years ago
He’s right... perfect pizza wine! — 6 years ago
Jantarova barva. 23 let stare. Plna zralost. Ve vuni rozinky, med, exot ovoce, ale velmi decentne. V chuti krasna kulatost, zralost, exoticke tony, medove podtony, nicmene svezi, kyselinka uzasna, trva. Malo perli, ale uzasne. Za me: nadchlo!
Degorge 2010. Ca 6-7g.
75 PN, 15 Ch, 10 M
Tasting notes
The Carte d’Or cuvée is the very expression of the Drappier style. With its very high proportion of Pinot Noir, one is almost tasting a Blanc de Noirs. Champagne with a ne aromatic richness, it opens with aromas of stoned fruits such as white vineyard peach. A spicy hint announces a powerful and complex palate. A vinous Champagne of lovely complexity with a characteristic note of quince jelly. — 8 years ago
LONGING FOR THE SOUTH
Yesterday I drank this very nice Macedonian semi-dry T'ga za Jug red wine.
The wine is made of the native grape variety Vranec. It has an intense red color, and the distinctive taste of raisins and raspberries, which make it a nice sweet treat (hence: semi-dry).
The wine is named after the poem ‘Taga za Yug’ of the Bulgarian poet Konstantin Miladinov (1830–1862), one of the Miladinov brothers, who originate from Ottoman Macedonia. Both brothers are thought to have laid the foundation of the Macedonian literary tradition.
‘Taga za Yug’ means ‘longing for the South’ (el anhelo por el Sur): "If I had an eagle's wings, I would rise and fly on them to our shores, to our own parts [...] Here are frost and snow and ashes, blizzards and harsh winds abound [...] There the sunrise warms the soul".
When it is cold outside, and fiercely raining, I can assure you that it makes you long for the sun that warms the soul. Drinking the T'ga za Jug wine in good company and nice surroundings makes for a wonderful or sometimes even better alternative.
— 9 years ago
Wine taste in ZA. — 10 years ago
Medium ruby color, concentrated black cherry and ripe plum aroma, medium sweet entry, but getting drier afterwards. Good balance on the palate. Tannin medium plus, but the texture is polished. It kinda feels like a blend between Rhône Grenache and Puglia Primotivo. — 4 years ago
Double meat ‘za — 6 years ago
Jako Winery, Stina, Za inspiraciju, tribidrag 2013 Great autochtonic Croatian wine! Very pleasant on nose and palate, fruity, easy-drinking, bu still rich in aroma. Unfortunately, rather expensive. — 8 years ago
Bester wine ever oida — 9 years ago
Wonderful with grilled scallops. Full flavored compared to some other ZA wines — 9 years ago
Ocjena za Mercs - kupaža merlot i cabernet sauvignon - odlicno, mirisno, punog tijela — 10 years ago
Andrew Keenan
In Cape Town, ZA — 2 years ago