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Read our tasting notes, compiled by our experienced tasting panel. All wines are described according to the international WSET method for professional wine tasting. 

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‘t Hanik
Our rating: 7.5/10
The wine offers a surprising smell, quite pronounced and diverse. We smell a lot, and a lot of different things: dried fruits, vanilla (the smell of Italian panettone), roses, and scents of malolactic fermentation. The smell isn’t stable but continuously provides different scents, and for that reason it is quite interesting. We taste flavors of red currants, raisins, rose petal, vanilla, and almonds. The wine reminds us of red Muscat dessert wine, except without the sweetness. A very good price/quality ratio!

Province

Limburg

Price

€ <10

Year

2018

Tasted

27 Oct 2020
‘t Hanik
The wine offers a surprising smell, quite pronounced and diverse. We smell a lot, and a lot of different things: dried fruits, vanilla (the smell of Italian panettone), roses, and scents of malolactic fermentation. The smell isn’t stable but continuously provides different scents, and for that reason it is quite interesting. We taste flavors of red currants, raisins, rose petal, vanilla, and almonds. The wine reminds us of red Muscat dessert wine, except without the sweetness. A very good price/quality ratio!

Province

Limburg

Price

€ <10

Year

2018

Our rating

7.5/10

Tasted

27 Oct 2020
Ludique
Our rating: 7.5/10
A nice, light wine with a very good price/quality ratio. After mainly vegetal aroma characteristics, we smell red fruits in the nose. The wine has flavors of ripe red fruit, complemented with some vegetal tones of bell pepper. We recommend to open it a few hours before drinking as it develops nicely in the glass and shows much more unity of flavors after breathing for a while.

Province

Gelderland

Price

€ <10

Year

2018

Tasted

27 Oct 2020
A nice, light wine with a very good price/quality ratio. After mainly vegetal aroma characteristics, we smell red fruits in the nose. The wine has flavors of ripe red fruit, complemented with some vegetal tones of bell pepper. We recommend to open it a few hours before drinking as it develops nicely in the glass and shows much more unity of flavors after breathing for a while.

Province

Gelderland

Price

€ <10

Year

2018

Our rating

7.5/10

Tasted

27 Oct 2020
Fromberg
Our rating: 8.5/10
Fromberger Ophrys is a very fruity sparkling wine. We smell and taste a lot of citrus, stone- and tropical fruit. Especially the smell and taste of fresh pineapple is remarkable. Besides the fruitiness, the wine has some soft tones of yeast and a small bitter in the end. The finish is pleasant. A very good wine, nicely balanced and with a lot of fruitiness.

Province

Limburg

Price

€ 20+

Year

2017

Tasted

27 Oct 2020
Fromberger Ophrys is a very fruity sparkling wine. We smell and taste a lot of citrus, stone- and tropical fruit. Especially the smell and taste of fresh pineapple is remarkable. Besides the fruitiness, the wine has some soft tones of yeast and a small bitter in the end. The finish is pleasant. A very good wine, nicely balanced and with a lot of fruitiness.

Province

Limburg

Price

€ 20+

Year

2017

Our rating

8.5/10

Tasted

27 Oct 2020
Naescas
Our rating: 7/10
This is an easy to drink wine, pleasant with a mainly fruity character. We smell and taste red (forest) fruits. In the nose these are supplemented with aromas of juniper, cinnamon and leather. In the taste mainly supplemented with green herbs and pine.

Province

Zuid-Holland

Price

€ <10

Year

2018

Tasted

27 Oct 2020
This is an easy to drink wine, pleasant with a mainly fruity character. We smell and taste red (forest) fruits. In the nose these are supplemented with aromas of juniper, cinnamon and leather. In the taste mainly supplemented with green herbs and pine.

Province

Zuid-Holland

Price

€ <10

Year

2018

Our rating

7/10

Tasted

27 Oct 2020
De Planck
Our rating: 7/10
An elegant wine, well-integrated in terms of wood and tannins. It has characteristics of red fruits, cedarwood, spices and vegetal scents in the nose and dark fruit, vegetal and oaky flavor characteristics in the mouth. We would have preferred more intense fruit flavors, nevertheless this is a pleasant wine with Pinot Noir-like characteristics, so drink it a little chilled.

Province

Limburg

Price

€ 15 – 20

Year

2016

Tasted

27 Oct 2020
An elegant wine, well-integrated in terms of wood and tannins. It has characteristics of red fruits, cedarwood, spices and vegetal scents in the nose and dark fruit, vegetal and oaky flavor characteristics in the mouth. We would have preferred more intense fruit flavors, nevertheless this is a pleasant wine with Pinot Noir-like characteristics, so drink it a little chilled.

Province

Limburg

Price

€ 15 – 20

Year

2016

Our rating

7/10

Tasted

27 Oct 2020
Aan de Breede Beek
Our rating: 7.5/10
The Regent of Aan de Breede Beek is a red wine with a strong and still young, green character. It has the smell and taste of forest fruits, liquorice and spices like juniper, bay leaves and vanilla. The taste of cedarwood and liquorice are quite dominantly present after the 9 months of ageing on new barriques. Although the wine is already fine to drink now, the aromas of the fruit and cedarwood are not yet fully integrated. We expect that the wine will improve by letting it age for at least another year. When you prefer drinking red wine when it is still young, we would advise to decant it and to combine it with a hearty meal such as stew, pumpkin, old cheeses or red meat.

Province

Gelderland

Price

€ 15 – 20

Year

2018

Tasted

27 Oct 2020
Aan de Breede Beek
The Regent of Aan de Breede Beek is a red wine with a strong and still young, green character. It has the smell and taste of forest fruits, liquorice and spices like juniper, bay leaves and vanilla. The taste of cedarwood and liquorice are quite dominantly present after the 9 months of ageing on new barriques. Although the wine is already fine to drink now, the aromas of the fruit and cedarwood are not yet fully integrated. We expect that the wine will improve by letting it age for at least another year. When you prefer drinking red wine when it is still young, we would advise to decant it and to combine it with a hearty meal such as stew, pumpkin, old cheeses or red meat.

Province

Gelderland

Price

€ 15 – 20

Year

2018

Our rating

7.5/10

Tasted

27 Oct 2020

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